Shares
Buy
SOFI is 22% under our fair value of $21.70 (range $18.26–$25.15, 2 of 4 models).
How we value it ›Prices as of 11:50 PM ET, Sep 21. Check the live quote before you send an order.
The put
Skip
Skip the put. It pays a lot because SOFI can drop a lot. Wait, or buy shares.
If it goes against you: you buy 100 shares at $16, which after the $62 you keep works out to $15.88 a share. Below $15.88 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$62 (limit about $0.62)
If it fallsBuy 100 shares at $16
Cash to hold$1,650
Close earlyBuy back at about $0.19 ($19)
Chance you buy the sharesabout 38 in 100
ContractSOFI Oct 23 $16 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: Oct 23, $16 strike, 32 days out. Pays $62. Roughly a 38-in-100 chance you end up buying the shares.
On paper: 43% a year. That number assumes SOFI keeps moving like it did the past two years. Take that away and it is -23% a year. That is why we say skip.
Next earnings Oct 27, after this put ends. We never sell a put across a report.