Today Brian Overby discusses long straddles around earnings using GE as an example.

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Today, Brian discusses:

  • The caveats of long straddles
  • Why do long straddles work in this market climate?
  • Looking at long straddles for GE, which announces earnings on Friday, October 16, before the open.
  • What is the marketplace implying GE could do AFTER earnings?
  • Setting up the trade
  • What do you want to happen?