Commit To Purchase Marketaxess Holdings At $145, Earn 2% Annualized Using Options

Investors eyeing a purchase of Marketaxess Holdings Inc (MKTX) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $194.76/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the August put at the $145 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $1.35..