Do you feel that you've missed out on a stock that has moved up greatly in this market?

Microsoft Corp. appears to have finally locked up rival Yahoo Inc. in a long-awaited Internet search partnership aimed at narrowing Google Inc.'s commanding lead in the most lucrative piece of the online advertising market.

On the back of a MONSTER week for the stock market, the question may be - Can this rally hold? I like everyone else can't answer this question, but I do know that there are ways to protect a stock without selling it and/or spending money on put options. Simply sell call options on the stock to generate income (which lowers cost basis per share), for the closest option expiration.

With the July options expiration coming to an end this Friday, I decided it's time to look ahead for to the August options expiration. I will be analyzing 15 popular technology stocks and seeing which stock offers the best mix of both return (assuming the stock will be called out at the August expiration) and downside "ProTECHtion", I will then decide which stock is the "best bang for your buck".