IWM Bullish Calendar Call Spread Looks Cheap at 88 Cents


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This IWM Calendar Call Spread Could Pay 3.1 to 1

Bullish play with a target stock price of $220

Strategy has +307% upside potential and 11% undervalued


Strategy: IWM Calendar Call Spread
Sell 11-Oct-24 220 Call2.05
Buy 25-Oct-24 220 Call2.93
Debit:$0.88


iShares Russell 2000 ETF price is now up +1.0% today to $209.91. The price action today indicates stock and market strength. Setting up this calendar spread with strikes at $220 gives you a bullish bias to tap into IWM stock's strength.

Option Profit Calculator Results for IWM Calendar Spread at 11-Oct-24 Expiration

In this scenario, the optimal stock price for the option strategy would be $220.00 on the date of the first expiration, October 11, 2024. This is equal to the strike price of the options in the spread. Since both IWM and the market are showing upward pressure, and the strikes are above the current stock price of $209.84, the spread is taking advantage of this bullish momentum. If the stock price is $220.00 at expiration, we can benefit from the 11-Oct-24 call, which we sold, expiring worthless, and the option that we are long, the 25-Oct-24 call, will still have time premium built in.

Since we do now know what the exact implied volatility will be on October 11, we can use our historical data to make an educated estimate to help us calculate the value of the 25-Oct-24 option. Applying the median historical implied volatility of 21.1 from similar options, the theoretical value of the call is 3.58 at the date of the 11-Oct-24 expiration. Using the above assumptions gives us a potential upside of +307% for this calendar spread.

IWM Calendar Spread Value vs. Market Price

According to Market Chameleon estimated value, IWM Calendar Spread is trading at a 11% discount to historical benchmark.

If we use historical data to measure how similar spreads in IWM were priced in the market, the 4-year average price was 0.99, with a high mark of 1.49 and a low of 0.71.

Currently, the calendar call spread is bid at 0.79 and offered at 0.88. The midpoint of the spread is 0.84.

If we use 0.99 as our historical fair value benchmark, the current market ask price is at a 11% discount, while the current market midpoint represents a 16% discount.

Current PriceHistorical Values of Similar Spreads
BidAskMidpointAverageHighLow
0.790.880.840.991.490.71
Market Chameleon captures daily records of market data to calculate historical benchmarks and generate estimated values.

Takeaway

The IWM calendar call spread we've identified here can be a good way to play a bullish outlook because the option strategy has a +307% upside potential, is 11% underpriced relative to historical measures, and will benefit from the stock price moving higher to $220.

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