Autodesk Inc. (ADSK)

Update 11/30/2017: ADSK published earnings of a $0.12 per share loss, well below the Street estimate of a $0.1003 loss. In after hours trading share prices immediate drop $20 in 5 minutes. I exited for a loss.

Shares declined by 13.7% over the two-day existence of the position, or a -2,504% annual rate. The options position produced a -72.2% loss for a -13,181% annual rate.

The 12 analysts watching ADSK had anticipated a positive earnings surprise, issuing assessments implying an earnings surprise predictor score of 4.23 in the context of a neutral (3) longer-term expectation.

The $20.61 movement from the pre-earnings close to the end of the first post-earns session was larger than any among the prior four quarterly announcements.

The trend metrics showed ADSK as uptrending, with an ADSK of 30.79 with a +DI of 26.75 and a -DI of 15.00.

All in all, ADSK defied all metrics and every expectation.

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ADSK publishes earnings on Tuesday after the closing bell.

I shall use options that trade for the last time 17 days hence, on Dec. 15.

Implied volatility stands at 40%, which is 3.9 times the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

ADSK’s IV stands in the 64th percentile of its annual range and the 84th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $127.52.

I used a bull put spread structure for the trade, since the metrics suggested an upside move is more likely.

Premium:	$1.05	Expire OTM
ADSK- vertical	Strike	Odds	Delta
Puts
Long	120.00	78.9%	23
Break-even	125.05
Short	124.00	62.8%	34

The premium is 26.3% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 2.8:1.

The biggest immediate move after each of the past four earnings announcements was $14.08, and the average was $5.89. After eliminating the maximum and minimum post-earnings movements, the central tendency is $3.73.

The bid/ask spread is 34.6%.

Decision for My Account

I have entered a position on ADSK as described above. The stock at the time of entry was priced at $128.37.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, November 28, 2017

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