Truist Financial Corp. (TFC)

Update 1/19/2022: I exited my short iron condor position on TFC 30 days before expiration, for a $1.75 debit per contract/share, a profit before fees of $60 per contract. Shares were trading at $65.11, down $1.98 from the entry level.

The Implied Volatility Rank at exit was 32.7%, down 5.0 points from the entry level.

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

Shares declined by 3.0% over five days for a 215% annual rate. The options position produced a 34.3% return for a 2,503% annual rate.

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I have entered a short iron condor spread on TFC, using options that trade for the last time 35 days hence, on February 18. The premium is a $2.35 credit per contract share and the stock at the time of entry was priced at $67.09

The Implied Volatility Ratio stands at 37.7%

Premium:	$2.35	Expire OTM
TFC-iron condor	Strike	Odds	Delta
Calls
Long	75.00	95.0%	7
Break-even	69.85	76.0%	27
Short	67.50	57.0%	47
Puts
Short	62.50	73.0%	23
Break-even	59.85	81.5%	15.5
Long	57.50	90.0%	8

The premium is 37.6% of the width of the positions short/long spreads. The profit zone covers a 4.1% move to the upside and a 12.1% move to the downside. I skewed in favor of the downside because of analyst expectations of a negative earnings surprise.

The risk/reward ratio is 1.7:1, with maximum risk of $390 and maximum reward of $235 per contract.

How I chose the trade. The trade was placed to coincide with TFC’s earnings announcement, before the opening bell the day after the weekend. The short strikes were set to coincide with the expected move of $1.21 either way, based on options pricing, which gives a price range of $65.71 to $68.13. Zacks Earnings Surprise Predictor for TFC has a -1.30% score, based on switches in analysts ratings, indicating a higher likelihood of a negative earnings surprise. Overall, TFC has a Zacks rank of Hold.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, January 14, 2022

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