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CBOE Sympathy Stocks: LI Moves When It Reports Earnings

Looking for stocks like CBOE — or wondering which stocks move when CBOE reports? EarningsWatcher measures it instead of guessing: across up to ten years of CBOE's earnings days, LI moved in the same direction as CBOE's reaction 68% of 22 tracked reports, with a median same-day move of ±2.3% — ×1.3 its normal day. These are sympathy stocks: names with no earnings of their own that reprice on CBOE's report, on options that carry no event premium (no IV crush). CBOE's next report is Oct 30, 2026 — these names are live on the sympathy board right now.

EarningsWatcher Research · Updated October 23, 2026 · Educational information, not investment advice
Top sympathy peer
LI
of 1 gated peers
Same direction
68%
over 22 CBOE reports
Typical move
±2.3%
peer's same-day close
Amplification
×1.3
vs LI's normal day
Key facts · cite as EarningsWatcher, October 23, 2026
  • LI has moved in the same direction as CBOE's earnings reaction in 68% of 22 tracked reports, with a median same-day move of ±2.3% — ×1.3 its normal daily move.
  • EarningsWatcher tracks 1 quality-gated sympathy peers for CBOE: LI.
  • When CBOE's earnings reaction is positive, LI's median same-day move is +1.4%; when negative, -1.4%.
Source: https://earnings-watcher.com/wiki/cboe-sympathy-stocks · refreshed daily from live options data · free to quote with attribution and a link.
How LI reacts when CBOE reports — measured, not assumed Peer same-day close move (median), split by the reporter's reaction direction: CBOE beats → LI median+1.4%CBOE misses → LI median-1.4%LI on a normal dayLI when CBOE reports×1.3 · ±2.3%68%same direction22 CBOE reports Excludes LI's own earnings days and heavy market days · 47% of the typical peak is gone by the open. History, not prediction.

All measured sympathy peers for CBOE

Every peer below passed the gates — enough events, direction consistency well above a coin flip, and a move meaningfully bigger than its normal day. Nobody else publishes this measurement; it exists because EarningsWatcher computes it from every CBOE report, with the peer's own earnings days and heavy market days excluded.

PeerSame directionTypical movevs normal daySympathy score
LI68% of 22±2.3%×1.3 ▮▮
The full CBOE sympathy picture is a member tool — and it goes far beyond this table:
  • the 0–100 sympathy score for each pair (direction consistency + amplification + correlation, discounted for small samples)
  • each peer's live ATM straddle with an honest 1-day breakeven — the move it must beat by the reaction-day close
  • historical beat rates from real option prices: how often past CBOE reports beat that same hurdle
  • direction splits, gap-vs-peak timing, and an event-by-event history for every pair
  • the week's best pairs delivered as P0/P1/P2 sympathy picks
No other platform measures earnings sympathy this way.
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Why trade the peer instead of CBOE itself?

Options on CBOE are expensive into the print — the expected move is priced in, and implied volatility collapses the moment results land. LI has no event that day: its options are priced for a normal session, and measured across our pairs the median change in peer IV through a reporter's print is roughly zero. The sympathy trade turns CBOE's report into a position with a normal-day hurdle instead of an event-premium hurdle. New to the concept? Read what a sympathy play is, then see this week's live board.

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Frequently asked questions

Which stocks move when CBOE reports earnings?

Measured over up to ten years of CBOE's earnings days, the strongest sympathy peer is LI: same direction as CBOE's reaction in 68% of 22 tracked reports, median same-day move ±2.3%.

Are stocks like CBOE worth watching on its earnings day?

That is exactly what a sympathy play is: CBOE's report reprices companies with the same customers and economics, so 'stocks like CBOE' often move the same day — without an earnings event of their own. The size is usually smaller than CBOE's own move (LI: ±2.3% vs a normal day ×1.3), but the peer's options carry no event premium, so there is no IV crush to pay.

Is LI correlated with CBOE?

On CBOE's earnings days specifically, yes, historically: 68% same-direction over 22 events after excluding LI's own earnings window and heavy market days. General day-to-day correlation is a different (weaker) question — the earnings-day link is the tradeable one.

What is a sympathy stock?

A sympathy stock moves on another company's news rather than its own — here, LI reacting to CBOE's earnings. EarningsWatcher measures these relationships event by event and gates them for sample size, direction consistency and amplification; see the full guide to sympathy plays.

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