JPMorgan Chase & Co.(NYSE:JPM) has earnings due out on July 14, 2017 before the market opens. But, the real opportunity with options isn’t earnings — it’s right after earnings — and we see a trade that has won for three-straight years without a single loss, returning 167%.
With the market’s direction becoming tenuous, we can explore option trading opportunities in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) that do not rely on stock direction.
There is an advanced option trade in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) ahead of earnings that takes no stock direction risk, carries a tight stop loss and reduces even the volatility risk which as won 11 of the last 12 pre-earnings cycles and returned more than 320% in annualized returns over the last three-years.
Trading options in Fabrinet (NYSE:FN) using a short window before earnings are released has been a staggering winner over the last several years.
There is a powerful pattern in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock ahead of earnings that has meant a wonderful return in the option market. The strategy won’t work forever, but for now it appears to be a momentum play.
Red Hat Inc (NYSE:RHT) just beat earnings and the stock is ripping to new all-time highs, but the real opportunity with options wasn’t earnings — it’s right after earnings.
There is a way to trade Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ:AAOI) options right after earnings that has been a winner without a loss for an entire year, and further has returned over 170% annualized returns in that time frame.
A covered call is a common option strategies for owners of a stock, but the fact that it is ubiquitous has also meant a lack of rigor.
There is a way to trade Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) options right after earnings that has been a winner more than 85% of the time over the last two-years and has returned almost 120% annualized returns over the last six-months.
There is a way to trade JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) options that is risk protected but out smarts the market with the timing of the trade.
Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) has been a top performer in the S&P 500, proving quite definitively that a retailer can find success, even in the world of Amazon.com.
Trading options in a short window before earnings are released benefits from the rising implied volatility but avoids the risk into the actual earnings release and also avoids any kind of stock direction risk.