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GM Beats on Earnings and Raises Guidance. The Options Market Barely Blinked. Here's Why.

General Motors beat Q2 estimates, raised full-year guidance for the second time this year, and its stock rose about 5% — right in line with what the options market had already priced in. Here's how implied moves work, and what it means to trade an earnings gap after the fact.

July 21, 2026 ET

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What Happens to Your Options When Four Big Banks Report Earnings on the Same Morning

JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs all report Q2 earnings on July 14, 2026. If you're running the wheel on bank stocks, here's what elevated implied volatility does to your premium — and what happens to it the very next morning.

July 5, 2026 ET