Why Investors Should Trade Options Around Earnings Announcements
Business & Finance, Finance & Investing, Investments & Securities
| Author: | John Shon, Ping Zhou | ISBN: | 9780132659758 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education | Publication: | March 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | FT Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Shon, Ping Zhou |
| ISBN: | 9780132659758 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education |
| Publication: | March 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | FT Press |
| Language: | English |
This Element is an excerpt from Trading on Corporate Earnings News: Profiting from Targeted, Short-Term Options Positions (9780137084920) by John Shon, Ph.D., and Ping Zhou, Ph.D. Available in print and digital formats.
Two Line Description
How to trade options before earning announcements — and profit whether the market raves or rages!
Text Excerpt
We’ve all seen perplexing market reactions to earnings announcements, but would you have guessed that this happens 40% of the time? Even if you predict the right direction of an earnings surprise, it’s still easy to lose money with a directional bet. So how can you profit from an earnings announcement? You use an options trading strategy called a “straddle.”
This Element is an excerpt from Trading on Corporate Earnings News: Profiting from Targeted, Short-Term Options Positions (9780137084920) by John Shon, Ph.D., and Ping Zhou, Ph.D. Available in print and digital formats.
Two Line Description
How to trade options before earning announcements — and profit whether the market raves or rages!
Text Excerpt
We’ve all seen perplexing market reactions to earnings announcements, but would you have guessed that this happens 40% of the time? Even if you predict the right direction of an earnings surprise, it’s still easy to lose money with a directional bet. So how can you profit from an earnings announcement? You use an options trading strategy called a “straddle.”
