if you are doing this as an earnings play i would suggest you trade the month the earnings come out. if you believe that whatever happens after earnings will start a trend that you want to be in, i would wait until earnings are announced and then pounce on the direction you want to lean the trade with a vertical or other directional strategy.
you ask about the greeks. well the obvious risk is vega/theta. whatever happens after earnings are released, rimm iv will likely fall - particularly in those july or sep options - and thus you have to get enough big directional movement to compensate for the debit on the strangle (especially if you decide to play june expiration, as i suggest, which would expire immediately after earnings). so you have to be prepared to either have your fortune telling skills perfect (i.e. you guess correctly on a big post earnings move) or you have to be an aggressive seller of premium on pre-earnings opportunities or directly into any post earnings move.
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> Hello all,
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> I am considering a trade on RIMM b4 earning .
> Rimm has earning June 18.
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> I thought about on 80/75 Sep cost 16.75$ debit or to go on July same strike cost 11.15$ .
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> my question:
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> I don't look at greek so all the greek export here what do you think?
> I want to learn.
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> when I am placing this kind of trade .I am just checking if the stock can move that far to make me profit.
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> Nava Elgar
>
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