SBUX August bear vertical: sell 72.5 and buy the 85 callThis trade is 43 deltas negative and can be done for a credit of 9.01. Best case profit of 901 is achieved below the stake of the sold call of 72.5 and the worst case loss is a loss of 349 per contract above the strike of the bought call, 85. There is technical support at 75 -- this is why the written call strike is below 75.
SBUX has a whopping high PE of 30; during the trade war debacle this is outrageous. Lots of growth in SBUX has come from store growth in China. In Q1 it opened 3,700 stores, and can now be found in 10 new cities — totaling 158 Chinese cities. As more money is being poured into Chinese expansion, however, competition is growing. Luckin’ is expanding throughout China; coffees at Luckin’ cost 30 percent less than those from the American competition.
Also, if there is a macroeconomic downturn, people will cut their expenses on luxury goods, like $8 cups of coffee. This is a fundamental issue SBUX will have to face. August expiry follows SBUX's earnings report which will begin to indicate the suffering from the consequences of the trade war.
