Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)

Update 6/12/2017: MSFT, along with other tech stocks, began to decline at entry on June 7, and I exited for a loss on the fourth day of decline as expiration approached.

Shares fell by 4.1% over five days, or a -299% annual rate. The options position produced a -40.9% loss on debit for a -2,986% annual rate.

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MSFT has sufficiently high implied volatility and liquidity to qualify as a trade.

I shall use options that trade for the last time nine days hence, on June 16.

Implied volatility stands at 20%, which is 1.9 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

MSFT’s IV stands in the 54th percentile of its annual range and the 72nd percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $72.22.

Premium:	$1.30	Expire OTM
MSFT-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	75.00	93.5%	7
Break-even	73.30
Short	72.00	46.5%	55
Puts
Short	72.00	53.8%	45
Break-even	70.30
Long	69.00	92.2%	7

The premium is 43% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 1.3:1.

Decision for My Account

I have entered an order on MSFT as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $72.28.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 7, 2017

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