$LB ShortPuts #FallingKnife – today I covered a short May 50.0 Put at a point that I originally sold for 1.20.
Despite the fact that it is out of the money 2 points with 3 weeks to go, in early April the stock collapsed to 43.04 before gaining it all back recently.
I decided I don’t need added the risk on this name because I am still short Aug 45 and 42.5 Puts and Nov 32.5 Puts that are nicely profitable.
One of my unwritten rules is if a Put that I sold for 1.20 gets up to 7 or 8 dollars and then gives me a chance to get out ahead, I take it, and don’t look back.
I would have taken the stock if it had stayed down. The current move shows why that would have worked too.