Posts Tagged ‘Calendar Spreads’
Sunday, March 10th, 2019
This week we are looking at another of the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 List companies. We use this list in one of our options portfolios to spot outperforming stocks and place option spreads that take advantage of the momentum.
Terry
MGM Growth Properties (MGP) Dips Lower, Is It A Buy?
Several analysts think MGM Growth Properties has a lot more upside, here are two of them – A Careful Analysis of MGM Growth Properties and MGM Growth Properties On The Radar of Prospective Investors.
MGP is seen pulling back after testing resistance from a trendline drawn by connecting a high from late 2017 with the high from last year. Momentum indicators show no reason to believe a triple top is playing out and candlestick patterns on the higher time frames point to strength in recent upward momentum. The stock is currently testing its 200-day moving average which could be a spot where bulls might look to reenter.
MGP Chart March 2019
*source Tradingview.com
If you agree there’s further upside ahead for MGP, consider this trade which is a bet that the stock will continue to advance over the next six weeks, at least a little.
Buy To Open MGP 18APR19 25 Puts (MGP190418P25)
Sell To Open MGP 18APR19 30 Puts (MGP190418P30) for a credit of $1.18 (selling a vertical)
This price was $0.02 less than the mid-point of the option spread when MGP was trading near $30. Unless the stock rallies quickly from here, you should be able to get close to this amount.
Your commission on this trade will only be $2.50 per spread (the rate charged by thinkorswim for Terry’s Tips’ subscribers). Each contract would then yield $115.50 and your broker would charge a $500 maintenance fee, making your investment $384.50 ($500 – $115.50). If MGP closes at any price above $30 on April 18, both options would expire worthless, and your return on the spread would be 30% (281% annualized).
Changes to Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 This Week:
IBD Underlying Updates March 7, 2019
We have found that the Investor’s Business Daily Top 50 List has been a reliable source of stocks that are likely to move higher in the short run. Recent additions to the list might be particularly good choices for this strategy, and deletions might be good indicators for exiting a position that you might already have on that stock.
As with all investments, you should only make option trades with money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
Tags: Auto-Trade, Bull Put Credit Spread, Bullish Options strategies, Calendar Spreads, Calls, Credit Spreads, MGP, Monthly Options, Options Tutorial Program, Portfolio, Profit, profits, Puts, Risk, Stocks vs. Stock Options, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, Volatility, Weekly Options
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Sunday, February 24th, 2019
This week we are looking at another of the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 List companies. We use this list in one of our options portfolios to spot outperforming stocks and place option spreads that take advantage of the momentum. The actual Terry’s Tips portfolio that trades these ideas of the week has gained 148% in the first two months of 2019. Of course, past results are not always duplicated in the future, but we like our chances here.
Terry
Will Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Continue to Outperform Its Sector?
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) has been a long-term performer, see what these two analysts have to say about the company moving forward – Why I Like Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Is Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Stock Outpacing Its Medical Peers This Year?
The main technical appeal to REGN is its ability to hold above a horizontal level near $410 that held the stock lower late last year. The level is now seen as strong support and recent price action seems to support that as a dip following their recent earnings report was bought up near the level. There is some confluence at the price point as the 50-Monthly moving average is slightly above it. The stock trades within a rising trend channel that originates from a low in May last year and the upper bound of the channel currently falls around $450-$460.
REGN Chart February 2019
*source Tradingview.com
If you agree there’s further upside ahead for REGN, consider this trade which is a bet that the stock will continue to advance over the next five weeks, or at least not decline very much.
Buy To Open REGN 29MAR19 417.5 Puts (REGN190329P417.5)
Sell To Open REGN 29MAR19 420 Puts (REGN190329P420) for a credit of $1.18 (selling a vertical)
This price was $0.02 less than the mid-point of the option spread when REGN was trading near $423. Unless the stock rallies quickly from here, you should be able to get close to this amount.
Your commission on this trade will only be $2.50 per spread (the rate charged by thinkorswim for Terry’s Tips’ subscribers). Each contract would then yield $115.50 and your broker would charge a $250 maintenance fee, making your investment $134.50 ($250 – $115.50). If REGN closes at any price above $420 on March 29, both options would expire worthless, and your return on the spread would be 86% (981% annualized).
Changes to Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 This Week:
IBD Underlying Updates February 21, 2019
We have found that the Investor’s Business Daily Top 50 List has been a reliable source of stocks that are likely to move higher in the short run. Recent additions to the list might be particularly good choices for this strategy, and deletions might be good indicators for exiting a position that you might already have on that stock.
As with all investments, you should only make option trades with money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
Tags: Auto-Trade, Bull Put Credit Spread, Bullish Options strategies, Calendar Spreads, Calls, Credit Spreads, diagonal spreads, Earnings Option Strategy, Monthly Options, Options Tutorial Program, Profit, profits, Puts, REGN, Risk, SPY, Stocks vs. Stock Options, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, Weekly Options
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Sunday, January 6th, 2019
This week we are looking at another of the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 List companies. We use this list in one of our options portfolios to spot outperforming stocks and place option spreads that take advantage of the momentum.
Terry
Will Five9 Inc (FIVN) Break Higher From It’s Range?
Take a look at what these analysts have to say about Five9 – IBD 50 Stocks To Watch: How Cloud, AI Shape Five9’s Software Future and Lookout for these Two stocks: American International Group, Five9 Inc.
Five9 has consolidated higher since hitting a low in late October and is seen trading within a range. The stock is an outperformer as most stocks posted losses in the last two months of the year. A technical pattern is emerging as a triangle can be drawn around the recent consolidation. To the upside, a break above $44.40 would suggest a bullish breakout. There is a confluence of downside support deriving from a rising trendline, the 50-day moving average, as well as a horizontal level. The horizontal level, which resides at $39.55, is considered well respected as it has acted both resistance and support on several occasions since the initial test in June.
*source Tradingview.com
If you agree there’s further upside ahead for FIVN, consider this trade which is a bet that the stock will continue to advance over the next six weeks, or at least not decline very much.
Buy To Open FIVN 15FEB19 35 Puts (FIVN190215P35)
Sell To Open FIVN 15FEB19 40 Puts (FIVN190215P40) for a credit of $1.18 (selling a vertical)
This price was $0.02 less than the mid-point of the option spread when FIVN was trading near $43. Unless the stock rallies quickly from here, you should be able to get close to this amount.
Your commission on this trade will only be $2.50 per spread (the rate charged by thinkorswim for Terry’s Tips’ subscribers). Each contract would then yield $115.50 and your broker would charge a $500 maintenance fee, making your investment $384.50 ($500 – $115.50). If FIVN closes at any price above $40 on February 15, both options would expire worthless, and your return on the spread would be 30% (281% annualized).
Changes to Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 This Week:
IBD Underlying Updates January 3, 2019
We have found that the Investor’s Business Daily Top 50 List has been a reliable source of stocks that are likely to move higher in the short run. Recent additions to the list might be particularly good choices for this strategy, and deletions might be good indicators for exiting a position that you might already have on that stock.
As with all investments, you should only make option trades with money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
Tags: Auto-Trade, Bull Put Credit Spread, Bullish Options strategies, Calendar Spreads, Calls, Credit Spreads, FIVN, Monthly Options, Options Tutorial Program, Portfolio, Profit, profits, Puts, Risk, Stocks vs. Stock Options, Straddles, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, Volatility, Weekly Options
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Monday, May 14th, 2018
This week we are looking at another of the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 List companies. We use this list in one of our options portfolios to spot outperforming stocks and place option spreads that take advantage of the momentum.
Terry
Consider IPG Photonics (IPGP) Following the Technical Breakout
In addition to being listed as one of the IBD Top 50 companies, Investor’s Business Daily recently wrote about IPGP, outlining the reasons why the growth stock is setting up for another advance. Also take a look at this publication which discusses why IPGP is trending.
IPGP broke higher late last week from a bullish flag pattern that has been setting up for most of the year thus far. Technical traders tend to keep a close eye on flag patterns, especially in assets that have had a strong trend which IPGP certainly displayed in 2017. Technical support is found nearby from a horizontal level at $248 which marks last years high. Also near the level is additional support from the top of the broken flag pattern.
IPGP Chart May 2018 vertical spread
*source Tradingview.com
If you agree there’s further upside ahead for IPGP, consider this trade which is a bet that the stock will continue to advance over the next five weeks, or at least not decline very much.
Buy To Open IPGP 15JUN18 240 Puts (IPGP180615P240)
Sell To Open IPGP 15JUN18 250 Puts (IPGP180615P250) for a credit of $3.58 (selling a vertical)
This price was $0.02 less than the mid-point of the option spread when IPGP was trading near $151. Unless the stock rallies quickly from here, you should be able to get close to this amount.
Your commission on this trade will only be $2.50 per spread (the rate charged by thinkorswim for Terry’s Tips’ subscribers). Each contract would then yield $355.50 and your broker would charge a $1000 maintenance fee, making your investment $644.50 ($1000 – 355.50). If IPGP closes at any price above $250 on June 15, both options would expire worthless, and your return on the spread would be 55% (627% annualized).
Changes to Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 This Week:
IBD Underlying Updates May10, 2018
We have found that the Investor’s Business Daily Top 50 List has been a reliable source of stocks that are likely to move higher in the short run. Recent additions to the list might be particularly good choices for this strategy, and deletions might be good indicators for exiting a position that you might already have on that stock.
As with all investments, you should only make option trades with money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
Tags: Auto-Trade, Bull Put Credit Spread, Bullish Options strategies, Calendar Spreads, Calls, Credit Spreads, IPGP, Monthly Options, Portfolio, Profit, profits, Puts, Risk, Stocks vs. Stock Options, TastyWorks, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, Weekly Options
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Monday, February 19th, 2018
This week we are looking at another of the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 List companies. We use this list in one of our options portfolios to spot outperforming stocks and place option spreads that take advantage of the momentum. The actual portfolio we conduct at Terry’s Tips using these trades has gained 36% over the first six weeks of 2018 in spite of losing money on one of the spreads. The average of all our portfolios has gained 23.2% while the market (SPY) is up only 2.2%.
Terry
Is Floor & Decor (FND) stock offering an entry point?
Several analysts expect further upside for FND stock, one analyst has recently revised up price targets to $50 and this article discusses recent favorable coverage in the media.
FND is seen bouncing from a notable confluence of support near the $43 price point. The area contains a horizontal level at $42.43 that was previously major resistance that is not seen as support. Also, the lower line of a rising trend channel is found near the horizontal level. The combination offers strong downside support and price action so far has shown buyers to protect the area.
FND Chart February 2018
*source Tradingview.com
If you agree there’s further upside ahead for Floor & Decor, consider this trade which is a bet that the stock will continue to advance over the next four weeks, or at least not decline very much.
Buy To Open FND 16Mar18 40 Puts (FND180316P40)
Sell To Open FND 16Mar18 45 Puts (FND180316P45) for a credit of $1.53 (selling a vertical)
This price was $0.02 less than the mid-point of the option spread when FND was trading near $45. Unless the stock rallies quickly from here, you should be able to get close to this amount.
If you use our favorite broker for this trade, tastyworks, your commission on this trade will only be $1 per opening contract ($2 per spread) (and there is no commission on closing trades, only the $.10 clearing fee). Each contract would then yield $1.51 and your broker would charge a $500 maintenance fee, making your investment $349 ($500 – $151). If FND closes at any price above $45.00 on March 16, both options would expire worthless, and your return on the spread would be 43% (632% annualized).
Changes to Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 This Week
IBD Underlying Updates February 15, 2018
We have found that the Investor’s Business Daily Top 50 List has been a reliable source of stocks that are likely to move higher in the short run.
As with all investments, you should only make option trades with money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
Tags: Auto-Trade, autotrade, Bull Put Credit Spread, Bullish Options strategies, Calendar Spreads, Calls, Credit Spreads, diagonal spreads, FND, Monthly Options, portfolios, profits, Puts, Risk, TastyWorks, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, Weekly Options
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
This week we are featuring another of the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 List companies. We use this list in one of our portfolios to identify stocks with momentum and place spreads that profit if the momentum continues, at least a little.
I would also like to include a table which reviews how the previous 12 Trading Idea of the Week selections have worked out in the real world. We have had an exceptionally good record.
Terry
Coherent Inc. (COHR) Jumps After Earnings Beat, Is There More Upside Ahead?
Before we discuss this week’s trading idea, I would like to review the past 12 ideas we have published here. Each of these ideas was first distributed to Terry’s Tips’ paid subscribers in our weekly Saturday Report, and then on Monday or Tuesday, to the free newsletter subscribers such as you. Here are the results:
Trading Idea of the week Summary Chart November 2017
The expiration prices for the 3 spreads which expire next Friday are today’s prices. All of them are safely above the max gain price for the spread.
The only losing trade would have been the BABA one which was a minor loss. The stock closed at $.85 below the max gain price and we had collected $.75 from the spread. Presumably, rather than accept this small loss, we would have rolled over the vertical credit spread to a future date. If we had, it would now look pretty good because BABA closed yesterday at $186.41, well above the max gain 177 strike.
The average gain for the 12 spreads (including the loss) was 39%. If you had risked the same amount on 12 trades that averaged a 39% gain, you would have picked up 468% on your original investment. While these results are a extremely encouraging, we must recognize that the past few months have been ones of generally higher stock prices across the board. Future results might not be this great.
Now, back to our Trading Idea of the Week:
Several analysts have expressed their bullish outlook towards Coherent Inc. following their recent earnings report. Here are two of them – Coherent price target raised to $330 from $270 at Needham and Coherent Inc. can’t be more hot. Just reaches record high.
From a technical perspective, COHR had been consolidating mostly sideways for nearly six months ahead of last week’s earnings report. The earnings beat triggered a gap higher for a range break and the stock held gains to close the week out at record highs. The range break suggests the broader bullish trend has resumed.
COHR Chart November 2017
*source Tradingview.com
If you agree there’s further upside ahead for Coherent Inc., consider this trade which is a bet that the stock will continue to advance at least a little over the next five weeks.
Buy To Open COHR 15Dec17 305 Puts (COHR171215P305)
Sell To Open COHR 15Dec17 310 Puts (COHR171215P310) for a credit of $2.53 (selling a vertical)
This price was $0.02 less than the mid-point of the option spread when COHR was trading near $309. Unless the stock rallies quickly from here, you should be able to get close to this amount.
If you use our favorite broker for this trade, tastyworks, your commission on this trade will only be $1 per opening contract ($2 per spread) (and there is no commission on closing trades, only the $.10 clearing fee). Each contract would then yield $251 and your broker would charge a $500 maintenance fee, making your investment $249 ($500 – $251). If COHR closes at any price above $310 on December 15, 2017, both options would expire worthless, and your return on the spread would be 101% (1150% annualized).
Changes to Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Top 50 This Week:
We have found that the Investor’s Business Daily Top 50 List has been a reliable source of stocks that are likely to move higher in the short run. Recent additions to the list might be particularly good choices for this strategy, and deletions might be good indicators for exiting a position that you might already have on that stock.
As with all investments, you should only make option trades with money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
Tags: 2017 track record, Auto-Trade, Bull Put Credit Spread, Calendar Spreads, Calls, COHR, Credit Spreads, Monthly Options, Portfolio, Profit, profits, Puts, TastyWorks, tdameritrade, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, vertical, Weekly Options
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
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The composite average gain for 2017 for our 10 portfolios through the first week of November was 120%. Subscribers who mirrored all 10 of our portfolios would have invested $48,600 in January. Those portfolios were worth $107,103 last week. But of course, you can mirror just the portfolios that you like or choose.
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
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We have made these gains with what we call the 10K Strategy. It involves selling short-term options on individual stocks and using longer-term options (or LEAPS) as collateral. It is sort of like writing calls, except that you don’t have to put up all that cash to buy 100 or 1000 shares of the stock. It really works, especially if you select a stock that stays flat or moves higher over time.
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Happy trading.
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Tags: Back To School Special Offer, Calendar Spreads, Calls, Credit Spreads, diagonal spreads, ETF, ETP, implied volatility, intrinsic value, LEAPS, Monthly Options, Options Tutorial Program, Portfolio, Profit, Puts, Risk, Stocks vs. Stock Options, TastyWorks, Terry's Tips, thinkorswim, Volatility, Weekly Options
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
Today I would like to report on the gains I made last Friday on the trades I told you about that I had placed last Monday in advance of Facebook’s (FB) earnings announcement on May 3. I was fortunate enough for the stock to take a moderate drop after the announcement, and have some thoughts on how I might play the FB earnings announcement in 3 months.
Terry
Closing Out Last Week’s Facebook Trades
A little over a week ago, I passed on a pre-earnings trade I had made on Facebook in advance of their May 3 after-market announcement. Essentially, I bought calendar spreads (long side 16Jun17 series and short side 05May17 series) at the 150, 152.5 and 155 strikes when FB was trading just under $152.
I was hoping that the stock would barely budge after the announcement. I was lucky. It did just that, falling a bit to close out the week at $150.24, about $1.50 lower than it was when I bought the spreads.
Near the close, I was able to buy back all of the expiring options (puts at the 150 strike, calls at the 152.5 and 155 strikes for $.02 or $.03), and sell every long call for a higher price than I had paid for the original spread.
Here are the spreads I made today when FB was trading just under $152:
Buy to Open 2 FB 16Jun17 150 puts (FB170616P150)
Sell to Open 2 FB 05 May17 150 puts (FB170505P150) for a debit of $1.49 (buying a calendar) Spread closed for $2.19, gaining $140.
Buy to Open 1 FB 16Jun17 150 calls (FB170616C150)
Sell to Open 1 FB 05 May17 152.5 calls (FB170505C152.5) for a debit of $3.03 (buying a diagonal) Spread closed for $3.75, gaining $72.
Buy to Open 1 FB 16Jun17 155 calls (FB170616C155)
Sell to Open 1 FB 05 May17 152.5 calls (FB170505C152.5) for a debit of $.55 (buying a diagonal) Spread closed for $1.55, gaining $100.
Buy to Open 2 FB 16Jun17 155 calls (FB170616C155)
Sell to Open 2 FB 05 May17 155 calls (FB170505C155) for a debit of $1.59 (buying a diagonal) Spread closed for $1.62, gaining $6.
These spreads cost me a total of $974 plus $12 in commissions at tastyworks’ ultra-low rate of $1.00 per contract. Even better, when I closed out these trades on Friday, I did not incur a commission at all (only paid the $.10 per contract clearing fee).
I made a net profit of $318 on an investment of $986, or 32% on an investment that lasted for 5 days. The Terry’s Tips portfolio that trades FB options gained 22% last week, and now has gained 215% for the year (after commissions). The stock has gained 30% in 2017, but our portfolio has done 7 times that number.
The risk profile graph I published in the last blog assumed that implied volatility (IV) of the June options would fall from 24% to 16%. I was a little too conservative. IV fell to 18%, and the spreads performed a little better than the graph had projected.
While this is certainly a nice gain for the week, it only came about because I was lucky enough for the stock not to fluctuate very much. In the future, I think I might buy more spreads at strikes below the current stock price of FB because the clear pattern around announcement time has been for the company to exceed expectations by a nice margin and the stock falls a small amount on the news.
Happy trading,
Terry
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
Facebook (FB) has had a great year so far, gaining just over 30%. Terry’s Tips has an actual portfolio that trades calendar and diagonal spreads on FB. This portfolio has gained 157% this year, more than 5 times as much as the stock has gone up. A big part of this gain came just after the January earnings announcement when the stock dropped a small amount on the news.
FB announces earnings after the close on Wednesday (May 3), and I would like to share some trades I made today in my personal account at my favorite broker, tastyworks. These trades approximate the current risk profile of the Terry’s Tips’ FB portfolio.
Terry
Interesting Earnings Play on Facebook
Terry’s Tips carries out 9 actual portfolios for paying subscribers. After the first four months of 2017, all 9 portfolios are in the black. The composite average has gained 34.5% for the year, certainly an outstanding result. The FB portfolio is by far the greatest gainer. We know that we cannot expect to continue these extraordinary gains for the entire year, but we are confident that many portfolios will continue producing gains which outperform the market averages.
Implied volatility (IV) of FB options tends to escalate prior to an earnings announcement. For example, it is about 45% for the 05May17 series that expires this Friday. This compares to 24% for the 16Jun17 series that expires six weeks later. We will buy the relatively cheap 16Jun17 series and sell the more expensive 05May17 series.
Here are the spreads I made today when FB was trading just under $152:
Buy to Open 2 FB 16Jun17 150 puts (FB170616P150)
Sell to Open 2 FB 05 May17 150 puts (FB170505P150) for a debit of $1.49 (buying a calendar)
Buy to Open 1 FB 16Jun17 150 calls (FB170616C150)
Sell to Open 1 FB 05 May17 152.5 calls (FB170505C152.5) for a debit of $3.03 (buying a diagonal)
Buy to Open 1 FB 16Jun17 155 calls (FB170616C155)
Sell to Open 1 FB 05 May17 152.5 calls (FB170505C152.5) for a debit of $.55 (buying a diagonal)
Buy to Open 2 FB 16Jun17 155 calls (FB170616C155)
Sell to Open 2 FB 05 May17 155 calls (FB170505C155) for a debit of $1.59 (buying a diagonal)
The second and third spreads together essentially create a calendar spread at the 152.5 strike price. This was necessary because the 16Jun17 series does not offer that strike.
These spreads cost me a total of $974 plus $12 in commissions at tastyworks’ ultra-low rate of $1.00 per contract. Even better, when I close out these trades, probably on Friday, I will not incur a commission at all (only pay the $.10 per contract clearing fee).
Here is the risk profile graph which shows the expected gains and losses from these trades after the close on Friday, May 5, 2017. The graph assumes that IV of the June options will fall from 24% to 16%:
- FB Risk Profile Graph May 2017
These spreads will do best if the stock remains flat or moves moderately higher. If it falls within the range of about $150 to about $155, I should make about 40% for the week. While we all know that anything can happen after an earnings announcement, if the last announcement is any example, it could be a good week.
One thing I like about these kinds of spreads is that your risk is clearly limited, and you can’t lose your entire investment because the long options will always have a greater value than the options you sold to someone else.
As with all investments, especially with options, you should only use money that you can truly afford to lose.
Happy trading,
Terry
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