EWZ trade ideas
Brazil went down big, let's sell premium (Big lizard)After some negative news about bribery in the government the Brazil's ETF (EWZ) got killed at the open with a 18% down move.
With the Implied volatility rank of the stock at the high's of the last 52 weeks(100%) it means that buying options is going to be expensive, in other words we are going to be selling overpriced options.
Betting that this is an over reaction and wanting to take as much credit as possible, I decided to sold a big lizard (Straddle with no upside risk) to get a nice premium.
The trade:
64 days to expiration
Sold the 33 Calls
Sold the 33 Puts
Buy the 36.5 Calls (no upside risk)
Collected 3.95 per contract
Target price will be at 25%
Brazil Further Downside ExpectedFairly textbook descending triangle breakdown. Volume expected to slant down, go flat until breakdown, then increase into another slant down marked by black arrows.First measured move was correct for the breakdown. 2nd measured move marks my ultimate target price and blue arrows show the path I expect price to take.
OPENING: EWZ JULY 21ST 26/28/38.5/40.5 IRON CONDOR... for a .61 credit.
With EWZ caving heftily here and implied volatility popping, I'm going back to the Brazilian well narrow and small, since I can foresee this having some volatility in it for a bit, in which case I may want to add to the position.
Metrics:
POP%: 63%
Max Profit: $61/contract
Max Loss/Buying Power Effect: $139/contract
BE's: 27.39/39.11
Theta: .69
Delta: .7
Notes: I'll look to take this off at 50% max ... .
TRADE IDEA: EWZ MAY 19TH 32/37/37/41 DYNAMIC IRON FLYWith a six-month implied volatility percentile of 76 and a background implied volatility of 37, throwing a touch of "Brazilian" on here ... .
Metrics:
Max Profit: $247/contract
Max Loss: $253/contract
Break Evens: 34.53/39.47
Theta: 1.77
Delta: -.29
Notes: Will look to manage this at 25% max ... .
EEM/EWZ pairs trade (covered strangles)EWZ and the Emerging Markets ETF EEM have a strong correlation (Since EEM have 7.7% of brazil stocks). The correlation for the last year have been .92, and the last 30 days have drop to .40.
Today we got a strong move on EWZ of -3.18% at the time of the trade and -.64% on EEM. By trading one to the upside and the other to the downside I will look to reduce risk on this trade until time has passed enough to take my profits.
The trade is two Synthetic Covered Strangles
EEM 38.5/40.5 Calls for $1.92 credit
EWZ 38.5/35 Puts for $2.95 credit
In total we got $4.87 credit (1 to 1 ratio) and will look to close at $2.00.
I don't do a lot of these trades, but I find them very interesting so lets if in the next 30 days we can close for profits.
Trend-follow signals : EWZIf you are a trend following trader, find instruments and timeframes that satisfy your trending filters and just follow these signals. But remember:
consolidation period can be brutal to a trend following strategy. Also, the longer the trend, the greater the chance for a reversal.
With that in mind, make sure you apply proper money management.