Option ideas by ticker / XLU
XLU 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
- 10
- Highest annualized among these contracts
- 14.8%
- Widest cushion
- 6.7%
- Nearest expiry
- 2026-11-27
Special review 10
Sample contract — highest-quality bucket, then score (not the richest premium)
- Expiry
- 2027-03-19 (148d)
- Strike
- $42.00
- Bid
- $1.26
- Annualized
- 7.4%
- Cushion
- 2.0%
- Breakeven
- $40.74
- Open int.
- 705
- Bucket
- Special review
Earnings date unknown — event risk not screenedBelow the quality threshold
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Covered calls
- Contracts screened
- 17
- Highest annualized among these contracts
- 18.5%
- Most upside to strike
- 4.4%
- Nearest expiry
- 2026-11-27
Balanced 7 · Special review 10
Sample contract — highest-quality bucket, then score (not the richest premium)
- Expiry
- 2027-01-15 (85d)
- Strike
- $43.00
- Bid
- $1.28
- Annualized
- 12.8%
- To strike
- 3.0%
- Breakeven
- $41.57
- Open int.
- 2,487
- 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.