November 29: Options now available for Alphabet (GOOGL)

Investors in Alphabet Inc (Symbol: GOOGL) today saw new options begin trading with an expiration date of November 29th. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula scanned the GOOGL options chain for the new November 29th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

The put contract at the strike price of $160.00 has a current bid of $5.65. If an investor were to sell this put contract to open it, they would be committing to buying the stock for $160.00 but would also receive the premium, bringing the shares' cost basis to $154.35 (before broker commissions). For an investor already interested in purchasing GOOGL stock, this could represent an attractive alternative to paying $161.74/share today.

Because the $160.00 strike price represents a discount of approximately 1% to the stock's current trading price (in other words, it is out of the money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract could expire worthless. The current analytical data (including Greek and implied Greek data) suggests that the probability of this happening is currently 59%. Stock Options Channel tracks these odds over time to see how they change and posts a chart of these numbers on our website on the contract detail page for that contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would equate to a return of 3.53% on the cash commitment or 25.76% annualized – at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost.

Below is a chart showing the last twelve month trading history for Alphabet Inc., highlighting in green where the $160.00 strike price is relative to that history:

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As for the call side of the options chain, the call contract at the strike price of $165.00 has a current bid of $6.50. If an investor were to purchase GOOGL stock at the current price level of $161.74/share and then sell this call contract as a covered call at the open, they are committing to selling the stock for $165.00. Considering that the call seller also collects the premium, this would result in a total return (excluding any dividends) of 6.03% if the stock is called on November 29th (before brokerage commissions). Of course, if GOOGL shares really soar, there could still be a lot of upside potential left, which is why it's important to look at Alphabet Inc.'s trailing 12-month trading history and study its business fundamentals. Below is a chart showing GOOGL's last twelve month trading history, with the strike price of $165.00 highlighted in red:

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Considering that the $165.00 strike price represents a premium of approximately 2% to the stock's current trading price (in other words, it is out of the money by that percentage), there is also a possibility that the covered call -Contract doing so would expire and become worthless; in this case, the investor would keep both his shares and the premium collected. The current analytical data (including Greek and implied Greek data) suggests that the probability of this happening is currently 51%. On our website under the contract details page for that contract, Stock Options Channel tracks these odds over time to see how they change and publishes a chart of these numbers (the trading history of the options contract is also recorded). Should the covered call contract expire worthless, the premium would represent an increase in additional return to the investor of 4.02% or 29.31% on an annual basis, which we refer to as “…” YieldBoost.

The implied volatility in the put contract example is 31%, while the implied volatility in the call contract example is 32%.

Meanwhile, we calculate the actual volatility over the last twelve months (taking into account the closing values of the last 251 trading days and today's price of $161.74) at 28%. For more worth-watching put and call options contract ideas, visit StockOptionsChannel.com.

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