The automated Quantcha Trade Ideas Service has detected a promising Long Put Butterfly trade opportunity for NETFLIX (NFLX) for the 19-Jan-2018 expiration period. You can analyze the opportunity in depth over at the Quantcha Options Search Engine. NFLX was recently trading at $173.90 and has an implied volatility of 37.04% for this period. Based on an analysis of the options available for NFLX expiring on 19-Jan-2018, there is a 31.44% likelihood that the underlying will close within the analyzed range of $157.21-$192.15 at expiration. In this scenario, the average linear return for the trade would be 163.73%. Price target: Zacks Research has updated their six-month price target for NFLX to $174.68. This price target is a consensus price created from the price targets published by 28 participating analysts whose targets ranged from $82.00 to $210.00. Mean recommendation: Zacks normalizes analyst recommendations to a 1-5 scale where 1 indicates a strong buy. Their mean recommendation for NFLX has been updated to 1.87, which indicates a buy consensus from analysts. Sentiment has moved from 1.87 to 1.93 to 1.90 over the past three months. Trade approach: The difference between the current price for NFLX and the mean price target is $6.10, which represents a 0.45% move (0.90% annualized). Since the 180-day implied volatility for NFLX is 36.75%, a neutral range-bound strategy could prove effective if the price target ultimately turns out to be accurate. Upside potential: Using this neutral range-bound strategy, the trade would be profitable if NETFLIX closed in the range $156.20-$193.80 on 19-Jan-2018. Based on our analysis, there is a 33.66% likelihood of this return. The maximum return for this trade would be 303.23% if NETFLIX closed at $175.00. Downside risk: As with any options trade, there is a substantial downside risk where you may lose most or all of your investment. To analyze this trade in depth, please visit the Quantcha Options Search Engine. This is an automated post generated based on a market analysis of delayed data at 8/9/2017 11:16:52 AM ET. The analysis does not include brokerage fees or commissions and is not investment advice.