XLK - TechnologySome Iv hiding out in the Tech sector due to the middle of the earnings season.
Sold -1 Sep21 70/73 strangle for $2.43 cr.
Risk: 2x cr received to upside, possibly continue to roll put to the downside.
Profit: 50% cr received or manual close on some quick profits (IV collapse due to earnings?)
XLK trade ideas
XLK - topping?Wow. It's having a really great run.....but...... is it possible that it is reaching an end of a 5th wave? This count would suggest so and it does look like a pretty clear 5 wave impulse since the April low. Whether it will just be another correction or a major top I have no idea but I will expect some decent downside sooner rather than later.
OPENING: XLK AUG/SEP 72/76 BEAR PUT DIAGONALBOT +1 DIAGONAL XLK 100 21 SEP 18/17 AUG 18 76/72 PUT @2.75
Paid 2.75 (debt is 69% of the width )
Breakeven @ expiry $73.58
-39 delta, .96 theta
Max Loss : $275
Max Profit : $126
Notes:
Opened a bearish trade here fade the recent rally and add some negative deltas to balance the portfolio.
Following another great trade idea from NaughtyPines! (link below)
Rationale:
Any number of reasons a summer 'tech-wreck' could evolve: trade war, AAPL cutting mobile parts orders from suppliers, weakening Chinese economy etc ...
The top holdings are; AAPL, MSFT, FB, GOOG, V, INTC, T, VZ, CSCO (not sure how V is a 'tech' name?)
Some fundamentals on XLK : The forward PE is near 19, and P/B ratio over 5. There's almost no yield, so it's all about the estimated earnings growth , which if revised down should get punished.
Based on a _DCF valuation model: XLK fair value around 75 by year end... based on 2019 earnings estimates and assuming 13.6% earnings growth .
For the same deltas you could short 40 shares of XLK and borrow $2850 worth of stock, but would be charged the overnight borrowing rates as well.
OPENING: XLK AUG/SEPT 72/76 DOWNWARD PUT DIAGONAL.... for a 2.74/contract debit.
Metrics:
Max Loss on Setup: $274/contract
Max Profit on Setup: $126/contract
Break Even: 73.26
Debit Paid/Spread Width Ratio: 2.74/4 or 68.5%
Theta: 1.14
Delta: -39.63
Notes: Selling semicons on strength. Will start to look to take profit at 50% of max.
The XLKs are the main thing I'm watching this weekI think that the most important thing to watch in the equities market this week is the action in the Technology Sector...the XLKs.
They are testing an important resistance at the $71 level. This level is important because it was an all-time high in March, followed by a quick selloff. Then it became support throughout most of May.
If the XLKs fail here they will take the broader markets lower. This sector is the largest in the S&P 500 at 28%. As of right now they (11:31) they are trading just above it at $71.26, but they are off their highs. My guess is that they will roll over in the next few days but only time will tell.
I try not to be 'married' to an idea because I'm the first to admit that the market knows more than I do. I try hard to not have opinions and just to be an observer and let the markets tell me what to do, but as experienced traders know this is much easier said than done.
XLK Potential Bull Trap; " Bearish Throw Over" Pattern.The S+P Technology ETF XLK experienced a "Bearish Throw Over" Break to the Downside
on 6/25,pattern noted often by Trading View trader Geoff,
occurring when price breaks above resistance, trading above it for multiple days,
only to break back below it, dropping price back into the previous pattern,
and with it, a potential " Bull Trap " now exists on the XLK chart.
NYSE FANG Index has a similar pattern building , as big technology shares reversed from their recent break to the upside.
THE_UNWIND
Passive investing piling into one sector $xlkLooks to me like everyone is piling into xlk. Look at the chart for $msft $aapl $amzn $nvda $nflx They all look virtually the same. No individual price discovery, just mob mentality. Be careful. all have negative RSI divergences. When everybody is on one side of the boat.....
XLK: potentially failed bearish Gartley PatternXLK reversed from the PRZ of the bearish Gartley Pattern after clearing all three targets. However, it quickly moved back into PRZ and stayed there.
If the Terminal Price Bar (labelled as D) will be violated, the price will go higher with the predominant trend.
Watch out for 70.42.
XLK technology. Idea for shorter termLast advance of technology set a new high. The big question is that THE TOP or just the first of 5 up waves to THE TOP. As usual I don't know. In the meantime I think there is a good chance the gaps will be closed. One is at the .62 retraction level. The other at the .78 level. Process your way.
1X bull XLK
2X bull etf: ROM. bear REW
3X bull etf: TECL. bear TECS