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Trade Alert - (TLT) – BUY
BUY the Microsoft (MSFT) February 2022 $340-$350 in-the-money vertical Bear Put spread at $8.60 or best
Opening Trade
1-13-2022
expiration date: February 18, 2022
Portfolio weighting: 10%
Number of Contracts = 11 contracts
I love Microsoft for the long term.
Short term, it is superheated, possibly for as long as six months. Rising interest rates which will persist for the first half of 2022 are definitely not a favorable backdrop for technology stocks of every stripe. And I certainly do not believe that (MSFT) is headed for a new all-time high in the next month.
I am therefore buying the Microsoft (MSFT) February 2022 $340-$350 in-the-money vertical Bear Put spread at $8.60 or best
Don’t pay more than $9.20 or you’ll be chasing on a risk/reward basis.
This is a bet that Microsoft will not rise above $340 by the February 18 option expiration.
Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:
Buy 11 February 2022 (MSFT) $350 puts at………….………$34.00
Sell short 11 February 2022 (MSFT) $340 puts at…….……$25.40
Net Cost:………………………….……….................………….….....$8.60
Potential Profit: $10.00 - $8.60 = $1.40
(11 X 100 X $1.40) = $1,540 or 16.27% in 25 trading days.
If you are uncertain about how to execute an options spread, please watch my training video by clicking here.
The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you. The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep-in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.
Don’t execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile on expiration months farther out.
Keep in mind that these are ballpark prices at best. After the alerts go out, prices can be all over the map.
