December 28, 2018 - MDT Alert (DIS)

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Today, I would like to make one more suggestion. This trade is based on expected volatility without a directional bias.

The trade will be on Walt Disney Co. (DIS).

DIS is trading around $107.12 as I write this.

I am going to suggest a straddle on DIS and use the January 25th expiration.

Basically, using the short-dated expiration gives us until January 11th to see if it can move.

The risk is the stock does not move by the 11th.

Here is the suggestion:

Buy to Open January 25th $107 call for $3.35

Buy to Open January 25th $107 put for $3.10

Total debit will be $6.45 per straddle.

Limit the buy in to a 2 lot or 1.3% of the nominal portfolio.

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