Options
I Used Put Premium to Finance a Call And Got Paid $49 to Do It (Arista)
Date: 2026-07-08 10:00:19
What if the premium from one part of your trade could pay for the other part — and leave you with cash left over?
Most people assume you always pay when you buy a call option.
On this Arista Networks trade, I didn’t pay a single dollar.
I got paid $49 just to open it.
Here’s exactly how the structure works:
✅ Step 1 — Buy the $155 call, sell the $165 call (call debit spread = upside participation)
✅ Step 2 — Sell 2x the $125 puts to finance the call spread (only at a price I’d love to own Arista)
✅ Result — The put premium more than covers the call spread cost, leaving a $49 credit
It’s like walking into a casino and the casino pays you to sit down at the table.
If Arista goes up — the call spread profits and I keep the opening credit
If Arista dips to $125 — I own it at a steep discount and keep the credit
If it moves sideways — I just keep the credit
And the closing trade? About $900 total realized profit.
Real brokerage fill shown. Not a demo. Not a screenshot of paper trading.
Structure beats prediction.
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