Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.  (CBI)

Update 8/14/2017: CBI fell by $6 after coming in with earnings at $3.02 per share, well below the $0.30 Street consensus. It rose by $2 over the subsequent two trading days, when I exited at $3.35 for a loss, with shares at $12.45. 

Shares declined by a net $25.1% during my seven-day holding period, or a -1,306% annual rate. The options position produced a -35.9% loss on debit for a -1,868% annual rate.

Had I exited the day after earnings were published, I would have gotten out with the stock at the same level as today, and with the option going for a debit of about $3.68. Tactically, waiting until closer to expiration cut $0.33 from my loss, thanks to the workings of  time decay.

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CBI publishes earnings on Monday after the closing bell.

I shall use options that trade for the last time 11 days hence, on Aug. 18.

Implied volatility stands at 94%, which is 9.2 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

CBI’s IV stands in the the peak of both its annual range and its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $16.46.

Premium:	$2.15	Expire OTM
CBI-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	20.00	85.3%	20
Break-even	18.15	~69.4%	~38
Short	16.00	45.80%	62
Puts
Short	16.00	53.3%	39
Break-even	14.15	~74.5	~19
Long	12.00	87.3%	8

The premium is 2.15% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 0.9:1.

Decision for My Account

The trade is a bit skewed, given the nature of the grid and a price shift just as I pressed the button. Nonetheless, I have entered an order on CBI as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $16.61.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 7, 2017

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