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AlexanderGotay
May 10, 2017 3:41 PM

Strangle on MRK for a neutral trade 

Merck & Company, Inc.NYSE

Description

After earnings, Implied volatility rank is still at 50 so looking to add premium to my portfolio theta I Sold the 65/62.5 Strangle on MRK.

Trade:
Short 65 Call
Short 62.5 Put

Collected $1.85
54% probability of profit

Will look to close at 50% of credit received.

Trade active

Volatility continued to get crushed as expected after earnings and in one day we are already at 20% of max profit.

If there where a lot of other opportunities to trade I would close this one and redeploy the capital. Since the market is not giving us all the toys to play with then I will leave it and look to close it at the original target of 50%.

Trade closed: target reached

Comments
patterntrader
Top-notch trade setup. I have to confess that charting is a skill. Hope things transpire well. Continue your good work and thanks for sharing it.
AlexanderGotay
@patterntrader, Thank you for your comment. Hopefully things go well for you too.
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