Deere & Co. (DE)

Update 8/21/2017: DE hit its earnings mark almost perfectly, at $1.97 per share, but fell $12 in trading after the announcement, recovering about a third of the decline as trading progressed in the first post-earns session. I exited for a loss less than a week before the options expire.

Shares showed a net decline of 7.2% over my four-day holding period, or a -661% annual rate. The options position produced a -39.4% loss for a -3,598% annual rate.

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DE publishes earnings on Friday before the opening bell.

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

Implied volatility stands at 27%, which is double the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

DE’s IV stands in the 74th percentile of its annual range and the 68th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $125.17.

Premium:	$5.36	Expire OTM
DE-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	136.00	91.2%	10
Break-even	131.36	~78.0	~25
Short	126.00	54.0%	48
Puts
Short	126.00	45.9%	52
Break-even	121.36	~70.0%	~27
Long	116.00	88.1%	11

The premium is 54% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 0.9:1.

The expected move is $4.90 wither way, within the $5 break-even width.

Decision for My Account

I have entered an order on DE as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $125.47.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 17, 2017

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