Trading Earnings With Options (My Favorite Strategies & Examples)

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for trading options during earnings season, focusing on positioning for market movements and understanding volatility.

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People in this episode

Host: Christopher M. Uhl

Topics covered

• trading strategies
• earnings season
• options trading
• volatility
• risk management

Keywords

• earnings
• options pricing
• implied volatility
• expected moves
• trading strategies

Sponsors

Tradier, Cboe

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Organizations: OVTLYR

Products: options, straddles, strangles

Places: Eastern

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