Apple Inc.
Selling a cash-secured put on Apple Inc. (AAPL) means getting paid premium to set the price you'd buy the stock — while you wait. Set aside the strike × 100 per contract as collateral, and if AAPL stays above your strike the put expires worthless and you keep the premium.
IV typically 20–35%. Earnings move the stock 3–6% on average — most disciplined sellers skip the cycle that contains the report.
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Each contract secures 100 shares (so 100 shares of collateral).
Auto-fills to the chain mid. Override with your actual fill price for accurate results.
This calculator answers the “what if” on a single AAPL put. CoverEdge tracks the whole wheel — the put, the assignment, and the covered calls you sell after — across every position you hold, without a spreadsheet.
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When a AAPL put is assigned, CoverEdge tracks the shares and the covered calls you write against them — the full wheel, one ledger.
Every premium, close, and assignment hits an immutable ledger. Reconciliation is built in. Tax season becomes a 5-minute export.
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IV typically 20–35%. Earnings move the stock 3–6% on average — most disciplined sellers skip the cycle that contains the report. A cash-secured put on AAPL only makes sense if you'd genuinely be happy owning the stock at your strike, since assignment means buying 100 shares per contract. Size the trade to the collateral you can comfortably reserve and avoid selling through earnings unless you understand the IV-crush trade.
Your collateral is the strike price × 100 per contract. The calculator above pulls the live AAPL put chain and shows the exact "Cash secured" figure for any strike and contract count, so you can match the trade to the capital you want to reserve.
IV typically 20–35%. Earnings move the stock 3–6% on average — most disciplined sellers skip the cycle that contains the report. The exact yield on any specific AAPL cash-secured put depends on the strike you choose and how many days remain until expiration — the calculator above pulls live option-chain quotes and projects the annualized return (premium ÷ collateral × 365/DTE) for any strike/expiration combination instantly.
Pick an expiration and strike from the live AAPL put chain, set how many puts you want to sell, and the calculator computes your premium received, cash collateral required, effective cost basis, breakeven, downside buffer, and annualized yield. Everything updates instantly with no signup required.
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