Potential Netease.com (NTES) Trade Has 11.68% Downside Protection

Date:2011-09-13lile  Text Size:

Netease.com (NASDAQ:NTES) closed Friday's unfavorable trading session at $47.94. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $35.20 and 52-week high of $55.00. Netease.com (NTES) stock has been showing support around $46.45 and resistance in the $50.13 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish. For a hedged play on Netease.com (NTES), look at the Dec '11 $47.00 covered call for a net debit in the $42.34 area. That is also the break-even stock price for this trade. This covered call has a duration of 96 days, provides 11.68% downside protection and an assigned return rate of 11.01% for an annualized return rate of 41.85% (for comparison purposes only). A lower-cost hedged play for Netease.com (NTES) would use a longer term call option in place of the covered call stock purchase. To use this strategy look at going long the Netease.com (NTES) Jan '13 $20.00 call and selling the Dec '11 $47.00 call for a total debit of $24.40. The trade has a lifespan of 96 days and would provide 7.38% downside protection and an assigned return rate of 10.66% for an annualized return rate of 41% (for comparison purposes only). Netease.com (NTES) has a current trailing average dividend yield of 0%. [FBB-Seven Summits Research]

 

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