CBS Corp. (CBS)

Update 8/9/2017: CBS whipsawed across a $4 span in two days after earnings were published. I exited at 25.7% of maximum potential profit.

Shares showed a net rise of 0.8% over my two-day holding period, or a +138% annual rate. The options position produced a 34.5% yield on debit for a +6,296% annual rate.

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CBS 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 31%, which is triple the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

CBS’s IV stands in the 70th percentile of its annual range and the 80th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $63.50.

Premium:	$2.69	Expire OTM
CBS-iron fly	`	Odds	Delta
Long	69.00	91.9%	9
Break-even	66.19	~75.7%	26
Short	63.50	51.4%	51
Puts
Short	63.50	48.5%	49
Break-even	60.69	~71.2%	27
Long	58.00	88.9%	10

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 CBS as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $63.52.

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

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