iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR)

Update 7/26/2019: I exited IYR 21 days before expiration, as required by my trading rules. The cost of existing was $0.36 debit, for a $0.07 yield, or 16.3% of maximum potential profit. Shares at exit were trading for $88.41, down $1.62 from the entry level.

The stock price peaked five trading days into my holding period, and then declined for eight trading days there after, ending with a sideways trend just below the $89 level. The implied volatility rank rose by three points to 31.4%.

Shares declined by 1.8% over 23 days, or a -29% annual rate. The options positions produced a +19.4% return for a 309% annual rate.

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I have entered a short iron condor spread on IYR, using options that trade for the last time 44 days hence, on August 16. The premium is a $0.43 credit and the stock at the time of entry was priced at $90.03.

The profit zone for this position is between $94.43 on the upside and $85.43 on the downside.

The implied volatility rank (IVR) stands at 28.4.

In constructing the position, I introduced a skew, increasing the profit zone on the upside and decreasing it on the downside.

Premium:	$0.43	Expire OTM
IYR-iron condor	Strike	Odds	Delta
Long	97.00	94.0%	5
Break-even	94.43	90.0%	9.5
Short	94.00	86.0%	14
Puts
Short	87.00	76.0%	24
Break-even	85.43	81.0%	19.5
Long	85.00	86.0%	15

The premium is 17.2% of the width of the position’s wings.

The risk/reward ratio is 4.8:1.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, July 3, 2019

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