All the time I was wrongly thinking that one can make maximally +100% with options shorting (especially with a CashSecuredPut trade (just this single one leg trade, nothing more), ie. earning the full credit.
But today I learned that there is in fact no such limit
Don't you believe?
Here's such a setup: https://optioncreator.com/st5qtzw
S=0.54 DTE=16 K=1.50 Pr=1.20
These data are actually from an intraday snapshot of options data (Expiry 2023-05-19) of ticker APRN on last Friday.
Ie. one can earn maximally the full credit of $1.20, but this in reality makes 1.20 / (1.50 - 1.20) * 100 = 400% profit!
since one has invested only $1.50 - $1.20 = $0.30 .
Q.E.D.
The screenshot below has the data of at/after market close on Fri, but the above snapshot was much earlier (I think it was sometime around 09:59 EDT on Fri).
But today I learned that there is in fact no such limit

Don't you believe?
Here's such a setup: https://optioncreator.com/st5qtzw
S=0.54 DTE=16 K=1.50 Pr=1.20
These data are actually from an intraday snapshot of options data (Expiry 2023-05-19) of ticker APRN on last Friday.
Ie. one can earn maximally the full credit of $1.20, but this in reality makes 1.20 / (1.50 - 1.20) * 100 = 400% profit!

since one has invested only $1.50 - $1.20 = $0.30 .
Q.E.D.

The screenshot below has the data of at/after market close on Fri, but the above snapshot was much earlier (I think it was sometime around 09:59 EDT on Fri).
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