Option ideas by ticker / XLB
XLB cash-secured puts & covered calls
Quotes as of Oct 22, 2026, 4:01 PM ET, from the latest completed scan. Screening data from OptionClaw’s scan of the full options chain, sized on a $100k reserve.
Cash-secured puts
- Contracts screened
- 20
- Highest annualized among these contracts
- 17.7%
- Widest cushion
- 11.0%
- Nearest expiry
- 2026-11-27
Special review 20
Sample contract — highest-quality bucket, then score (not the richest premium)
- Expiry
- 2027-03-19 (148d)
- Strike
- $51.00
- Bid
- $1.84
- Annualized
- 8.9%
- Cushion
- 1.3%
- Breakeven
- $49.16
- Open int.
- 64
- Bucket
- Special review
Earnings date unknown — event risk not screenedLow open interestLow volume
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Covered calls
- Contracts screened
- 13
- Highest annualized among these contracts
- 20.6%
- Most upside to strike
- 4.6%
- Nearest expiry
- 2026-11-27
Balanced 1 · Special review 12
Sample contract — highest-quality bucket, then score (not the richest premium)
- Expiry
- 2026-12-18 (57d)
- Strike
- $53.00
- Bid
- $0.95
- Annualized
- 11.8%
- To strike
- 1.8%
- Breakeven
- $50.71
- Open int.
- 1,125
- Bucket
- Balanced
Earnings date unknown — event risk not screenedLittle upside room above spot
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OptionClaw is software, not a broker or adviser. These rows are screening output, not recommendations: selling a put obligates you to buy 100 shares per contract at the strike, and a covered call caps your upside at the strike. Quotes can be delayed; verify with your broker before trading.