Costco Stock Shows Heavy Implied Volatility; Could This Iron Condor Trade Snatch A 30% Return?

[Option Beast]( 12/04/2021 | [View in browser]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Costco Stock Shows Heavy Implied Volatility; Could This Iron Condor Trade Snatch A 30% Return?]( Costco Wholesale (COST) is showing elevated implied volatility (IV) with an IV Percentile reading of 97%. That means that the stock's current level of implied volatility exceeds most other readings in the past 12 months. So, options traders may want to consider an iron condor as a strategy best placed when implied volatility is high. As a reminder, an iron condor setup is a combination of a bull put spread and a bear call spread. When volatility is high, You can place the iron condor further out of the money. This gives the trade a higher chance at success. The idea with the trade? Profit from time decay while expecting that the stock will not move too much in either direction. 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