Sold 1 Credit Spread on AMZN – 4% potential income return in 14 days

On April 28, 2023, I sold 1 bull put spread on Amazon stock with strike prices at $96 and $91 with expiry on May 12, 2023). For this trade setup, I was rewarded with $19.96 (after commissions).

When setting up this trade I was looking for a high probability profit trade and chose my strike prices with Delta less than -0.1.

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here is the trade setup:

• SLD 1 AMZN MAY 12 '23 96 Put Option 0.37 USD

• BOT 1 AMZN MAY 12 '23 91 Put Option 0.14USD

What happens next?

On the expiry date, May 12, 2023, AMZN is trading above $96 per share -  options expire worthlessly and I keep premium - if AMZN trades under $96 on the expiry date, I risk getting assigned 100 shares, and will have to buy them paying $9,600

But as I already have collected a premium of $0.20 per share, my break-even price for this trade is $96-$0.2 = $95.8

In case of an assignment, I will turn this trade into a wheel strategy and will start selling covered calls.

Anyhow, if troubled with the strike price near the expiry, I will try to roll it forward and down, preferably for credit, before actually taking the stock assignment.

• In total: 20 trades since February 6, 2023

• Options premium: $227