Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

Quote from mantenar:

I am not able to find any good stocks this earning season to put combo to fly conversion trades. Have you found any good trades.

This Tuesday FED's announcement about possible last rise in interest rate made the earnings kind of irrelevant. Bob Pisany was screaming like crazy that it's all about FED now , hence , no rise in Vols as usual. Look at AAPL ; last qtr vols went to 50 even AFTER they already announced earnings two days earlier. This time vols were steady at 42 .
However , many stocks moved after reporting today and I already can see some spike in vols for next week reports.
Same happened last April
 
SLAB? 56.36

IV mean = 68% 52-week high

Earnings: 4/24

Haven't really researched the underlying, has good earnings last two quarters, involved in trade secret litigation. Just thought I'd throw it out there to see if it's a good candidate for a straddle to fly conversion??

I was attracted to this position due to the 52-week high of IV and the huge IV drop off on past spikes.
 
Quote from knocks420:

SLAB? 56.36

IV mean = 68% 52-week high

Earnings: 4/24

Haven't really researched the underlying, has good earnings last two quarters, involved in trade secret litigation. Just thought I'd throw it out there to see if it's a good candidate for a straddle to fly conversion??

I was attracted to this position due to the 52-week high of IV and the huge IV drop off on past spikes.

I entered a position on Friday before the close:

S May 55 Strangle @ 9.40

Today was earnings, SLAB down $5.20
however IV dropped to 57%

B May 60C/50P @ 2.40

Total Credit = $7
Min Gain = $2
 
Is anyone playing ISRG . Earrning on 4/27. IV is at 69%. I am expecting IV to drop to 40%. History indicates that the stock moves up a little after earnings report.

Straddle 105 call/put - 16.00
 
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