Starbucks Corp. (SBUX)

Update 8/4/2017: As anticipated, the remaining leg of the SBUX iron fly expired worthless, ending the position. SBUX gapped down by more than $4 immediately after earnings were published. Although the price drifted a bit higher over the ensuing four trading days, the position never returned to profitability. 

As noted below, the short puts were assigned on July 31, after the second post-earnings trading session, sealing the loss. The reaming days of the position were spend waiting for the final leg to expire worthless.

Shares showed a net declined of 4.5% over my eight-day holding period, or a -212% annual rate. The options position produced a -10.5% loss on debit for a -477% annual rate.

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Update 7/31/2017: The short put leg of  my iron fly on SBUX was exercised at Friday’s close. I have exited the shares from the assignment, as well as the short call and long put legs. The remaining leg, the long call, has no market and I expect it to expire worthless at Friday’s close. I shall defer calculating results until that final leg has been resolved.

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SBUX publishes earnings on Thursday after the closing bell.

I shall use options that trade for the last time eight days hence, on Aug. 4.

Implied volatility stands at 24%, which is  2.6 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

SBUX’s IV stands in the 59th percentile of its annual range and the 90th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $58.20.

Premium:	$2.23	Expire OTM
SBUX-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	63.00	90.8%	10
Break-even	121.50
Short	58.50	55.5%	47
Puts
Short	58.50	45.2%	53
Break-even	56.23
Long	54.00	86.5%	12

The premium is 50% 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 SBUX as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $58.14.

By Tim Bovee, Fukuoka, Japan, July 27, 2017

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