NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)

Update 6/23/2017: NVDA traded within a range of less than $5, allowing time decay and declining implied volatility to bring the position to profitability. I exited at 21.3% of maximum potential profit.

Shares declined by 1.4% over three days, or a -169% annual rate. The options position produced a 27.0% yield on debit for a +3,289% annual rate.

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NVDA has sufficiently high implied volatility to qualify for analysis and possibly a trade.

I shall use options that trade for the last time 10 days hence, on June 30.

Implied volatility stands at 41%, which is 3.9 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

NVDA’s IV stands in the 47th percentile of its annual range and the 67th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $158.26.

Premium:	$8.13	Expire OTM
NVDA-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	175.00	89.4%	12
Break-even	165.63
Short	157.50	47.4%	56
Puts
Short	157.50	52.5%	44
Break-even	148.13
Long	140.00	93.2%	6

The premium is 49% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 1.2:1.

Decision for My Account

I have entered an order on NVDA as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $158.59.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 20, 2017

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