May 18, 2017 - MDT Alert (DIS)

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As I sift through the carnage from yesterday's sell off, there is one stock that looks like it is ready for a rebound.

That stock is Disney (DIS).

Since topping out at $116.10 on the April 27th, DIS has sold off and now trades around $106.60.

From a technical standpoint, it is sitting right on its 200-day exponential moving average.

This also happens to be the lower extreme bollinger band on its 60-minute chart.

Based on this, I do expect a bounce.

DIS also has weekly options.

I am going to suggest a calendar spread.

Here is my suggestion:

Buy to Open July 2017? $105 Call for $3.60

Sell to Open May 26, 2017 $109 Call for $.23

The net debit will be $337 per spread.

The short term call will help to offset the cost of the longer term call.

Based on a fill of $337 per spread, I suggest you limit this trade to a 4 lot or 1.34% of the nominal trading portfolio.

The market appears to be holding for now, but another leg down to 2,343 on the S & P 500 could be possible.

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