Slow Income Lab
CSP candidates for the trading week of November 9, 2026
The top 5 candidates from each account universe as of Friday's market close, November 6.
Prices will have moved by Monday's open — treat these as a starting shortlist, not live quotes.
Small Account universe (stocks $20–$200 · up to ~$20K capital per position)
INTC, PLTR, GM, GILD, and KO fill today’s top‑5 cash‑secured put list; INTC, GM, and GILD rank highest thanks to an IV rank of 100 that inflates premium while their deltas sit near 0.2‑0.25 and DTE around 27‑41 days, producing the steepest annualized yields, with INTC also positioned in the lower third of its 52‑week range, GM in the upper third and GILD likewise; PLTR’s 27‑day DTE shortens time value decay, delivering a 50.9% yield despite a modest IV rank of 43 and a middle‑range price, while KO’s 41‑day DTE and IV rank of 51 generate the lowest yield at 8.3% as it trades near its 52‑week high; PLTR and KO are new entrants to the top five this cycle.
INTC56.7%
$50 put · Dec 4 (26d) · credit $2.02 · capital $5,000
PLTR52.9%
$150 put · Dec 4 (26d) · credit $5.65 · capital $15,000
GM19.0%
$80 put · Dec 18 (40d) · credit $1.67 · capital $8,000
GILD10.3%
$150 put · Dec 18 (40d) · credit $1.69 · capital $15,000
KO8.5%
$90 put · Dec 18 (40d) · credit $0.84 · capital $9,000
Big Account universe
AMD, TSLA, META, AMZN, and GOOGL rank in the top five, with AMD and GOOGL showing the highest IV rank of 100, driving their 50.6% and 23.3% annualized yields respectively; TSLA and AMZN benefit from IV ranks in the mid‑50s, while META’s higher delta of 0.27 contributes to its 29.0% yield. AMD is a new entrant, whereas the remaining four tickers return from the prior cycle. AMD is trading near the middle of its 52‑week range, TSLA in the lower third, META near the middle, AMZN in the upper third, and GOOGL near its 52‑week low.
AMD51.9%
$410 put · Dec 18 (40d) · credit $23.30 · capital $41,000
TSLA39.5%
$330 put · Dec 11 (33d) · credit $11.78 · capital $33,000
META29.9%
$570 put · Dec 11 (33d) · credit $15.40 · capital $57,000
AMZN24.6%
$245 put · Dec 18 (40d) · credit $6.60 · capital $24,500
GOOGL23.9%
$270 put · Dec 18 (40d) · credit $7.08 · capital $27,000
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