SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF (KRE)

Update 7/3/2017: KRE rose for four days after I entered the position, settling into a three-day sideways movement in unprofitable territory. I exited the week the options were due to expire.

Shares rose by 4.34% over 10 days, or a +158% annual rate. The options position produced a -32.7% loss on debit for a -1,195% annual rate.

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

I shall use options that trade for the last time 14 days hence, on July 7.

Implied volatility stands at 25%, which is 2.5 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

KRE’s IV stands in the 36th percentile of its annual range and the 60th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $53.08.

Premium:	$1.48	Expire OTM
KRE-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	56.00	90.6%	10
Break-even	54.48
Short	53.00	50.5%	51
Puts
Short	53.00	49.5%	49
Break-even	51.48
Long	50.00	86.9%	12

The premium is 49% 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 KRE as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $53.04.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 23, 2017

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