Of 500 large-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds in my analytical universe, three broke beyond their 20-day price channels, one to the upside and two to the downside.
No symbols survived initial screening. The one finalist, SYMC, has overly low implied volatility for my purposes.
There are no prospects for trades coinciding with earnings announcements under my Volatility Rules.
U.S. markets are closed Friday, July 3, in observance of the Independence Day holiday, and with no survivors, I shall do no further analysis on Monday, July 6.
Earnings season begins Wednesday, July 8, with peak announcements lasting for three weeks. Under the exclusion rule that forbids me from opening new positions in stocks within 30 days of an earnings announcement, increasing numbers of symbols are being removed from my prospective trades list during initial screening. The rule doesn't apply to trades coinciding with earnings under my Volatility Rules.
Methodology
The stocks in my analytical universe all have analyst coverage through the stock-ranking company Zacks Investment Research. Not all of the exchange-traded funds are so covered.
I screen the symbols for historical odds of a profitable signal in the direction of the breakout for the past 12 months.
For symbols whose odds of success are in the top or bottom thirds, I next screen for 1) suitability of the options grid, including implied volatility of three figures or greater on the strike prices I would need to use to build a position, 2) implied volatility in the 70th percentile or greater of its most recent rise, and 3) the absence of an earnings announcement within the next 30 days.
-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, July 2, 2015
References
My trading rules can be read here.
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