KO Roll #4

by Jeff on December 21, 2011

Last Friday (12/16) I rolled KO for the 4th time. I would like to say that I am incredibly good at picking underlyings for Naked Puts, but the truth is I’ve had a great run on this stock and I’m going to milk it for every drop I can.

The table below details all the monthly rolls beginning with the first roll on 9/14. All have been at the same 67.50 strike, even though the price of the underlying moves above and below during that period.

I’m not in love with Naked Puts, since they require a huge amount of capital to be available, but remember my original intent was to take possession of this stock if necessary – but in the meantime collect the credit offered by selling the Puts. Fortunately, the stock price ends up at just the right place come expiration and I am able to roll to the next month for a very healthy credit. Someday it will be ITM and I will just allow the stock to be put to me.

I made a video on the actual roll this month (again) and it provides a little extra information on my methodology and technique if you watch it.

Please feel free to comment.

◄Jeff►

 

 

  • Jra Raa

    Thanks for showing how this has worked over the months.  Obviously this has the possibility of greater than annual 20% return, not bad.

    • http://theoptionguru.com/blog Jeff W

      Jra,

      Thanks for the comment. Some of it is skill, some timing and some good luck. Not all of these strategies turn out all the time, but I do know of some option traders that make a killing off of Naked Puts. I wish the 20% was on my whole account, not just around 10% of the account.

      ◄Jeff►

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