Ok ok... That's what it would be if it was annualised... My BHP July puts that I wrote in May have expired worthless today... So I keep the $1500 ($1497 actually - $3 brokerage) now with no strings attached.
My actual return was 3.56% for a trade that lasted 58 days.
Normally when your stuff expires that's a bad thing, expired milk, expired gift vouchers, expired medication... none of that is good. But as an options seller, expiry day is awesome because that capital is now free to chase more premiums!
As I said in the original post, I probably wouldn't have made this particular trade, but I wanted to cover my Japan holiday at the time. It was open for longer than I would have liked, but it did let me go on holiday without thinking about it so I'm not complaining.
I got a really good strike price, so I'm not surprised it expired. If the BHP price drops in the next few days, I'll consider writing a few more puts onto my August position, now that my July exposure is gone.
I'm aiming for a 30% return for the year. It's always a bit of a trade-off. Writing more often will bring in lower premiums, but a higher annualised return (and more effort). Writing less often, means I can write further out, so I get much more time value, but it does drop the max annual return available.
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