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Oil has moved north of $100, bringing with it the popular USO and UCO ETFs. Below are straddles for our favorite UCO, computed with StraddlesCalc Tool
The first (top) is for November, the 2nd (bottom) is for December (not November), as pointed out by 'crash' in his comments. UCO is indeed a 2X.
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1 comment:
Your second scenario appears to be for December options (not November) as noted.
Not sure how many people know UCO is a 2 X oil ETF in your example. My initial read of a 4.8% or 18% move in oil was not interesting until the 2X nature of the ETF registered. Perhaps I shouldn't read blogs late in the day.
Going into the close, UCO pulled back to 44.04. Your straddle had already covered the bid/ask spreads and profitable.
Shortly before the close, a $43/45 November straddle was available for $1.40, requiring a maximum move of 3.3%. A lower max move, but if to the down side a lower price is required. We'll know by Friday.
Thanks for pointing it out.
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