Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (KORS)

Update 8/14/2017: KORS shares by $8 after earnings came in at $0.80 per share, above the $0.63 Street number. The stock traded sideways for four subsequent days.

Shares rose by 21.3% over my seven-day holding period, or a +1,112% annual rate. The options position produced a -50.1% loss on debit for a -2,611% annual rate.

I would have paid a debit of  $5.23 had I exited the position the session after earnings were published. Waiting cost me an additional $0.84 as I exited for a $6.07 debit. In this case the waiting tactic did not mitigate the loss.

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KORS 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 47%, which is 4.6 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

KORS’ IV stands in the 77th percentile of its annual range and the 96th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $37.47.

Premium:	$3.03	Expire OTM
KORS-iron fly	`	Odds	Delta
Long	43.50	89.8%	13
Break-even	40.53	~77.4%	~26
Short	37.50	92.2%	52
Puts
Short	37.50	47.8%	48
Break-even	34.53	~72.8%	~23
Long	31.50	89.4%	8

The premium is 51% 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 KORS as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $37.56.

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

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