Top 5 CSPs for each account — screened at Friday's close (Aug 14)
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CSP candidates for the trading week of August 17, 2026
The top 5 candidates from each account universe as of Friday's market close, August 14. 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, AA, UAL, and DAL dominate today's top 5, with INTC and PLTR from the High Beta Tech bucket leading the pack due to their elevated IV ranks, which serve as the primary yield driver for their high annualized yields, with INTC's IV rank of 55 and PLTR's IV rank of 100 contributing to their yields of 42.6% and 34.8%, respectively. The Moderate Cyclical bucket is also well-represented, with AA, UAL, and DAL offering yields driven by moderately elevated IV ranks, and all five candidates are trading near the middle or in the upper third of their 52-week ranges, with no new entrants to the top 5 and no notable changes in the ranking mechanism.
INTC43.7%
$93 put · Sep 25 (40d) · credit $4.45 · capital $9,300
PLTR36.2%
$165 put · Sep 11 (26d) · credit $4.25 · capital $16,500
AA23.7%
$45 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $0.97 · capital $4,500
UAL20.2%
$115 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $2.10 · capital $11,500
DAL15.8%
$82.5 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $1.17 · capital $8,250
Big Account universe
AMD, TSLA, META, UPS, and BA dominate today's top 5, with the high beta tech bucket well-represented by AMD, TSLA, and META, driven by elevated IV ranks that are the primary yield driver for all candidates. The combination of IV rank and delta led to high annualized yields, with AMD's 80 IV rank and 0.26 delta resulting in the highest yield at 36.2%. All candidates are [returning] to the top 5, with no new entrants, and they are trading at various points within their 52-week ranges, including AMD in the upper third, TSLA and META in the lower third, UPS near the middle, and BA in the upper third.
AMD37.3%
$470 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $15.85 · capital $47,000
TSLA28.2%
$325 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $8.27 · capital $32,500
META20.7%
$560 put · Sep 25 (40d) · credit $12.73 · capital $56,000
UPS17.6%
$100 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $1.59 · capital $10,000
BA16.8%
$220 put · Sep 18 (33d) · credit $3.35 · capital $22,000
New here? The methodology behind this screen is explained step by step in the CSP Starter Guide ($4.99 on Kindle, $5 on Buy Me a Coffee).
This email is a screening result, not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Do your own due diligence. Data as of Friday's close and may be stale by the time you read this.
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