Oracle Corp. (ORCL)

Update 6/23/2017: ORCL gapped $5 to the upside after earnings were published and continued to trade around that level the next day. I exited for a loss a week before the position’s options expire.

Shares showed a net rise of 9.9% over two days, or a +1,803% annual rate. The options positoin produced a -44.6% loss on debit for a -8,139% annual rate.

ORCL publishes earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell.

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

Implied volatility stands at 27%, which is 2.5 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

ORCL’s IV stands at the peak percentile of both its annual range and its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $46.36.

Premium:	$2.05	Expire OTM
ORCL-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	50.50	91.7%	9
Break-even	48.55
Short	46.50	53.6%	49
Puts
Short	46.50	46.4%	51
Break-even	44.55
Long	42.50	87.9%	11

The premium is 51% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 1:1.

Decision for My Account

I have entered an order on orcl as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $46.35.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 21, 2017

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