Back on June 19th we detailed a bearish near term trade in shares of JPMorgan (JPM) targeting the July expiration that would catch the company’s Q2 earnings report (read here). The thought at the time was simple, expectations seemed high, the steepness of the stock’s ascent likely discounted good earnings news, but failed to incorporate potential risk from a messy resolution to Greece’s debt problems. Lastly options prices looked relatively cheap, here was the trade from June 19th:
Trade: JPM ($68.20) Buy July 67.50 / 62.50 Put Spread for $1
And I detailed on CNBC’s Options Action:
The stock has since sold off 5% and the put spread that I bought for $1 is now worth more than 2x what I paid. I am now going to take off half of the position and leave on the other half on but without any risk of a loss on the trade:
Action: JPM ($65.33) Sell to Close 1/2 of July 67.50 / 62.50 Put Spread at $2.10 for a $1.10 gain
At the time of the trade, we wanted to target a pullback towards the May breakout level of $64, a level we would likely take off the other half:
We will look to add back or possibly roll out on a bounce prior to earnings on July 14th.