SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)

Update 2/27/2018: GLD trended downward in line with its Elliott wave count and its Fisher Transform signal. I exited at 41.2% of maximum potential profit for a $-.38 debit. Shares stood at $125.04 upon exit.

I intend to re-enter GLD if the downtrend continues, continuing a series that began in October 2017.

Shares declined by 0.7% over six days for a -43% annual rate. The options position produced a 68.4% return for a +4,162% annual rate.

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I have entered a bear call vertical spread on GLD, using options that trade for the last time 23 days hence, on March 16. The premium is a $0.64 credit and the stock at the time of entry was priced at $125.94

I made the decision to enter the trade in my account based on its decline from the high of Feb. 16 and a downtrend signal from the Fisher Transform. 

Implied volatility stands at 13%, which is 7/10s of the VIX, a measure of the volatility of the S&P 500 index.

GLD’s IV stands above 68% of the symbol’s IVs of the past year, and in the 57th percentile of its most recent broad movement.

The price used for analysis was $126.02.

Premium:	$0.64	Expire OTM
GLD-bear call spread	Strike	Odds	Delta
Calls
Long	128.50	73.4%	28
Break-even	125.86	64.6%	37
Short	126.50	55.7%	46

The premium is 64% of the width of the position.

The risk/reward ratio is 2.1:1.

The bid/ask spread was 4.8%.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Feb. 21, 2018

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