Trade Alert - (IWM) August 19, 2019

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Trade Alert - (IWM) - BUY

BUY the Russell 2000 (IWM) September 2019 $157-$160 in-the-money vertical BEAR PUT spread at $2.60 up to $2.75

Opening Trade

8-19-2019

expiration date: September 20, 2019

Portfolio weighting: 10%

Number of Contracts = 38 contracts

We are not out of the choppy seas yet. So I am going to use the 1,000 point rally in the Dow Average over the last two days to put out another short position to offset our substantial longs in technology stocks.

I am therefore buying the Russell 2000 (IWM) September 2019 $157-$160 in-the-money vertical BEAR PUT spread at $2.60 or best.

Remember, in falling market, small cap companies fall faster than large cap ones.

Don’t pay more than $2.75 or the risk/reward will go against you.

This is a bet that the Russell 2000 (IWM) will not trade above $157.00 by the September 20 option expiration day in 19 trading days.

If you don’t do options, stand aside. We are close to the top of a range and it is too late to go long or short.

Here are the specific trades you need to execute this position:

Buy 38 September 2019 (IWM) $160 puts at………….………$10.00

Sell short 38 September 2019 (IWM) $157 puts at……..…….$7.40

Net Cost:………………………….………..………................….….....$2.60

Potential Profit: $3.00 - $2.60 = $0.40

(38 X 100 X $0.40) = $1,520 or 15.38% in 19 trading days.

To see how to enter this trade in your online platform, please look at the order ticket above, which I pulled off of Interactive Brokers.

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Please keep in mind that these are ballpark prices only. There is no telling how much the market can move by the time you get this.

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The best execution can be had by placing your bid for the entire spread in the middle market and waiting for the market to come to you.

The difference between the bid and the offer on these deep in-the-money spread trades can be enormous.

Don't execute the legs individually or you will end up losing much of your profit. Spread pricing can be very volatile close to expiration.

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