MA — Put-Selling Research

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Mastercard Incorporated
Financial · $498.04
2.4
/10
Weak Entry
↓ -0.8 today
Put-selling entry timing — not a quality rating.A strong long-term holding can still show a low score today (thin premium, extended trend, or turning momentum).
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Regime
Bearish
vs SMA200
SMA200 Distance
-8.5%
Below trend
Volatility
Normal
Average premiums
Momentum
Positive
was Accelerating
About Mastercard Incorporated
Mastercard earns fees on every card transaction processed through its global payment network — pure toll-road economics with no credit risk on its books. Beta ~0.9, token ~0.7% yield. High-quality compounder with moderate vol; put premiums are thin but assignment losses are rare.
Payment Processing & Technology
Market Cap
$440.1B
P/E Ratio
28.8
Dividend
0.70%
Beta
0.76
52-Week Range Current: $498.04
$480.5 $601.77
Earnings
2026-07-30
70 days away

MA — at the 14th percentile of the yearly range, premium quality and downside exposure move together. Historical base-rates show sizing discipline mattering more than premium chasing in this configuration.

Based on end-of-day market dataScored by ThetaLoop Research
MA ranks #35 of 69 Financial tickers by put-selling score (620 total screened)

Position Size & Yield Calculator

Live model for MA — drag any slider to recalculate. Strike defaults to ~5% OTM, snapped to typical exchange increments.
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Calculator assumptions

Cash-secured puts require holding cash equal to strike × 100 shares as collateral. Strike defaults to ~5% OTM, snapped to typical exchange increments. Premium defaults to ~2% of strike — adjust to your real expected fill. Annualized ROC = (premium ÷ collateral) × (365 ÷ DTE). CSP risk is single-name concentration: experienced put-sellers typically diversify across 4–6 underlyings rather than committing the whole account to one ticker. Continuous-rolling projections assume capital can be re-deployed after each expiration and that comparable premiums remain available — actual results vary with market conditions, assignments, and rolls.

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