About this episode

The episode discusses a short strangle trade on Apple stock amidst rising implied volatility.

Apple is down nearly 2% today and IV rank is climbing toward 40. That combination is exactly what you look for before selling a strangle. The trade: sell the 280 put and the 335 call in the July cycle with 46 days to expiration, both at one standard deviation. The credit collected is over $400, theta decay runs at $13.50 a day, and the break-even on the downside sits near a level Apple has not traded at since its late May gap up. Both strikes are outside the expected move and the upside has never even been tested.

Topics covered

• options trading
• Apple stock
• short strangle
• investing strategy
• theta decay

Keywords

• Apple
• short strangle
• options
• IV rank
• theta decay
• trading strategy
• credit collected

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

Products: 280 put, 335 call

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