General Motors Co. (GM)

Update 10/8/2021: The price of my GM option rose sharply after the company announced revenue expectations from electric vehicles. Although the Fisher Transform indicator continues to give an up signal, I took my profits.

I exited my long call position 105 days before expiration, for a $4.75 credit per contract/share, a profit before fees of 120 per contract. Shares were trading at $58.53, up $2.09 from the entry level.

The Implied Volatility Rank at exit was 18.8%, down 0.1 point from the entry level.

I decided to exit despite the lack of an indicator signal based on past experiences wherein a price jump based on news is followed by a decline. I considered it better to exit now and put the money to work elsewhere.

Shares rose by 3.7% over one day for a +1,352% annual rate. The options position produced a 33.8% return for a +12,338% annual rate.

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I have entered a long call on GM, using options that trade for the last time 106 days hence, on January 21, 2022. The premium is a $3.55 debit per contract share and the stock at the time of entry was priced at 56.44.

The Implied Volatility Ratio stands at 18.9%

Premium:	$3.55	Expire OTM
GM-long option	Strike	Odds	Delta
Call
Long	57.50	58.0%	49

The maximum risk is $355 per contract and the maximum reward is uncapped.

How I chose the trade. The Fisher Transform indicator gave a buy signal, and I confirmed that it was unlikely to be a whipsaw based on Elliott wave analysis.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, October 7, 2021

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