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Fair point - assuming you believe PEP (note that we've now pared it down from the entire list of "dividend kings" to just one stock) will continue performing the way it has. That being the risk component of investing, of course. :)

Thanks for saving me time! I just love self-eliminating time-wasters.

Outside of hindsight? Nothing. Now, can you come up with a stock that will - not has, but will - perform that way in the future? Because - again - that's the only thing that will fit the parameters (no or minimal risk, upside only) as originally requested.

"Profitable" as in "doing better than B&H in SPY/SPX"? Or "well, it did have a return of >$0 for the last 20 years..."? Again: all depends on which rubber ruler you're using. Got any "dividend growers" that beat the market long-term? More to the point: any that are guaranteed to do so in the...

Ye ghods and little fishes... Try actually READING before popping off, m'kay? I know, I know... the jock itch becomes intolerable once you spot something you can disagree with. But try. Because - as in this case - you could be repeating, damn near word for word, what's already been written.

That sorta puts the kibosh on "profitable". But then, people use all sorts of rubber rulers to define the term. :)

If anyone knew of an instrument like that, they'd rake in the millions very, very quietly - and never, ever disclose it. To be specific: you're asking for something that only has an upside (and is neutral at worst.) Does it make sense to you that anyone would offer a two-sided market in a...

@FSU called it. Per CBOE: https://www.cboe.com/about/hours/us-options/

Tommy Vu... is that you???

"This course helps you create, backtest, implement, live trade and analyse the performance of options strategy. Learn to shortlist options, find the probability of profit, expected profit, and the payoff for any strategy and explore options trading strategies like a butterfly, iron condor, and...

Not even if you grew tits on your back, buddy. You're still OK by me, though. :D Yeah, but that's not the only reason you like us! We'll get you doing something safe and directional yet. Mark my words - there are vertical spreads in your future.

Presumably equity-style rather than futures-style. https://www.cmegroup.com/education/articles-and-reports/a-primer-on-margining-styles-for-options.html

Would you mind expanding on that? I mean, sure, there's going to be a lot of foolish money going after what they see as cheap bets - probably piling into the call side for all they're worth - but I'm wondering if you're seeing anything more than that.

It's not quite that simple... and after 25 years, you know that. But that's the dirty little secret of CCs that their proponents never want to talk about. If they're "stable" and "industry leaders", their volatility (and thus premium) is going to be total crap. If their premium is not crap...

I would assume "called away" (rather than "being assigned") implied a specific side... :)

I'd certainly say so - at least in those tickers. It's like someone snatching food that you're cooking out of the pot before it's done... definitely a comment on how hungry they are (well, your cooking skills too...)

Then - DIPSHIT - say so. Instead of sounding like a totally clueless idiot who has never seen an option before in his life. Which you do.

This is... odd to read. Not odd like "gosh, what a surprise that shares are being called away" but like "why would anyone be surprised at this? Like, ever?" Anything ITM by 0.01 at expiration WILL be called away unless the owner tells their broker not to; see "exercise by exception" at the OCC...

So... you're going to punish yourself on top of getting whacked in the head??? Hmmm. Masochism ain't my jam, but I guess it's valid for some. :D:D:D:finger::finger::finger:

PERFECT - goal achieved! That's +100 on my game board. :sneaky: