Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. (LW)

Update 1/18/2022: I exited my short iron condor position on LW 31 days before expiration, for a $1.22 debit per contract/share, a profit before fees of $43.00 per contract. Shares were trading at $67.99, up $4.37 from the entry level.

The Implied Volatility Rank at exit was 18.7%, down 37.7 points from the entry level.

I exited because the position exceeded 25% of maximum potential profit, my normal exit point for earnings plays.

Shares rose by 6.9% over 13 days for a 192% annual rate. The options position produced a 35.2% return for a 990% annual rate.

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I have entered a short iron condor spread on LW, using options that trade for the last time 44 days hence, on February 18. The premium is a $1.65 credit per contract share and the stock at the time of entry was priced at $63.62.

The Implied Volatility Ratio stands at 56.4%

Premium:	$1.65	Expire OTM
LW-iron condor	Strike	Odds	Delta
Calls
Long	75.00	92	11
Break-even	71.65	46.4	17.5
Short	70.00	80.0%	24
Puts
Short	60.00	64.0%	31
Break-even	56.65	73.5%	22.5
Long	55.00	83.0%	14

The premium is 33% of the width of the positions short/long spreads. The profit zone covers a 12.6% move to the upside and a 12.3% move to the downside.

The risk/reward ratio is 2:1, with maximum risk of $335 and maximum reward of $165 per contract.

How I chose the trade. The trade was placed to coincide with LW’s earnings announcement, before/ the opening bell on the day after entry. The short strikes were set to coincided with the expected move of $0.87 either way, based on options pricing, which gives a price range of $62.43 to $64.17.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, January 5, 2022

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