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No earnings before expirationLiquid options onlyA new set every weekday
Short putSLV · SLV · $53.41 now

Get paid $60 to agree to buy SLV at $48, until Nov 20.

If SLV stays above $48
You keep $60
1.3% on your cash in 42 days
If SLV falls below $48
You buy 100 shares
Really $47.40 each, after the $60
Cash you set aside
$4,800
Held by your broker until Nov 20

Why it made the list

Strike sits at or below a tested support zone near $51
Hasn't closed at or below $48 in 226 days
No earnings report before Nov 20

Trade summary

Sell 1 SLV Nov 20 $48 put · 16-delta
Collect: $0.60 × 100 shares (1 contract) = $60
If assigned: 100 shares × $48 = $4,800 ($4,740 after the premium)

Before you place it

Only sell this put if you'd be happy owning SLV at $47.40. If bad news hits, the stock can fall well below that, and you'd still buy at $48.

In your broker, look for the Nov 20 $48 put and sell 1 contract. The premium shown is from the latest scan; check the live price first.

An example Today's Picks card. Educational, not a recommendation.

How our setups turned out

114 of 114 winners on Last Touch over 2 years

Last Touch over 2 years: when we found the setup, the stock had not closed at or below the strike in more than 2 years. Every setup our scanner recorded for each expiration, losses included.*

Last Touch over 2 years · Oct 16 + Oct 30
114 / 114
winners
+$7,610
held to expiration
+$4,831
closed at 50% profit

Every one of these strikes was one the stock hadn't closed at or below in over 2 years. The Over 2 years scan finds them for you each day.

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Held
Closed at 50%
Oct 16 expiration
Last Touch over 2 years
72 of 72
+$3,542
72 of 72
+$2,317
Every setup
805 of 924
87% winners
888 of 924
96% winners
Oct 30 expiration
Last Touch over 2 years
42 of 42
+$4,068
42 of 42
+$2,514
Every setup
226 of 324
70% winners
301 of 324
93% winners

Held = kept until it expired. Closed at 50% = bought back as soon as it could be for half the premium collected, a common way to manage these trades.

*Recorded setups, not trades placed: every setup SpreadVector's scanner recorded for each expiration (cash-secured puts and put spreads, 10/15/20 delta), one contract each, at the price the scan showed, after commissions. Held = valued at the stock's close on expiration day. Closed at 50% = bought back on the first day the closing price was half the credit or less; if that never happened, held. A winner made money. Past results don't guarantee future results.

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Above the 100- & 200-day moving averagesStrike below a support zoneIn an uptrendStrike untouched 90+ days

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