Halliburton Co. (HAL)

Update 3/16/2022: I exited my the put vertical spread within an iron condor on HAL, two days before expiration, for a $4.75 debit per contract/share, a loss before fees of $396 per contract. Shares were trading at $34.62, up $7.18 from the entry level.

The Implied Volatility Rank at exit was 66.6%, up 33.9 points from the entry level.

The call vertical spread within the iron condor is out of the money and can be expected to expire on Friday with no debit, for a profit before fees of $96 per contract share.

Assuming no debit on the calls, I expect the full iron condor to end with a $4.75 debit per contract share, a loss before fees of $300 per contract. I shall update the analysis after March 18 close with actual numbers.

I exited because the position is close to expiring and I wanted to avoid assignment, which would put shares of HAL in my account.

Assuming no debit on the calls, for the full iron condor shares rose by 26.2% over 54 days for a 177% annual rate. The options position produced a 63.2% loss for a -564% annual rate.

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I have entered a short iron condor spread on HAL, using options that trade for the last time 56 days hence, on March 18. The premium is a $1.75 credit per contract share and the stock at the time of entry was priced at $27.44.

The Implied Volatility Ratio stands at 32.7%

Premium:	$1.75	Expire OTM
HAL-iron condor	Strike	Odds	Delta
Calls
Long	34.00	91.0%	14
Break-even	30.75	78.5%	28
Short	29.00	66.0%	42
Puts
Short	25.00	66.0%	27
Break-even	21.75	78.5%	16.5
Long	20.00	91.0%	6

The premium is 35% of the width of the position’s short and long spreads. The profit zone covers a 12.1% move to the upside and a 26.2 move to the downside.

The risk/reward ratio is 1.9:1, with maximum risk of $325 and maximum reward of $175 per contract.

How I chose the trade. The trade was placed to coincide with HAL’s earnings announcement, before the opening bell on January 24, after the weekend. The expected move was exceptionally narrow, at $0.36 either way, based on options pricing. So I went wider than the implied price range, $27.12 to $27.84.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, January 21, 2022

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