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Today, I bought back the Apr-16 $155.00 naked puts I sold on CrowdStrike thus locking in a 1.5% (61% annualized) profit.

With the CrowdStrike trade closed, I then sold ViacomCBS Apr-16 $40.00 naked puts which will generate an annualized return of 29% if the shares are not assigned to me.