Sold 1 Credit Spread on FCEL – 2.03% potential income return in 6 days

Hello traders!

The last couple of days I’ve been busy with a paint job at our Tbilisi office, and I had less time to post my trades, but it doesn’t mean I was absent from the market. I did a few trades this week, some roll-ups. I sold some AAPL stock etc.

Anyhow, back to the topic:

On December 17, 2021, I sold 1 credit spread bull put option on FCEL stock with an expiry set in the next 6 days on December 23, 2021. For this trade, I got a premium of $12.4 (after commissions)

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FuelCell Energy, Inc. is an American fuel cell power company. It designs, manufactures, operates, and services Direct Fuel Cell power plants that run on natural gas and biogas.

I believe FCEL stock is trading close to the bottom (but you never know) and entering a trade with a stock price of $6.37 is much more pleasant than entering it at $11 and watching the stock dip.

Here is the trade setup:

• SLD 1 FCEL DEC 23 '21 6 Put Option 0.20 USD

• BOT 1 FCEL DEC 23 '21 5 Put Option 0.03 USD

For this trade, I got a premium of 12.4 USD (after commissions) or a 2.03% potential income return in 6 days, if options expire worthlessly

What happens next?

On the expiry date, December 23, 2021, FCEL is trading above $6 per share -  options expire worthlessly and I keep premium - if FCEL trades under $6 on the expiry date, I risk getting  assigned 100 shares and buying them for $600

But as I already have collected a premium of $0.12 per share, my break-even price for this trade then is $6-$0.12 = $5.88

In case of an assignment, I will turn this trade into a wheel, but prior to the assignment I will try to roll out this trade