Commit To Buy Rubicon Project At $17.50, Earn 32.5% Annualized Using Options

Investors eyeing a purchase of Rubicon Project Inc (RUBI) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $18.49/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the June put at the $17.50 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.45..