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The panel consensus is bearish on a short strangle on NEM due to the elevated risk of macro shocks breaching the strikes, despite the high premium collected.
Risk: Macro shocks such as geopolitical instability or Fed policy changes breaching the strike prices.
Opportunity: Collecting a high premium of $1.87 ($187/contract) if gold prices remain range-bound and IV crushes.
Full Article
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Newmont Mining (NEM) is currently showing above average volatility with an IV Percentile of 82% and an IV Rank of 66.15%.
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Today, we’re going to look at a short strangle trade due to the high IV percentile, that will profit if NEM stays between 90 and 125 for the next four weeks.
A short strangle aims to profit from a drop in implied volatility, with the stock staying within an expected range.
When implied volatility is high, the wider the expected range becomes.
The maximum profit for a short strangle is limited to the premium received while the maximum potential loss is unlimited. For this reason, the strategy is not suitable for beginners.
NEM SHORT STRANGLE
Traders that think NEM stock might remain stable over the next few weeks could look at a short strangle.
As a reminder, a short strangle is a combination of an out-of-the-money short put and an out-of-the-money short call.
The idea with the trade is to profit from time decay while expecting that the stock will not move too much in either direction.
For NEM stock, an April 17 put with a strike price of $90 could be sold for around $0.98.
Then the short call, placed at the $125 strike, could be sold for around $0.89.
In total, the short strangle will generate around $1.87 per contract or $187 of premium.
The profit zone ranges between $88.13 and $126.87. This can be calculated by taking the short strikes and adding or subtracting the premium received.
If price action stabilizes, then short strangles will work well. However, if NEM stock makes a bigger than expected move, the trade will suffer losses.
Note that NEM has already reported Q4 earnings, so this trade should not have any earnings risk if held to expiration.
The expected move for the April 17 expiration is currently $95.92 – $117.17.
COMPANY DETAILS
Newmont Corp. is one of the world's largest producers of gold with several active mines in Nevada, Peru, Australia and Ghana. Newmont's operating segments are N. America, S. America, Australia and Africa.
The N. America segment has operations in Mexico, Canada and in the U.S. The S. America segment is represented by operations in Suriname, Peru, Argentina and Dominican Republic.
AI Talk Show
Four leading AI models discuss this article
Opening Takes
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Claude by Anthropic
"High IV Percentile alone does not justify selling premium; the article misses that elevated volatility often reflects genuine uncertainty that can *widen* moves beyond the proposed $90–$125 range."
The article pitches a short strangle on NEM as a mechanical volatility play, but conflates two separate problems. Yes, IV Percentile of 82% suggests elevated premiums—that's real. But the $90–$125 profit zone is only 27.5% wide while NEM's expected move is $95.92–$117.17, leaving minimal margin for error. The article glosses over why IV is elevated: gold prices are volatile due to Fed policy uncertainty and geopolitical risk. Selling premium into that environment is betting volatility *contracts*—not a given. Post-earnings safety is mentioned but irrelevant if macro shocks (rate decisions, dollar moves, conflict escalation) breach the strikes.
Devil's Advocate
If gold volatility is elevated because real macro risks exist—not just technical mean-reversion—then selling premium into that environment is precisely wrong. The short strangle could face exactly the directional move it's designed to avoid.
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Gemini by Google
"Selling a short strangle on NEM ignores the significant risk of a gold-price breakout, which would quickly turn a volatility-harvesting strategy into an unlimited liability trap."
The article's case for a short strangle on Newmont (NEM) relies on mean reversion, but it dangerously ignores the macro-sensitivity of gold miners. While an 82% IV percentile suggests inflated premiums, gold is currently testing historic highs due to geopolitical instability and shifting central bank policy. Betting on a range-bound move between $90 and $125 ignores the risk of a breakout driven by real interest rate volatility or safe-haven flows. Furthermore, selling naked volatility in a sector prone to sudden, news-driven spikes—like a surprise mine strike or sudden shifts in mining tax legislation—is a classic 'picking up pennies in front of a steamroller' trade.
Devil's Advocate
If gold prices have truly reached a cyclical ceiling, the high IV is merely a reflection of market over-exuberance, making the premium collection on a short strangle a high-probability trade for income-focused portfolios.
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ChatGPT by OpenAI
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Grok by xAI
"Ongoing Iran tensions heighten upside risk for gold stocks like NEM, threatening the short strangle's upper breakeven despite high IV premiums."
This short strangle on NEM collects $1.87 premium ($187/contract) with breakevens at $88.13-$126.87, encompassing the expected move ($95.92-$117.17) and profiting from IV crush (82nd percentile) and theta if gold stabilizes. No earnings risk post-Q4 is appealing for neutral gold bias. But the article downplays NEM's leverage to gold prices amid 'Iran War Drags On' headlines, risking upside breach of $125 on safe-haven flows or Fed cut bets. Tail risks are unlimited; high IV signals market expects ~10% move, not range-bound action.
Devil's Advocate
Gold's recent rally may already be priced in, and with IV elevated but not crushing yet, the wide profit zone offers high probability of success (theta decay dominates in non-trending markets). NEM's diversified mines reduce single-event volatility.
The Debate
C
Claude
▼ Bearish
Responding to Grok
Disagrees with:
Grok
"Elevated IV is a warning label, not a selling signal—the market is pricing real tail risk, not overexuberance."
Grok flags the tail-risk asymmetry correctly, but underweights it. A short strangle's 'high probability' is meaningless if the 10% tail move—which elevated IV explicitly prices in—wipes the trade. Google nails the real issue: we're selling premium *because* macro risks are real, not despite them. The $187 credit doesn't compensate for a $95 gold spike on Iran escalation or surprise Fed dovishness. Theta decay only matters if nothing happens. Here, something probably will.
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Gemini
▼ Bearish
Responding to Grok
Disagrees with:
Grok
"Selling volatility into macro-driven uncertainty ignores that IV expansion often accompanies the directional breakouts this strategy is designed to avoid."
Grok, your reliance on 'theta decay' is a fallacy when IV is driven by systemic macro shocks rather than idiosyncratic noise. You’re assuming the market is mispricing volatility, but if central banks or geopolitical actors move the needle, the IV won't crush—it will expand. Anthropic and Google are right: the risk-to-reward ratio here is fundamentally broken. You are essentially shorting insurance during a hurricane because the premiums look 'attractive' on a spreadsheet.
C
ChatGPT
▼ Bearish
Responding to Grok
Disagrees with:
Grok
"Liquidity, margin and dynamic-hedging costs during IV expansion are an underappreciated tail risk that can make short strangles on NEM catastrophically loss-making."
Grok leans on theta but ignores operational realities: in an IV spike (gold shock or Fed surprise) NEM options spreads widen, gamma hedges become costly, and margin/assignment pressure forces rapid deleveraging. That liquidity + margin feedback can amplify losses beyond simple payoff diagrams—turning a $187 credit into a multi-thousand-dollar realized hit if you can't hedge or are forced closed at poor fills.
G
Grok
▬ Neutral
Responding to Google
Disagrees with:
Google
"82% IV percentile forecasts vol contraction, giving short strangle a mean-reversion edge if tails don't hit."
Google, labeling theta a 'fallacy' overlooks the 82% IV percentile's statistical signal for mean reversion—premiums are inflated precisely to pay for priced-in macro tails. Shocks must exceed the 10% expected move to breach breakevens. Panel misses NEM's operational hedges (diversified assets) tempering geo vol spikes vs spot gold.
Panel Verdict
Consensus ReachedThe panel consensus is bearish on a short strangle on NEM due to the elevated risk of macro shocks breaching the strikes, despite the high premium collected.
Opportunity
Collecting a high premium of $1.87 ($187/contract) if gold prices remain range-bound and IV crushes.
Risk
Macro shocks such as geopolitical instability or Fed policy changes breaching the strike prices.
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