Suppose that you bought 500 shares of your companys stock from Microsoft (Information provided below question). Being risk averse you are going to hedge a portion of your position by writing an option (How many?) What would the ticker look like for this option? What is the premium? The expiration date?

the company in consideration is Microsoft

In 2019, Microsoft Inc. issued quarterly dividend of $0.51 which was payable on March 12 2020.