Bear Put Spreads Below the 200-Day
Bear Put Spread207 trades pass on SLV
- Return on risk
- 11.1% to 691.1%
- Probability of profit
- 29.9% to 79.1%
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SLV last closed at $44.13 with 30-day implied volatility of 40.5%. That is near the bottom of its one-year range (IV rank 11), so options on SLV are cheap compared with its own recent history. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 21% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Dec 11 (28 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $4.95, or 11.2%.
The price is below both its 50-day (-16.5%) and 200-day (-28.7%) moving averages. It is trading within 0.0% of its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 32.4 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $1.53, about 3.5% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (278K contracts) was 1.1x its average, close to normal. A beta of 1.90 means SLV has tended to move about 1.9 times as much as the broad market. 4 of our preset screens found trades on SLV at the close, led by Bear Put Spreads Below the 200-Day with 207 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 20263 days | 30.2% | ±$1.21 (2.7%) | $42.92 to $45.34 | $0.97 |
| Dec 11, 202628 days | 40.5% | ±$4.95 (11.2%) | $39.18 to $49.08 | $3.94 |
| Jan 15, 202763 days | 39.8% | ±$7.30 (16.5%) | $36.83 to $51.43 | $5.80 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for SLV from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
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