Investors in Steven Madden Ltd. (Symbol: SHOO) saw new options begin trading this week, for the October 18th expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SHOO options chain for the new October 18th contracts and identified the following call contract of particular interest.
The call contract at the $35.00 strike price has a current bid of 65 cents. If an investor was to purchase shares of SHOO stock at the current price level of $33.95/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $35.00. Considering the call seller will also collect the premium, that would drive a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 5.01% if the stock gets called away at the October 18th expiration (before broker commissions). Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if SHOO shares really soar, which is why looking at the trailing twelve month trading history for Steven Madden Ltd., as well as studying the business fundamentals becomes important. Below is a chart showing SHOO's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $35.00 strike highlighted in red:
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