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Interactive Brokers Webcast RUT Credit Spreads Russell Rhoads, CFA

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Interactive Brokers Webcast

RUT Credit Spreads

Russell Rhoads, CFA

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Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Prior to buying orselling an option, a person must receive a copy of Characteristics andRisks of Standardized Options. Copies are available from your broker orfrom The Options Clearing Corporation at www.theocc.com. Theinformation in these materials are provided for general education andinformation purposes only. No statement within these materials should beconstrued as a recommendation to buy or sell a security or to provideinvestment advice. Supporting documentation for any claims,comparisons, statistics or other technical data in these materials isavailable by contacting Cboe at www.cboe.com/Contact. Multiple legstrategies involve multiple commission charges. Cboe® and VIX® areregistered trademarks, and Cboe Global MarketsSM and RUTSM are servicemarks of Cboe Exchange, Inc. Russell 2000® is a registered trademark ofFrank Russell Company, used under license. All other trademarks andservice marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Russell 2000 IndexRUT Options Trading Examples Resources / Questions / Contact

Outline

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The Russell 2000 (RUT) is considered a benchmark for small cap stock performance in the USRUT options offer portfolio managers an efficient method of hedging portfolio risk or increasing income for a small cap portfolio Although both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 are broad based benchmarks representing US stock market performance, the price behavior of the two often diverge

Russell 2000 Index

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RVX vs. VIX Index

Data Source: Cboe Global Markets

Russell 2000 Index

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RVX / VIX Premium

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RVX vs RUT Realized by Year

Data Sources: Cboe Global Markets and Bloomberg

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RVX vs. Russell 2000 Realized Volatility

Data Sources: Cboe Global Markets and Bloomberg

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Expirations Available – February 1, 2018

Blue = PM Settlement Red = AM Settlement

Russell 2000 Index Options

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February 1, 2018 – RUT @ 1578

Russell 2000 Index Options

9-Feb 16-Feb 23-Feb 2-Mar 9-Mar1580 Call Bid 12.90 17.60 21.40 25.00 28.301590 Call Ask 8.80 13.50 17.00 20.50 24.00

Bear Call Credit 4.10 4.10 4.40 4.50 4.30Bear Call Risk -5.90 -5.90 -5.60 -5.50 -5.70

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February 1, 2018 – RUT @ 1578

Russell 2000 Index Options

9-Feb 16-Feb 23-Feb 2-Mar 9-Mar1575 Put Bid 12.00 16.60 20.10 23.20 26.801565 Put Ask 9.00 13.30 16.80 20.00 23.50

Bull Put Credit 3.00 3.30 3.30 3.20 3.30Bull Put Risk -7.00 -6.70 -6.70 -6.80 -6.70

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Monday January 22 – RUT at 1597

Bull Put Spread ExecutedSell RUT Jan 26th 1580 Put at 4.80Buy RUT Jan 26th 1575 Put a 3.85

Net Credit = 0.95

Trading Examples

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RUT 1580 / 1575 Bull Put Spread Payoff Diagram

Trading Examples

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Wednesday January 17 – RUT at 1590

Bull Put Spread ExecutedSell RUT Jan 26th 1550 Put at 2.88Buy RUT Jan 26th 1500 Put a 0.93

Net Credit = 1.95

Trading Examples

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RUT 1550 / 1500 Bull Put Spread Payoff Diagram

Trading Examples

RUT @ 1590

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Friday December 22 – RUT at 1543

Bear Call Spread ExecutedSell RUT Dec 29th 1570 Call at 1.25Buy RUT Dec 29th 1580 Call at 0.70

Net Credit = 0.55

Trading Examples

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RUT 1570 / 1580 Bear Call Spread Payoff Diagram

Trading Examples

RUT @ 1543

Dec 29th

Close1535.51

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Wednesday November 1 – RUT at 1509

Bear Call Spread ExecutedSell RUT Nov 3rd 1525 Call at 3.40Buy RUT Nov 3rd 1535 Call at 1.55

Net Credit = 1.85

Trading Examples

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RUT 1525 / 1535 Bear Call Spread Payoff Diagram

Trading Examples

RUT @ 1509

Nov 3rd

Close1494.91

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