Trade Of The Week: Bearish – CIM – LITT Short

Our trade of the week this week is a LITT Short on CIM. This trade was not flagged by our scanners however now that the ADX has risen and the stock is trading slightly above 52 week lows it could be flagged any day. This trade is an at-the-money Bear Call Spread. With this trade you receive your maximum profit up front in options premium and the best outcome is for the position to expire worthless.

Here are some of the key facts that have contributed to this trade idea:

• We are looking to enter the position close to 45 days to expiry (currently 43 DTE).
• The stock price is below the 50 Day MA, which in turn is below the 200 Day MA.
• CIM has been seeing a lot of price action around $28.00. sellers break through this support level there me be another breakout move lower.
• IV Rank is favourable.
• Liquidity is poor so you may have to move away from the theoretical price to get filled.

With the stock currently trading at $27.81 we are looking at trading the following strikes:

Sold Call 26.50 26 Mar 20 Call @ 186.50
Bought Call 28.00 26 Mar 20 Call @ -97

At the close of trading today we’re looking at around a 89.5 credit to enter into this trade.

With 50 units your best outcome in this trade is for both legs to expire worthless so you can keep the upfront premium. The theoretical maximum profit is currently $4,475, with the theoretical maximum loss $3025. The maximum profit will be achieved if the options expire worthless on the 26th of March 2020 with the CIM stock price closing below strike price of the sold call at $26.50. If the stock expires at or above the strike of the protective call at $28.00 the maximum loss will occur. The breakeven is at $27.395.

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We wish you good luck with your trading, and as always if you have any questions, please feel free to contact our trading desk on (03) 8080 5795.

 

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