I Just Made This High-Yield Trade with AbbVie (ABBV)

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I’m alerting you to a high-yield trade I made last Wednesday with AbbVie (ABBV) — a high-quality dividend growth stock that looks cheap right now.

At the time I made my trade on September 22, AbbVie was selling for around $107.28 per share and the June 17, 2022, $105 put options were going for around $9.50 per share.

My trade involved selling one of these puts and there are two probable ways this trade will work out…

Scenario 1: AbbVie falls below $105 by June 17, 2022
If ABBV falls below $105 by June 17, the option may get exercised. If that happens, I will be obligated to buy 100 shares at $105 per share.

In exchange for this agreement, I was paid an instant $950 (100 shares X $9.50 per share).

This money was immediately deposited into my 401(k) retirement account, where I made the trade.

Taking this income into consideration, my cost-basis would drop to $95.50 per share.

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That’s an 11.0% discount to the $107.28 share price that AbbVie was selling for at the time I made this trade.

Scenario 2: AbbVie stays above $105 by June 17, 2022
If ABBV stays above $105 by June 17, the contract expires worthless and I get to keep the $950 in income.

This works out to a 9.0% return on what my purchase obligation would have been ($9.50 / $105) in 268 days.

If I can repeat these results over the period of a year I could generate an 12.3% yield from AbbVie without even buying shares. Selling covered options like this is one of my favorite ways to generate “instant income” from high-quality dividend growth stocks.

Greg Patrick
TradesOfTheDay.com

P.S. When it comes to selling puts, I’ve developed a few rules that fit my portfolio objectives. I only sell a put option if:

  1. I want to own the underlying stock anyways
  2. I’ll be buying the stock at a reasonable price (which is typically fair value or better)
  3. The strike price of the option I’m selling is At-The-Money (ATM) or Out-of-The-Money (OTM)
  4. I’m comfortable owning the stock for the long-haul in case the price drops significantly below my strike price
  5. I’m comfortable “letting the stock get away from me” if I don’t get “put” shares and the stock takes off
  6. My position-sizing makes sense if I’m “put” the shares
  7. I can make the trade in a retirement account, such as an IRA or 401(k) to minimize taxes and tax paperwork. 
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