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Charles Schwab (SCHW) Earnings Date & Expected Move (July 21, 2026)

Charles Schwab (SCHW) reports Q2 2026 earnings on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, before the market open. The options market is pricing a move of about ±5.6% — here’s the move history and what it means for options.

EarningsWatcher Research 7 min read Data as of July 2026 · Education, not advice
Earnings date Schwab’s earnings date is July 21, 2026 (before market open). Live implied move: ±5.6%. See the weekly earnings calendar for every name reporting this week.

Charles Schwab (SCHW) is a broker-deposit name with typically modest earnings moves — but July 2023’s +14.2% peak shows rate-sensitive headlines can still blow through a tight implied band. Below is its earnings behaviour based on the last 16 reports (roughly the past 10 years), as of July 14, 2026.

SCHW earnings at a glance

±4.8%
Avg move (10yr)
peak, day of release
±5.6%
Avg move (2yr)
regime: stable
±10.2%
95th-pct tail
rate shocks possible

Schwab’s decade-long average earnings move is about ±4.8%, with the last two years near ±5.6% — a stable-to-firmer regime. The 95th-percentile tail is about ±10.2%; July 2023 and April 2026 both produced outsized downside gaps.

Does SCHW beat its implied move?

The implied move is what the options market prices in before the report. SCHW’s actual move has topped the implied move in about 38% of recent reports (6 of 16) — more often it finishes inside what options priced, a profile that favors understanding crush risk.

~38%
Beat rate
actual > implied (6 of 16)
Slightly
rich
Near-term pricing
live ~5.6% vs ~4.8% avg
What this implies With only ~38% of reports beating the implied move, Schwab historically undershoots its options-implied band more often than mega-cap banks like JPM. Heading into July 21, 2026, the live implied move has been pricing near ±5.6% — modestly above the ±4.8% decade average.

How SCHW’s moves are distributed

0% 5% 10% 15% 10-yr avg ±4.8% ±1.6% 5th ±2.6% 20th ±4.2% median ±6.6% 80th ±10.2% 95th
The spread of SCHW’s earnings-day moves by percentile. Half of reports land within roughly ±4.2%; the 95th-percentile worst case is about ±10.2%.

The distribution is tight with fat-tail outliers: most Schwab earnings moves stay under ±6.6%, but the 95th-percentile spike reaches ±10.2% — usually on rate or deposit-flow surprises rather than steady quarterly drift.

Recent SCHW earnings

July 2023 peaked near +14.2% against ~±5.1% implied — a massive beat. April 2026 dropped about -8.3% vs ~±3.5% implied. Broker earnings look boring until they aren’t.

See the full history The complete report-by-report record — every past implied vs actual move, open/peak/close behaviour and post-earnings drift, plus the live implied move as the next date approaches — lives in the EarningsWatcher app.

IV rush and IV crush on SCHW

Implied volatility builds into the report (the IV rush) and collapses afterward (the IV crush). With a sub-50% beat rate, short-vol structures have historically faced the crush more often than long-vol structures have been saved by an outsized move — but tail events still happen.

What SCHW’s earnings data means for options

These figures are a reference point, not a signal. Schwab clears its implied move in roughly two of every five reports (~38%), and the ±10.2% tail is the realistic worst case to stress-test. Compare the live implied move in the EarningsWatcher app — SCHW has an earnings simulator.

On the “next” implied move Charles Schwab is scheduled to report July 21, 2026 (before market open). As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near ±5.6%.

Frequently asked questions

When is Charles Schwab (SCHW) earnings date in July 2026?

Charles Schwab is scheduled to report Q2 2026 results on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, before the market open (BMO). Confirm the exact time on a live earnings calendar.

What is SCHW's implied move for earnings July 21, 2026?

As of July 14, 2026 the live implied move has been pricing near plus or minus 5.6% — modestly above the plus or minus 4.8% decade average.

How much does SCHW move on earnings?

Over its last 16 earnings reports (as of July 2026), Schwab's average earnings-day peak move was about plus or minus 4.8%, with a median near plus or minus 4.2%. The 95th-percentile move is about plus or minus 10.2%.

Does SCHW usually beat its implied move?

Less often than not. Schwab's actual move has topped its options-implied move in about 38% of recent reports (roughly 6 of 16). See the full history in the EarningsWatcher app.

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