Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps
Cash-Secured Put20 trades pass on GOOGL
- Annualized return
- 4.0% to 24.3%
- Probability of profit
- 73.8% to 95.0%
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GOOGL closed at $342.75 on Sep 28, 2026 with 30-day implied volatility of 34.7%. That is in the lower half of its one-year range (IV rank 48), so premiums are on the modest side for GOOGL. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 62% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Oct 30 (32 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $36.71, or 10.7%.
The price is above its 200-day moving average (+1.4%) but below its 50-day (-0.5%), a pullback inside a longer uptrend. It is 14.9% below its 52-week high and 44.9% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 48.6 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $8.69, about 2.5% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (414K contracts) was 1.1x its average, close to normal. A beta of 1.35 means GOOGL has tended to move about 1.4 times as much as the broad market. 4 of our preset screens found trades on GOOGL at the close, led by Cash-Secured Put Entries on Mega Caps with 20 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 20262 days | 34.4% | ±$8.74 (2.5%) | $334.01 to $351.49 | $6.98 |
| Oct 30, 202632 days | 36.2% | ±$36.71 (10.7%) | $306.04 to $379.46 | $29.33 |
| Nov 20, 202653 days | 35.6% | ±$46.44 (13.5%) | $296.31 to $389.19 | $37.03 |
| Dec 18, 202681 days | 34.5% | ±$55.70 (16.3%) | $287.05 to $398.45 | $44.33 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for GOOGL from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
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