It means picking a purchase price you can accept, then an expiration you can manage.
Lesson 22
Picking the strike price and expiration
Choose an affordable purchase price and an expiration you can manage before comparing put premiums.
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Learn how to pick the strike price and expiration date
Compare sample puts at two strike prices and two expiration dates, then compare them with Annualized. The sample premiums are higher than most stocks pay. 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 Cash secured put, upcoming
- Inspect the $14.50 put, upcoming
- Compare a later expiration date, upcoming
- Compare with Annualized, upcoming
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