The Exact Trigger that Indicates Volatility in PayPal Holdings Inc
PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) : The Exact Trigger that Indicates Volatility
Date Published: 2019-01-07
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The results here are provided for general informational purposes, as a convenience to the readers. The materials are not a substitute for obtaining professional advice from a qualified person, firm or corporation.Preface
We looked at a bullish trigger in Amazon, a bearish trigger in Nvidia, and today we look at a volatility trigger in PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL).Simply owning puts and calls together, like a straddle or a strangle, generally doesn't work. How wonderful would option trading be if we could just buy calls and puts and grow wealth? The need has arisen -- an empirical and structured trigger -- to find an indicator when a large stock move is coming so owning a strangle has a higher probability of succeeding.
There is such a technical condition, and we will review it, right now.
Here is a quick 3 minute video that demonstrates the back-test in Amazon, Adobe, and Apple:
The Short-term Option Volatility Trade in PayPal Holdings Inc
It's time to take advantage of volatility. Fear, uncertainty, doubt, unclear news headlines -- these are all trade-able events.We will examine the outcome of going long a short-term out-of-the-money (40 delta) strangle (buying an out of the money call and buying an out of the money put), in options that are the closest to 14-days from expiration. But we follow three rules:
* Never Trade Earnings
Let's not worry about stock direction or earnings, let's try to find a back-test that benefits from volatility. Here it is, first, we enter the long strangle.
* Use a technical trigger to start the trade, specifically:
Wait until the day that the stock price crosses below the 200-day moving average and the stock price is below the 10-day moving average. Here is a nice simple image of the technical requirement:
As of this writing, January 7th 2019, the trigger is not yet satisfied.
But, in the pivot point chart, below, we can see that a hard down day in the stock would push it below the 200-day moving average and the 10-day. That means we need to put a pin in this and get an alert when it does trigger. This is one to save as we will soon see in the historical results.
* Finally, we set a very specific type of limit:
* Use a 20% limit
* Close the trade after 10 days, if the limit has not been hit.
At the end of each day, the back-tester checks to see if the long strangle is up 20%. If it is, it closes the position. If after 10-days the limit has not been hit, the strangle is closed so not to suffer total time decay.
RESULTS
Here are the results over the last five-years in PayPal Holdings Inc:| PYPL: Long 40 Delta Strangle | |||
| % Wins: | 80% | ||
| Wins: 8 | Losses: 2 | ||
| % Return: | 352% | ||
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The mechanics of the TradeMachine® Stock Option Backtester are that it uses end of day prices for every back-test entry and exit (every trigger).
Setting Expectations
While this strategy had an overall return of 96.6%, the trade details keep us in bounds with expectations:➡ The average percent return per trade was 27.9%.
Checking the Moving Average
You can check to see the moment a stock dips below the 200-day MA for PYPL on the Pivot Points tab on www.CMLviz.com.Back-testing More Time Periods in PayPal Holdings Inc
Now we can look at just the last year as well:| PYPL: Long 40 Delta Strangle | |||
| % Wins: | 83.3% | ||
| Wins: 5 | Losses: 1 | ||
| % Return: | 227% | ||
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➡ The average percent return over the last year per trade was 33.2%.
WHAT HAPPENED
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