Picking a stock means choosing the stock before the put. Check the business, the next earnings date and the cash you could commit to owning its shares.
Lesson 17
Pick a stock you would own
Choose a stock you can afford to own before comparing put premiums.
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Learn how to pick a stock you would own
Choose a sample stock, read its price, see the cash a put needs, then compare two strike prices. Each of the five checkpoints ends with a two-answer question. Nothing places a trade.
CHECKPOINT 1 OF 5
Choose SOFI
0 / 5 checkpoints earned
When the chart loads, follow its highlighted control to earn your first checkpoint.
- Choose SOFI
- Choose 1D and read the price, upcoming
- Choose Cash secured put, upcoming
- Inspect the $14.50 put, upcoming
- Compare the $15 put, upcoming
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