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Options Strategies Market Commentary
Apple's Options Market Is Pricing a 3.5% Earnings Swing. Here's What That Number Actually Means

Apple reports its last earnings under CEO Tim Cook on July 30. Options pricing points to a 3.5% move — but Apple has blown past its implied move in five of its last eight reports. Here's how that number gets built, and where it breaks.

July 25, 2026 ET

Options Strategies Market Commentary
Boeing Reports Tuesday. Options Are Pricing a Bigger Move Than the Stock Usually Makes

Boeing's options market is pricing about a 5% swing around Tuesday's earnings — but the stock has actually delivered a bigger move than that in only one of its last eight reports. Here's what that gap says about pricing uncertainty into a turnaround story.

July 25, 2026 ET

Options Trading
Delta's Earnings Are Priced at a 6.5% Move — Here's What That Number Actually Means

Delta Air Lines reports Friday morning, and options traders have already placed their bet — not on whether the quarter is good, but on how far the stock will swing either way. Here's how that "implied move" gets priced, and why it can trip up traders who get the direction right.

July 9, 2026 ET