NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)

NVDA publishes earnings on Thursday after the closing bell.

I shall use options that trade for the last time eight days hence, on Nov. 17.

Implied volatility stands at 51%, which is 4.6 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

NVDA’s IV stands in the 64th percentile of its annual range and at the peak of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $203.03.

Premium:	$16.55	Expire OTM
NVDA-iron fly	Strike	Odds	Delta
Calls	235.00	92.6%	9
Break-even	221.55
Short	205.00	56.1%	48
Puts
Short	205.00	44.0%	52
Break-even	191.55
Long	175.00	88.9%	9

The premium is 55.2% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 0.8:1.

The zone of profit in the proposed trade covers a $15 move either way. The biggest immediate move after each of the past four earnings announcements was $141.20, and the average was $42.77. After eliminating the maximum and minimum post-earnings movements, the central tendency is $13.57.

The expected move covering 85% of occurrences is $015.87 beyond /the profit zone.

The bid/ask spread is 2.9%.

Decision for My Account

A beautiful structure, actually. The expected move is the tiniest morsel beyond the profit zone, but otherwise, it would be a good position.

The risk, however, is higher than I go with a single trade in this account. An experienced options CBOE floor trader told me, “Trade small, trade often”, and I have made that motto my own, a fundamental rule underlying the daily risks I take. So I’m passing on the trade. If my rules allowed larger positions on this account, then I would take it.

Hey, NVIDIA, time for a stock split, yes?

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, November 9, 2017

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