General Mills Inc. (GIS)

GIS publishes earnings on Thursday before the opening bell.

I shall use options that trade for the last time 24 days hence, on July 21.

Implied volatility stands at 26%, which is 2.4 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

GIS’s IV stands in the 58th percentile of its annual range and the 54th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $55.78.

Premium:	$2.21	Expire OTM
GIS-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	60.00	86.2%	15
Break-even	57.21
Short	55.00	41.6%	60
Puts
Short	55.00	56.5%	40
Break-even	52.21
Long	50.00	92.5%	6

The premium is 44% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 1.3:1.

Decision for My Account

For the iron fly structure, my rule of thumb is a risk/reward ratio of no more than 1.2:1. The best structure I can use produces a 1.3:1 ratio. I am passing on this trade.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 27, 2017

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