JD.com Inc. (JD)

Update 8/14/2017: JD’s earnings came short of meeting expectations: The consensus estimate was $0.11 per share; the actual was $0.10. Shares declined by $3 and then rose by $3.50, and then fell to tracing out an intra-day triangle. I exited for a profit at my target, at 24.9% of maximum potential profit, with shares at $44.75, and the options position cost a $2.80 debit to buy back.

Shares declined by a net 1.6% over my three-day holding period, or a -198% annual rate. The options position produced a 33.2% yield on debit for a +4,041% annual rate.

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JD publishes earnings on Monday before the opening bell.

I shall use options that trade for the last time 14 days hence, on Aug. 25.

Implied volatility stands at 48%, which is 3.2 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

JD’s IV stands in the 93rd percentile of its annual range and the 95th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $45.64.

Premium:	$3.73	Expire OTM
JD-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	53.50	92.2%	10
Break-even	49.73	~73.0%	~31
Short	46.00	55.4%	49
Puts
Short	46.00	44.7%	51
Break-even	42.23	~72.7%	~34
Long	38.50	89.6%	8

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 JD as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $45.49.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 11, 2017

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