XLU — Put-Selling Research

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State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
Utilities · $44.51
7.3
/10
Favorable Entry
↑ +0.1 today
Put-selling entry timing — not a quality rating.A high score reflects today's options setup, not a buy signal.
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Regime
Bullish
vs SMA200
SMA200 Distance
+0.3%
Above trend
Volatility
Normal
Average premiums
Momentum
Turning
2nd day
About State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
Utilities Select Sector SPDR tracks electric utilities and regulated power companies. Low beta, rate-sensitive. Highest sector dividend yield (~3%). CSP premiums are thin; behaves as a bond proxy. Best suited for conservative income with awareness of interest rate regime shifts.
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
Beta
Forward P/E
52-Week Range Current: $44.51
$39.58 $47.8

XLU — momentum sits at an inflection. Historically, a few sessions of confirmation has cost less premium than entry against a turn that resolves the other way.

Based on end-of-day market dataScored by ThetaLoop Research
XLU ranks #1 of 8 Utilities tickers by put-selling score (620 total screened)

Position Size & Yield Calculator

Live model for XLU — 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.

This page is the research tool — you search any ticker, get the score, configure your own setup. The daily research publishes setups that pass the nightly filters, with strike, expiry, profit-capture references, and a tracking framework. Not every ticker, not every day. Quiet days are quiet. See a sample · how the pipeline works
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