Yearly yield scales one trade's figures to a full year. It leaves out future losses, fees and gaps between trades.
Lesson 23
Setting your yield goal
Compare put premiums on the same basis without treating yearly yield as a promised return.
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Learn how to set a yield goal
Set an example goal of 4% on a put that ends in about 2 to 3 weeks, then find the lowest sample strike price that meets it. 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
- See Annualized, upcoming
- Switch to Yield, upcoming
- Find the lowest strike price that meets it, upcoming
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