Iron Condor on AMZN stock – 4.6% potential income return in 14 days

On May 12, 2023, I sold 1 bull put spread and 1 bear call spread (thus forming an iron condor) on Amazon stock with my strike prices set at $100 and $95 for the put spread and $120 and $125 for the call side, with expiry on May 26, 2023). For this trade setup, I was rewarded with $22.80 (after commissions).

When setting up this trade I was looking for a high probability profit trade and chose my strike prices with Delta under 0.1 and -0.1

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here is the trade setup:

• SLD 1 AMZN MAY 26 '23 100 Put Option 0.21 USD

• BOT 1 AMZN MAY 26 '23 95 Put Option 0.08 USD

• SLD 1 AMZN MAY 26 '23 120 Call Option 0.22 USD

• BOT 1 AMZN MAY 26 '23 125 CALL Option 0.08 USD

What happens next?

On the expiry date, May 26, 2023, AMZN is trading in between $100 and $120 -  options expire worthlessly and I keep premium - if AMZN trades under $100 on the expiry date, I risk getting assigned 100 shares, and will have to buy them paying $100

Also if AMZN trades above $120 - I risk selling 100 shares, which I actually don’t have (I have just 23 AMZN shares)

In any case, put or call spread being challenged I will try to roll out, if possible for a credit.

The break-even price for this trade is $99.78 and $120.22

As I’m trading here with $5 dollar wide spreads, my max risk from the trade is $500.

Collecting $22 premium on $500 (if options expire worthless) - equals 4.6% income

• In total: 24 trades since February 6, 2023

• Options premium: $248