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The put
Skip
Skip the put. It pays a lot because COIN can drop a lot. Wait, or buy shares.
If it goes against you: you buy 100 shares at $195, which after the $358 you keep works out to $191.42 a share. Below $191.42 you are down on the trade. From that day the shares take above is the one that applies.
The order, if you sell it anyway
You get$358 (limit about $3.58)
If it fallsBuy 100 shares at $195
Cash to hold$19,500
Close earlyBuy back at about $0.72 ($72)
Chance you buy the sharesabout 33 in 100
ContractCOIN Sep 25 $195 put
ActionSell to open
In your broker app: open the stock → Trade → Options → Sell to open → pick the contract shown here.
Why skip
The put: Sep 25, $195 strike, 4 days out. Pays $358. Roughly a 33-in-100 chance you end up buying the shares.
On paper: 168% a year. That number assumes COIN keeps moving like it did the past two years. Take that away and it is -16% a year. That is why we say skip.
Next earnings Oct 29, after this put ends. We never sell a put across a report.
If you already own 100 shares
Income call
For income on COIN you already hold: sell the Oct 9 $245 call and take $217 now. If COIN climbs to $245 by Oct 9, your 100 shares are sold at $245, so only do it if you're happy selling there.
If it climbs past $245 your 100 shares are sold at $245 and you keep the $217. That is the trade working, not a loss.