MorningWord 4/10/17: Bank Tellers

by Dan April 10, 2017 9:25 am • FREE ACCESS

On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC the panel discussed Q1 bank earnings that kick off this Thursday with results from Citigroup (C), JP Morgan (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC). Friday on the site I detailed (read here) a near-term strategy using XLF options that could serve as a dollar cheap hedge for those who own bank stocks, or for those looking to make a defined risk bearish bet, watch here:

Now to the week ahead…

Implied Movement in the SPY – off of a $235.20 close as of Friday, the SPY March 24th weekly 237 straddle (call premium + put premium) went out offered at about $2.08, if you bought that and the implied movement for the week you would need less than a 1% move in either direction to break-even, a rally above $237.08, or a decline below $232.92.

The implied week movement in the XLF off of a $23.52 close Friday is about 1.7% in either direction. The Apr 13th weekly straddle went out offered at 41 cents if you bought that and thus the implied move you would need a rally above $23.91, or a decline below $23.09 to make money.

Earnings of Note:

Wednesday:

Delta (DAL), before the open, the options marker is implying about a 3.5%one-dayy post-earnings move, which is rich to its 4 qtr average of nearly 2%, but well shy of its 10 year average one day post earnings move of 5%.  Shares of DAL are down 8% on the year, and down nearly 15% from its 52-week highs made in early December. The stock is now teetering on 1-year technical support at $45:

Bloomberg

Thursday (all before the open):

Citigroup (C), the implied one day move is nearly 3%, which is basically in line with its long-term average, but very rich to its 60 basis point average over the last 4 quarters.

JP Morgan (JPM), the implied one day move is nearly 2.5%, which is in-line to its 10-year average one-day post-earnings move, but rich to its 1.75% 4 qtr average.

Wells Fargo (WFC), the implied one day move is nearly 2.5%, which is shy of its 10-year average one-day post-earnings move of about 3.5%, but rich to its 1.25% 4 qtr average.

Our friend Peter Boockvar over at the Boock Report highlighted the questions he would like answered from bank ceo’s on their conference calls this week:

What is going on with this decline in bank lending across the board? For C&I loans to businesses, is there less demand because of the uncertainty over the timing of tax reform? Are companies tapping the capital markets instead of utilizing bank loans? Are companies just lessening their demand for credit because of already high leverage ratios? Are oil companies mostly responsible for the decline in C&I loans because they are paying back credit lines tapped last year? Are banks cutting back on mortgage warehouse lines because of the sharp contraction in refinancings? With respect to the decline in consumer credit lines, the questions are easier. Is it a demand side issue or are standards being tightened? What is the credit outlook for commercial real estate where activity and pricing seems to be topping out?

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