Expected Earnings Move

Need Help...

Iv heard reference on TOS webcasts about the ability to figure projected $ moves of underlying @ earnings using the difference of front month and back month straddles or strangles...

does the concept sound familiar?

how do you figure the expected move?

Thanks :confused:
 
To get the approx. expected move on earnings just look at the price of the front-month ATM straddle.
 
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To get the approx. expected move on earnings just look at the price of the front-month ATM straddle.

say front month straddle is 4.0.. how does that translate into a expected move in the underlying?

thx
 
You still have to be careful of what happened with Google's recent earnings announcement. Most of the time, you should make money short-selling the straddle/strangle. From time to time, you'll get hammered badly. Eat like a bird, poop like an elephant. :)
 
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