State Street Corp. (STT)

Update 7/15/2022: I exited my short bear call vertical spread on STT, 35 days before expiration, for a $3.08 debit per contract/share, a loss before fees of $189 per contract. Shares were trading at $63.33, up $4.25 from the entry level.

The Implied Volatility Rank at exit was 68.8%, down 30.4 points from the entry level.

I exited on the day after entry after the stock moved opposite my trade after earnings were published. I exited at 80.8% of maximum loss.

Shares rose by 7.2% over one day for a +2626% annual rate. The options position produced a 61.4% loss for a -22,398% annual rate.

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I have entered a short bear call vertical spread on STT, using options that trade for the last time 36 days hence, on August 19. The premium is a $1.19 credit per contract share and the stock at the time of entry was priced at $59.08.

The Implied Volatility Ratio stood at 99.2%.

Premium:	$1.19	Expire OTM
STT-bear call spread	Strike	Odds	Delta
Calls
Long	62.50	87.0%	65
Break-even	68.69	78.5%	50.5
Short	67.50	70.0%	36

The premium is 47.6% of the width of the position’s short/long spread. The profit zone covers a 16.3% move to the downside and an unlimited move to the upside.

The risk/reward ratio is 3.2:1, with maximum risk of $238 and maximum reward of $119 per contract.

How I chose the trade. The trade was placed to coincide with STT’s earnings announcement, before the opening bell on the day after entry. The short strikes were set to coincide with the expected move of $2.42 either way, based on options pricing, which gives a price range of $56.66 to $61.50.

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

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