Trade Alert - (TLT) August 20, 2012
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Trade Alert - (TLT)
Sell Short the (TLT) September $116-$111 put spread at $0.37 or best
Opening Trade
8-20-2012
expiration date: 9-21-2012
Portfolio weighting: 5%on a delta basis
($5,000/100/$0.37) = 25 Contracts
I think a risk reversal in the markets is imminent, and the Treasury bond market is ripe for at least a five point rally. This is on the heels of an impressive 12 point sell off over the past month that has taken yields up from 1.38% to 1.83%.
If the (TLT) stays above $116 by the September 21 expiration, the value of this put spread goes to zero, giving you a profit of $0.37. That is a healthy three full points below the 200 day moving average, which should hold for a month even if we keep going down, which we shouldn?t. That would add (25 X 100 X $0.37) = $925, or 0.93% profit for the notional $100,000 portfolio.
The breakeven point on this trade in terms of the ten year Treasury yield is about 2.05%, or 25 basis points higher than here. It has four weeks to do this.
To execute this trade:
Sell short the September, 2012 (TLT) $116 puts at??$0.46
Buy the September, 2012 (TLT) $111 puts at????.$0.09
Net Premium Proceeds:??????.??????...$0.37
Enter this trade as a single day limit order for the entire spread, not the individual legs. If you don?t get done, work your limit up a penny at a time. Your options trading platform should allow this. That keeps you from paying a double spread. If you can?t do the spread then consider buying October or November calls options outright, or the (TLT) ETF directly.
