VST · Wheel

Vistra Corp. Common Stock (VST) wheel

The cash-secured put → assigned shares → covered call cycle for this ticker.

$166.72
Modelled strike
$140.00
Modelled premium
$1.38
Cash required
$14,000.00
Breakeven
$138.62
Downside buffer
16.9%
Period return
1.0%
Annualized return
12.7%
Days to expiration
30
Strategy payoffModelled cash-secured put payoff. Spot $166.72. Expiry maximum profit $138.00 · Expiry maximum loss -$13,862.00 · Expiry breakevens $138.62. Total position fees $0.00 deducted once. Intrinsic at the common expiration; IV/time never alters expiry P/L. No early exercise, assignment, slippage, dividends or taxes modeled.

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$83.36Expiration P/L -$5,526.00Update time unavailable
Event / reference markers
  • Spot: $166.72
  • Expiry breakeven $138.62: $138.62
  • sell put strike $140.00: $140.00
Exact data table
Strategy payoff · full stored dataset, independent of graph range/toggles
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Black-Scholes from the published at-the-money implied volatility (one expected move out of the money). If assigned you buy 100 shares at the strike, an effective $138.62 per share after premium; the shares can keep falling.

Stage C would sell a $190.00 call for about $3.03, lowering the effective basis further.

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Data provenance

Figures are from published, reviewed research as of Oct 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT. Modelled option premiums use Black-Scholes with the published at-the-money implied volatility and are labelled as modelled, not as live quotes.