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Learn earnings options — step by step

Plain-language guides on how options behave around earnings: what the market prices in, why IV rises then collapses, and how to read a stock’s history before the next report.

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Live implied-move data

Per-ticker pages with the live implied move, next earnings date, and implied-vs-actual history — refreshed daily from options data.

268 tickers — showing the 24 reporting soonest · See all 268 →
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AGNC implied move

AGNC Investment: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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CLF implied move

Cleveland Cliffs: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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NFLX implied move

Netflix: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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ISRG implied move

Intuitive Surgical: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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COF implied move

Capital One Financial: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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GM implied move

General Motors: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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HAL implied move

Halliburton: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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NOC implied move

Northrop Grumman Corp Holding: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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UAL implied move

United Airlines Holdings: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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GE implied move

General Electric Company: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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NLY implied move

Annaly Capital Management Inc: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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RTX implied move

Raytheon Technologies Corporation: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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CB implied move

Chubb: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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MMM implied move

3M: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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AMX implied move

America Movil: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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TSLA implied move

Tesla: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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META implied move

Meta Platforms: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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TXN implied move

Texas Instruments: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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DHR implied move

Danaher: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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IBM implied move

International Business Machines: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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SAP implied move

SAP: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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T implied move

AT&T Inc: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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LRCX implied move

Lam Research Corporation: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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PM implied move

Philip Morris International: live implied move, next earnings date, implied-vs-actual history and beat rate — updated daily.

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Ticker playbooks

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

AAPL earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

ABBV earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

ALV earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

AMD earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

AMZN earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

APLD earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

ARM earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

ASML earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

AVGO earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

AXP earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

BA earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

BAC earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

BANK earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

C earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

CHTR earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

CHWY earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

COF earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

COIN earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

CRWD earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

CRWV earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

CVX earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

DHI earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

DHR earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Playbooks

DIS earnings options

How each name has behaved around its reports — average move, beat rate against the implied, and how traders position into the print.

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Sympathy

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like A

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AA

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ABCB

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ABM

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ABT

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ACI

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ACN

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ADBE

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ADC

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AEO

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AFRM

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AGNC

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AI

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AIR

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ALLY

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ALV

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AMAL

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AMBP

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AMTB

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AMX

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like ANF

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like AOUT

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like APLD

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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Sympathy

Stocks like APOG

Peer reactions per reporter: which stocks move on someone else's earnings day, how consistently, and by how much against a normal day.

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A

After the print

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

A after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AA after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AAL after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AAPL after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ABBV after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ABT after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ACHR after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ACI after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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ACN after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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ADBE after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ADI after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ADSK after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AEO after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AGNC after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AIR after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ALV after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AMAT after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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AMC after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AMD after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AMX after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

AMZN after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

APH after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

APLD after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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After

ARGX after earnings

The reaction record per ticker: how far the stock moved, how often the move held, faded or gapped back, measured across every tracked release.

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B

Before the print

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

AA before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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AAL before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

ABBV before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

ACN before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

ADBE before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

AEO before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

AGNC before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

APH before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

APLD before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

ASML before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

AVAV before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

AVGO before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

AXP before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BA before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BABA before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BAC before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BB before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BIDU before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BMY before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BP before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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BSX before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

BX before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Before

C before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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CAG before earnings

The pre-earnings setup per ticker: what options are pricing, how implied volatility ramps into the report, and why a long option can lose even when the direction is right.

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Beginner — start here

If earnings options are new to you, read these first. They explain what the options market is pricing in and why being right on direction often isn’t enough.

Recommended order
Start here

Learn options trading, one real week at a time

Four strategies — long vol, short vol, IV rush, momentum — each with a guide to read, a tool to look at and a real earnings week to play.

Follow the path
Practice

Rewind: the options trading simulator

Five real earnings weeks, every screen as it looked that morning, paper money and a scorecard. Free to start.

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Foundation

Unusual options activity

Sweeps, blocks and volume spikes — what the flags mean, why most are noise, and the number that summarizes them all.

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Event · Sep 30

MU earnings hub

Micron reports September 30 after the close. Countdown, the live implied move, ten years of implied-vs-actual, IV rush and drift, the timeline and our read — the whole data room on one page.

Open the hub
Strategy

Sympathy plays

Trading stocks that have no earnings through another company's report — real measured pairs, and why the peer side skips the IV crush.

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Before the print

What stocks do before earnings

How implied volatility ramps into each report, what holding options through the print actually cost, and whether the straddle paid — for the names reporting soon.

Start with NVDA
After the print

What stocks do after earnings

Per-ticker up-vs-down records, how often the earnings-day move fades, and the last five reactions — NVDA, AAPL, TSLA and 80+ more.

Start with NVDA
Foundation

Max pain in options

The strike where the most option value dies at expiration — how it's computed, and why earnings break it.

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Start here

What is IV crush?

Why options can lose value after earnings even when the stock moves your way — with a numeric example.

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Essential

What is the implied move?

The market’s expected earnings move from options prices — your main yardstick for every report.

Read article
Tool

Expected move calculator

Type stock price + ATM straddle for a quick ±% estimate — then join for live moves on every ticker.

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Tool

IV crush calculator

Estimate how hard a post-earnings IV drop can hit premium — educational inputs only; join for live research.

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Essential

How to calculate the implied move

ATM straddle method with a numeric example — how to read the figure before any report.

Read article
Foundation

What is earnings volatility?

Why IV spikes into earnings and collapses after — the full pre/post cycle in plain language.

Read article
Foundation

Options before earnings

What to check before buying or selling premium: implied move, IV rank, and move history.

Read article
Foundation

Implied vs historical volatility

Backward-looking realized moves vs forward-looking options pricing — and why the gap widens into earnings.

Read article
Calendar

When is earnings season?

Q1–Q4 start and end dates, peak weeks, and why volatility clusters in these stretches.

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Updated weekly

Earnings this week

Notable reporters and the implied move options are pricing for each — refreshed every week.

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Intermediate — mechanics & structures

Once you understand implied move and IV crush, these guides cover the full earnings-volatility cycle and how common structures behave around the event.

Volatility cycle
Before earnings

IV rush before earnings

Why implied volatility builds into the report and how the pre-earnings IV curve behaves.

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After earnings

IV crush after earnings

How much IV drops, how long it lasts, and what it means for long vs short premium.

Read article
Comparison

IV rush vs IV crush

The two halves of the cycle — same driver, opposite direction, side by side.

Read article
Comparison

IV crush vs theta decay

Gradual daily time decay vs the sudden one-session IV collapse — with a worked example.

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After the gap

Post-earnings drift (PEAD)

Why many stocks keep moving in the direction of the initial reaction for several sessions.

Read article
Seasonal & sector
Jul 2026 season

Bank earnings & options

Q2 bank season playbook (JPM, BAC, GS, WFC, C) — average moves, implied moves and what bank season means for IV.

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Jul 2026 season

Tech earnings & options

Mag 7 + semis hub — MSFT/META Jul 29, AAPL/AMZN Jul 30, and move history for mega-cap tech reporters.

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Calendar

When is earnings season?

Q2 2026 starts mid-July when the banks report — quarter-by-quarter 2026 dates.

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Weekly

Earnings this week

July 27–31 expected-moves chart: MSFT, META, ARM, AAPL, AMZN and more — refreshed weekly.

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Structures & metrics
Structure

Straddle vs strangle

Cost vs breakeven, IV crush exposure, and when each long-vol structure fits around earnings.

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Structure

Calendar spreads around earnings

Selling the front expiry's event premium against a calmer back month — how it works and what a big move does to it.

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Structure

IV term structure into earnings

Contango, backwardation, and why the expiry that contains the report carries all the event premium.

Read article
Structure

Iron condor vs iron butterfly

Two defined-risk ways to sell IV crush — profit zones, max loss, and when each fits.

Read article
Metric

IV rank vs IV percentile

Two ways to measure whether IV is high or low relative to its own history.

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Decision

Hold options through earnings?

How IV crush and the implied move work against long options — framed as education, not advice.

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Advanced — case studies & data

Longer walkthroughs, transparent backtest recaps, and cross-stock studies.

Data studies
Data study

Do options overprice earnings moves?

28,898 reports, 2023–2026: what options priced vs what happened, by year, by size and for the AI complex.

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Data report

Biggest earnings moves of 2026

The year's largest earnings-day moves at the peak and the close, each beside what options had priced.

See the list
Living record

IPO class of 2026: first earnings

SpaceX and Cerebras — what options priced for their first reports and what the stocks did, print by print.

Open the record
Season report

Q3 2026 halfway scorecard

Implied vs actual across the season's first half: who moved more than options priced in, and who was priced for chaos that never came.

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Season tracker

Q3 2026: implied vs actual, live

The running scoreboard of the current season — what options priced in vs what happened, updated as reports land.

Open tracker
New report

Q2 2026: Who beat implied?

A citable editorial report on the public implied-move beat-rate study and what the comparison means.

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Study

Who beats the implied move?

Cross-stock ranking: how often actual moves exceed what options priced in — from ~25% (NVDA) to ~69% (NKE).

Read study
68 trades

Earnings volatility signals review

Forward-tracked Long Vol and Short Vol scorecard — win rate, expectancy, and capital simulation.

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67 trades

IV Rush strategy recap

Pre-earnings trades that capture the IV run-up and exit before the report.

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Standards

EarningsWatcher methodology

How peak moves, implied moves, beat rates, timestamps, and earnings dates are defined.

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Research

The research behind earnings volatility

The academic literature on IV around earnings, implied vs. realized moves, PEAD and information transfer — with full citations and DOIs.

Read the research foundation
Founder

About Amin Khribi

Background and editorial approach behind EarningsWatcher’s earnings-options research.

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Case studies & walkthroughs
New · MCP

Two earnings trades planned with an AI assistant

A member asked the MCP for a trade twice: NFLX long straddle, SOFI short strangle. What each stock did next, and why the loser is the better lesson.

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Featured · MCP

How a member built a trading OS with EW MCP

ChatGPT/Cursor + IV Rush research → NFLX paper trade → journal. Real member workflow you can copy.

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NVDA

NVDA May 2023: IV crush case study

How often NVIDIA beats its implied move (~25%), IV crush, and the May 2023 blow-out.

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NVDA

Long-vol lottos vs defined-risk short vol

Rare huge wins vs capped-loss income structures against 20–30% earnings gaps.

Read walkthrough
Walkthrough

Planning & exiting long vol

Compare implied to history, pick expirations, and plan entries and exits around the event.

Read walkthrough
Overview

Options around earnings — overview

IV rush, movers vs non-movers, and how to read implied vs historical for any name.

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IV Rush

Why IV rises before earnings (IV rush)

How IV behaves into earnings and how to think about pre-earnings straddles and strangles.

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Short vol

Options selling around earnings

IV rush/crush, past move distributions, and calibrating premium-selling structures.

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Common mistakes
Caution

Why 0DTE SPY calls lose

Multi-year backtest: ATM and OTM 0DTE calls bleed capital — theta and no edge.

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Caution

Why selling calls is a trap

“Easy income” until one earnings gap wipes the account — and why defined risk matters.

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July 2026 ticker playbooks
Jul 30

Apple (AAPL)

July 30 AMC — live implied ~±3.9%, cooling regime, ~44% beat rate.

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Jul 30

Reddit (RDDT)

July 30 AMC — live implied ~±12.5%, short history, heavy tail.

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Aug 5

Disney (DIS)

August 5 BMO — live implied ~±7.3%, heating regime, ~69% beat rate.

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Jul 29

SoFi (SOFI)

July 29 BMO — live implied ~±10.1% into mega week.

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Jul 22

Tesla (TSLA)

July 22 AMC — live implied ~±7.7%.

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Jul 23

Intel (INTC)

July 23 AMC — live implied ~±15.2%, heating semis.

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Jul 29

Arm (ARM)

July 29 AMC — live implied ~±19.6%, extreme tail.

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Jul 28

Visa (V)

July 28 AMC — live implied ~±4.9%.

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Jul 28

NXP (NXPI)

July 28 AMC — live implied ~±16.7%, semis.

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Jul 29

P&G (PG)

July 29 BMO — staple earnings, ~±5.0% implied.

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Jul 16

Netflix (NFLX)

July 16 AMC — day-of implied ~±8.9%.

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Hub

Tech earnings hub

Mag 7 + semis calendar with playbook links.

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Quick glossary — earnings vocabulary
Implied moveMarket-implied % move from the ATM straddle. Compare to actual move history.
IV crushSharp IV drop after the report; compresses premiums on held options.
IV rushIV build-up into the report as uncertainty is priced in.
Actual moveRealized % change from close before release to first close after.
AMC / BMOAfter market close vs before open — determines which expiration carries event risk.
Beat rateHow often the actual move exceeds the options-implied move.
PEADPost-earnings announcement drift — continuation after the initial gap.
BreakevenPrice band where a structure’s P/L flips on the event day.

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