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jimmenknee

07/31/13 6:33 PM

#48997 RE: pj McMulligan #48993

Sorry so late pj-- the industry certainly has enjoyed a nice run-up and is definitely long-term "investment grade" (I have this industry [but not BA specifically] as ~6% of my portfolio).

Straight up put options would be the Aug 105s IMHO.

Reward:Risk of 1.9:1 (assuming 100.5 tgt/107.50 stop)

Aug strike: $105
Est Intrinsic: $4.50
Ask: $2.28
Est Gross: $2.22 (+97.37%)

(My 2 pennies: if BA had the "minis," this would be one worth considering writing a put (10 shares -vs- 100 per contract) to either capture the premium or get the shares at a lower price. Otherwise a do-able strategy if one was already invested in BA would be to write a covered call.)