Mar
10
Filed Under (Bonus Trades, Iron Condor) by CondorTrader on 10-03-2008

lonely-on-the-street.jpgXLF, the Financial sector ETF, maybe double-bottoming here in the short term. Or it may not. But implied volatility in the April options is at 49.81%, and we know for sure that implied volatility in the options is well above the historical volatility, so we want to sell a little bit of premium here.

We’re opening the following iron condor for April expiration:

+1 XLF April 29 call
-1 XLF April 27 call
-1 XLF April 20 put
+1 XLF April 18 put
for a net credit of $0.49.

If we see a brief market bounce later this week, you may be able to pull some quick profits in a volatility crush.

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