Options Playbook Radio

SNAP's recent IPO has had the name in the news quite a bit these days, so let's take a look at SNAP backspread with puts, which is on page 84 (calls) and page 87 (puts) of The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.

In this episode, Brian reviews:

• The SNAP backspread with calls from last time
• What has SNAP done since last time?
• Where are the SNAP options now?
• What about implied volatility?
• When will earnings be announced?
• Taking a bearish view this week
• Setting up the trade
• What is the expected move on the May 19 contracts?
• What is the cost?

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected].

SNAP's recent IPO has had the name in the news quite a bit these days, so let's take a look at SNAP backspread with calls, which is on page 84 of The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.

In this episode, Brian covers:

• A review of last week's long call on PFE
• Still figuring out the SNAP valuation
• Where is implied volatility?
• Why a backspread instead of a straddle?
• Selecting the expiration date
• What about earnings?
• Selecting strikes
• What is the expected movement?
• What is the risk? Upside?

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected].

This week we will buy options in a stock that is at the low end of the implied volatility range. You can find long calls on page 40 of The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle. To review the long calendar spread with calls, see page 90.

In this episode:

• A review of last week's AAPL long calendar spread
• Implied volatility of PFE is somewhat low
• General rules of buying options contracts
• What contract to buy and why?
• Picking the strike and expiration
• What will it cost?
• You get more delta when you have more time on OTM options
• What about the dividend?

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected].

Today we are going to take a look at long calendar spread with calls on a little known company called Apple. This is on page 90 of The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle.

Specifically:

• What can you do going into earnings?
• How to "control" implied volatility around earnings
• AAPL indicates that it will announce earnings on April 25
• What are the implied volatilities for the at-the-money calls expiring around that date?
• Setting up the trade: picking strikes and expirations
• What is the net cost for the spread?
• What do we want to happen?
• Plus, reviewing the GPS butterfly and the ABT straddle

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected].

Today we are looking at a long straddle. You can find this in The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle.

In this episode, Brian discusses:

• A review of the long GPS put spread that was adjusted into a butterfly
• How was the butterfly constructed, and for what price?
• What has happened since the adjustment?
• What to do now?
• Remember, butterflies love time decay
• Moving into the healthcare sector, implied volatility is low in Abbot Labs
• Where is 30-day IV in Abbott Labs?
• When does ABT announce earnings?
• Putting on a 35-day straddle
• Picking strikes
• What is the cost?
• What about a fig leaf? (aka leveraged covered call)
• Picking the strikes
• What is the cost?

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected].

Last week we put on two long spreads to coincide with GPS earnings. We knew that one of them would not work, and planned on adjusting it into a butterfly. In this episode, Brian rolls the long put spread into a butterfly.

Specifically, Brian discusses:

• A review of last week
• What happened since GPS announced earnings?
• Which trade didn't work?
• Adjusting the long put spread
• What do we want to happen?
• Setting up the trade, picking strikes
• What is the net risk? Reward?
• What is the plan until expiration?

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected].

Today we are looking at long call (aka bull call) spreads. You can find this in The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle.

Brian discusses:

• A review of last week's bull call spread in SJM
• GPS announces earnings on 2/23
• Setting up the trade
• Picking expirations to capture earnings and beyond
• Picking strikes based on the expected move
• What is the cost?

Today we are looking at long calendar spreads. You can find this on pages 90 (calls) and 93 (puts) in The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle.

Brian reviews:

• Review of last week's TSLA calendar spreads with calls and puts.
• Long calendar spreads, or bull calendar spreads.

Today we are looking at calendar spreads. You can find this on pages 90 (calls) and 93 (puts) in The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or in the Amazon Kindle version.

Brian reviews:

• Review of last week's AMZN iron condor
• Long calendar spreads = net long volatility
• That doesn't mean that you want a volatile market
• When might this happen? Earnings!
• Setting up the trade
• Picking expirations
• Picking strikes
• What is the risk? Reward?

Today we are looking at iron condors. You can find this in The Options Playbook, on OptionsPlaybook.com, or in the Amazon Kindle version.

Specifically:

• A review of last week's F call purchase
• What happened since we put on that trade?
• Who announced earnings this week?
• What can we do with AMZN?
• Where is the AMZN straddle trading?
• What is the over/under on the upside? Downside?
• Rationale for picking expiration
• Rationale for picking strikes
• What is the maximum risk? Reward?

Do you have questions that you would like answered on the show? Send them to Brian at [email protected]