Earnings

Alphabet reports after the close Thursday, and the focus is likely to be on demand for the company’s cloud and streaming services during Q2.

E-commerce giant Amazon Inc. is set to release Q2 2020 results on July 30. This will be an interesting earnings report since investors will get a glimpse of how the pandemic may have impacted the company’s e-commerce and cloud computing segments.

Apple is set to release its Q3 earnings report on Thursday. Investors will be focusing on iPhone sales, the impact of store closures, and any other guidance for coming quarters.

FB is getting ready to open the books on Q2 amid the pandemic and an unexpected advertising boycott. How did it fare?

Boeing shares outpaced the S&P 500 Index (SPX) over the last three months and have nearly doubled from their 2020 lows. Some optimism may be back going into Q2 earnings as the company cut costs and made progress on the 737 Max.

Since reporting a surprise profit for the third quarter in a row last time around, a lot has gone right for Tesla. But shares have had such a jolt to the upside that investors heading into Wednesday’s earnings report may be wondering whether the automaker can continue its momentum.

After strength early in pandemic, can MSFT continue to thrive in its fiscal Q4? The company reports on Wednesday after the close, and, as always, cloud results loom large.

Once again, Energy sector earnings are expected to be the worst in the S&P 500 as the COVID-19 crisis pushed crude prices to all-time lows.

The Technology sector has been one of the relatively bright spots in the COVID economy, and shares have surged as a result. Might these advances be reflected in upcoming earnings? Here's what investors might want to keep an eye on.

Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs are set to release Q2 earnings in the coming days. Investors should expect to hear about what executives anticipate for the economy as struggles continue.

Netflix has been a beneficiary of the stay-at-home economy, and the question as earnings approach is how many more subscribers it added after a banner Q1.

JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup are in the vanguard of big banks reporting earnings this week, and investors might gain more insight into the impact of the pandemic by listening to their executives.

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Earnings season can be a time of higher-than-typical volatility, which can mean an increase in risk as well as opportunity. Learn some of the options trading strategies you might use during earnings season.

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Trading a stock around earnings day isn’t always simple. There tends to be volatility risk. It also helps to really know the company’s fundamentals.

thinkorswim has developed an interface dedicated to researching the effects that earnings announcements have on the prices of stocks and options.

Quarterly earnings calls, a routine practice for most U.S. corporations, can be a rich source of insight and ideas for investors.

Can straddles be used in an options strategy around earnings announcements or other market-moving events? Yes, but there are risks and other considerations.

Learn the difference between implied and historical volatility, and find out how to align your options trading strategy with the right volatility exposure.

Learn the thinkorswim platform's Order Entry tool and how multi-leg trades, or option spreads, can make sense for qualified traders during earnings season.

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Learn how option straddles and strangles can give you exposure to implied volatility.

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Learn some of the option trading alternatives you can use during earnings season.

Learn how a collar strategy—a covered call and a protective put—might be a cost-effective way to limit risk.

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Long-term investors may be tempted to gloss over the minutiae, but the small print can often tell a company’s story. Learn some of the terms to know and why.

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Feeling confused by pages of tiny numbers in a company’s earnings report? Here are three metrics investors can easily find in quarterly data.

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Earnings season offers a unique opportunity to participate in some of a stock’s most active and volatile periods of the year.

Long calendar spreads allow traders to hedge for volatility risk, especially to navigate earnings season or other corporate news events.

Earnings—a quarterly company check-up— are one of the most important “known” events that allow traders to align a strategy on the thinkorswim platform.

Consider straddle/strangle swaps to better position for earnings. Use option strategies and charting tools to help navigate these vexing volatility events.

Check out short-term options pricing to gain a sense of how the underlying stock could move around an earnings release. You can track straddles or use the TD

Weekly options were introduced by the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 2005. Now they’re all the rage, especially as more traders use them to position for earnings releases.