Following up from my Monday post comparing this correction to 2008’s… we are now looking more similar to the August 2011 correction.
Below, Aug 2011 is on the left, 2020 on the right. At the lows of Aug 2011, we had a week of extreme ups and downs like we have just experienced. In 2011, we then experienced a wide consolidation pattern into early October, when we finally went a bit lower and found the bottom. An extreme rally followed that.
#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX March 6th 2840/2860-3140/3160 for 1.80. IV 43.65%, SPX 3020, deltas -.06, +.06
#VXXGame Sold to Open $VXX March 20th 29 calls for 1.95. Offset against March 25 and 27 long calls. First ones I have sold ABOVE my longs, which were bought for .30 and .26 respectively.
#ShortPuts – Adding one…
Sold SPY APR 17 2020 275.0 Put @5.60
#ShortPuts – Pretty good premium in this thing so adding one…
Sold ROKU MAR 20 2020 95.0 Put @ 2.05
#ShortStrangles #ShortPuts #Earnings – Booked at the open since I’ll be out most of the day…
Bought to Close SPLK MAR 13 2020 130.0/172.5 Strangle @ 1.20 (sold for 3.00)
Bought to Close SPLK MAR 13 2020 135.0 Put @ 1.60 (sold for 2.10)
#shortputs LUV
Sold a March 20, 40 put for .90, stock at 45.
#earnings #ironcondor COST
Sold March 20, 265/275/345/355 for 1.91. The price is jumping all over.
Thanks for the data Jeff.
#Earnings $COST reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.
Dec. 12, 2019 AC -1.83%
Oct. 3, 2019 AC +0.92%
May 30, 2019 AC -0.81%
March 7, 2019 AC +5.08% Biggest UP
Dec. 13, 2018 AC -8.58% Biggest DOWN
Oct. 4, 2018 AC -5.55%
May 31, 2018 AC -0.55%
March 7, 2018 AC -0.89%
Dec. 14, 2017 AC +3.32%
Oct. 5, 2017 AC -5.97%
May 25, 2017 AC +1.79%
March 2, 2017 AC -4.33%
Avg (+ or -) 3.30%
Bias -1.45%, negative bias on earnings.
With stock at 317.50 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 303.56 to 331.44
Based on AVERAGE one-day move over last 12 quarters: 307.02 to 327.98
Based on MAXIMUM one-day move over last 12 Q’s (8.6%): 290.26 to 344.74
Based on UP max only (+5.1%): 333.63
Open to requests for other symbols.
BTC 125/175 strangle at 1.35, sold at 3.40 yesterday. Thanks to Jeff for the data.
New highs for $VXX and $UVXY, even though $VIX pretty far off its highs, and indices far off their lows.
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