SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF (KRE)

Update 6/16/2017: KRE traded sideways during its short lifespan, and I exited at 4.9% of maximum potential profit.

Shares declined by 0.5% over two days, or a -83% annual rate. The options position produced a 5.2% yield on debit for a +946% annual rate.

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KRE stands at a high level of implied volatility compared to its most recent trend and so is worth looking at more closely as a potential trade.

I shall use options that trade for the last time nine days hence, on June 23.

Implied volatility stands at 24%, which is 2.3 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

KRE’s IV stands in the  32nd percentile of its annual range and the 54th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $55.03.

Premium:	$1.42	Expire OTM
KRE-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	58.00	91.6%	9
Break-even	56.42
Short	55.00	44.6%	57
Puts
Short	55.00	54.0%	44
Break-even	53.42
Long	52.00	88.4%	11

The premium is 47% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 1.1:1.

Decision for My Account

I have entered an order on KRE as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $55.30.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 14, 2017

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