Buffett got paid $7.5M in 1993 to NOT buy Coke stock. That's the setup: sell puts, collect premium, buy shares only if they hit your price.
Berkshire sold 5M put options on $KO at $35 strike when it traded ~$39. If Coke dropped below $35, Berkshire bought at a price Buffett already wanted. If not, they kept the premium. Coke stayed above $35, so Berkshire banked the full $7.5M.
That's a cash-secured put. You don't need Berkshire's balance sheet to run it.
Pick a stock you'd own anyway. Choose...
🚨 Big money: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs closed September in the red, ending a nine-day, $3,100,000,000 inflow streak.
The funds recorded $148.7 million in net outflows on Wednesday. Fidelity's FBTC led the exits with $125.6 million, while BlackRock's IBIT saw $9.5 million leave the fund, ending its own nine-day inflow streak.
Despite the reversal, the recent run was strong enough to push 2026 cumulative ETF flows back into positive territory.
One red day doesn't erase the trend, but it does show...
$ZEC cooling down after the ATH ‼️♥️🤝
after hitting $1,705, $ZEC is retesting the $1,300–$1,400 area. if this buy zone holds, $2,000–$2,500 stays on my radar.