Ratio Buy-Write Filter
DEFINING THE COLUMNS FOR RATIO BUYWRITE SCREEN Column 1 Stock 52 Week High: highest high price for last 260 days Column 2 Stock 52 Week Low: lowest low price for last 260 days Column 3 Volatility: short-term 30 day Column 4 Stock Name Column 5 Ex-Dividend Date: next Column 6 Dividend Amount: current Column 7 Dividend Status: * = confirmed; blank = estimated Column 8 Stock Ask Price Column 9 Stock Volume: in 100's Column 10 Option Ticker Symbol Column 11 Long Option Strike Month Column 12 Long Option Strike Price Column 13 Long Option Ask Price: Buy 1 Column 14 Long Option Volume: actual Column 15 Long Option Open Interest: actual Column 16 Short Option Strike Month Column 17 Short Option Strike Price Column 18 Short Option Bid Price: Sell 2 Column 19 Short Option Volume: actual Column 20 Short Option Open Interest: actual Column 21 Cost to put on position: Cost = (100 * stock ask price) + (100 * long option ask price) + ($60.00 stock and option commission) - (200 * short option bid price) + ($30.01 option commission) Column 22 Net Money: collected if option IS exercised Net = (profit from sale of stock at strike price) + (dividend) - ($60.02 stock and option commission) Column 23 Annualized Return: option IS exercised Column 24 # of Days to Expiration Column 25 Stock Ticker Symbol We scan our equity-option database and report all ratio buy-write combinations, selling 2 higher strike call options that will pay for the lower price call option plus the 3 commissions. This a more conservative approach than using the straight buy-write strategy because the risk is the same but the gain is doubled. A quick way to increase the yield is to compare the cost column to the stock column. If the cost is considerably less than the (stock price * 100), a B2 S3 strategy can be used. B2-S3 triples the gain without increasing the risk. The risk being the purchase of the shares of stock. THIS IS A VALUE SCREEN - NOT A DIRECTION SCREEN. BUY WISELY!
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