We were in a free fall again but the market miraculously bounced back. Where it's going to go tomorrow? Nobody knows. But I would caution everyone to go long on anything. The situation around the world is pretty alarming and I fear that we might see a flash crash soon. Hopefully I am totally wrong.
So what's my trade today?
With the VIX so high and many of the stable companies are already getting pretty cheap, it's relatively easy to pick a prospect for a wide strangle. For today I selected #IWM ( #Russell2000 ), which covers 2000 companies. For many years I couldn't trade it because the IVR (volatility ranking) was so low that it was not worth it. But now, the IVR is at an insane level so the risk/reward ratio is phenomenal.

The stats
Trade Type: Short Strangle
Strike: $143 / 192
Expiry: 17 Jun
Delta: -4.2
IV Rank: 83.6
Premium: $2.01
Cap Req: $1728
Annualised Prof at Expiry: 118%
Other adjustments:
https://www.tycoonitos.com/community/market-comments/market-comments-20220414
https://www.tycoonitos.com/community/market-comments/market-comments-20220428
https://www.tycoonitos.com/community/market-comments/market-comments-20220226
https://www.tycoonitos.com/community/market-comments/market-comments-20220420
https://www.tycoonitos.com/community/market-comments/market-comments-20220505
Beautiful winner!
Closed at $1.10 for an annualised profit of 240%.
Given the high IVR, I will most likely open a similar trade next week.