TradeKing Midday Market Call Recap - $SPX & $BMY
Featuring @BrianOverby & @MNKahn
Quick Takes Pro Market Technician Michael KahnAnalyzes the S&P 500:
SPX was trading at 1,933.93, down 27.38 on the day. The SPXcontinued to recover up until the Fed meeting with the resistance line beingviolated the day before the announcement followed by a failure the next day.Michael believes the rebound is now over, and the path of least resistance ison the downside.
Michael Kahn’s Chart of the Day: Bristol Meyers Squibb(BMY):
Bristol MeyersSquibb was trading around the 62.11 level during the time of analysis, belowits 50-day moving average of 63.10. Michael believes this stock has had areversal following it’s rally. The pharmacy sector has been weak as of late andBMY obviously has been bucking the sector trend. Even though this stock hadbeen one of the stronger names in pharmaceuticals, Michael believes the bullrun is over for BMY and it will continue to breakdown and should drop furtherwith potential supports at 58.00 and 54.50.
TradeKing “Options Guy” Brian Overby Analyzes BristolMeyers Squibb Volatility & Dividends:
BMY’s 30-dayImplied Volatility (IV) has been climbing recently, most likely because theirearnings announcement is fast approaching. The Q3 earnings is anticipated to be announced on or around October 23,2015.
Bristol MeyersSquibb has an ex-dividend date of September 30, 2015 and is expected to pay ahealthy dividend of around $0.37 per share.
Brian Overby Shares BMY Paper-Trading Strategies:
Brian’s firstpaper trade is a Long Calendar Spread with Puts, which is usually a more neutralstrategy, but will be directional in this case to in fit Michael's forecast.The upcoming dividend will be paid during the strategy’s time frame and hehopes to see an increase in 30-day implied volatility as the earningsannouncement approaches. His second paper trade is a Long Put. This strategy is bearish and can be used when you expect adrop in the underlying stock’s value.
Brian’s First Paper Trade - Long Calendar Spread with Puts
- Sell 1 Oct09th 2015 BMY 60 Put
- Buy 1 Oct23rd 2015 BMY 60 Put
- 17 and 31days to expiration
- Net Bid 0.26,Mid .53, Ask .80 for the strategy
- Net debit is.53 if we get it at the mid-price, though note this is not always possible
- Maximumpotential loss: $0.53
- Maximumpotential gain is limited to the premium received for the back-month call minusthe cost to buy back the front-month call, minus the net debit paid toestablish the position. NOTE: You can’t precisely calculate your max gain atinitiation of this strategy, because it depends on how the back-month callperforms at the front-month call’s expiration date.
- Total commission to enter thistrade at TradeKing is $6.25
Brian’s Second Paper Trade - Long Put
- Buy 1 Oct23rd 2015 BMY 60 Put
- 31 days toexpiration
- Bid 1.80, Ask2.07 for the put
- Debit is 2.07if we get it at the ask-price.
- Maximumpotential loss: $1.80
- Maximumpotential gain: $58.20
- Total commission to enter this trade at TradeKing is $5.60
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