Earnings Watch: NVDA & SHOP Options Plays
Below are some of the bigger-name CBOE Volatility Indices. These symbols can be used on the tastytrade platform.
Crude (/CL) traders tend to like looking at the OVX:CGI volatility index, while euro currency traders prefer the EVZ:CGI volatility index.
Investors can enter the above symbols into the tastytrade platform (with the :CGI).
Moderna (MRNA), Salesforce (CRM), Netflix (NFLX), Lululemon Athletica (LULU) and Crowdstrike (CRWD) post positive seven-day returns.
Nvidia (NVDA), of course, is on the list.
Starbucks (SBUX) released earnings yesterday. Tesla (TSLA), META (META) and IBM (IBM) release earnings today.
There was a $500 billion dollar (maybe more!) haircut in market cap overnight. I guess it's the death of semiconductors. But if you think reports of their demise might be a bit overblown, and want to capitalize on the spike in volatility, an iron condor in FEB is an interesting setup. Selling the 110/100 put spread and the 137/147 call spread leans slightly long delta for a $2.66 credit.
Shopify has nearly doubled since this time last year, and it is currently near 52-week highs. Its earnings are coming up on Feb. 11. If you think the upside might be muted, an upside CRAB trade provides an interesting inside/up payoff with very little risk to the downside. Go long the 125 call in MAR for some positive gamma; and selling 2x the 135 calls in FEB for a small debit has a breakeven around 140 and up to a $1,000 profit in the 120-135 range (upside expected move in FEB).
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