Market Analysis
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Coinbase Q1 2026 Post-Earnings Recap: Revenue Miss, Stock Drop, and the IV That Didn’t Crush
Coinbase reported Q1 2026 results on May 7 that missed on nearly every line. Revenue fell short of estimates. EPS swung to a surprising loss. The stock dropped roughly 4% after hours. Yet options traders who sold premium into the event came out ahead, because the actual move was well within the priced expected move.…
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ARM Holdings Q4 FY2026 Post-Earnings Recap: Record Revenue, AI Royalty Surge, and IV Crush
ARM Holdings beat its Q4 FY2026 earnings estimates across every key metric, and the stock moved more than the options market expected. The result: iron condor sellers at the expected move width faced losses, directional traders profited, and the AI chip royalty thesis got its strongest validation yet. Key Takeaways ARM Q4 FY2026: Revenue $1.49B…
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AMD Q1 2026 Post-Earnings Recap: Revenue Beat, Data Center Acceleration, and IV Crush
AMD crushed Q1 2026 on every metric that mattered: revenue beat by $410 million, EPS beat by $0.12, and data center revenue grew 57% year over year. The stock jumped 6% in after-hours trading. For options traders who positioned before the print, the story is straightforward: the stock moved less than half the priced expected…
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ARM Holdings Q4 FY2026 Earnings Options: Expected Move, IV Setup, and Strategy Breakdown
ARM Holdings reports Q4 FY2026 earnings on Wednesday, May 6, after the close. The options market is pricing a roughly 10% move in either direction. Here is what the setup looks like and how traders are thinking about it. Key Takeaways ARM (NASDAQ: ARM) reports Q4 FY2026 on May 6, 2026 AMC. Analysts expect $1.47B…
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Palantir Q1 2026 Earnings Options: Expected Move, IV Setup, and Strategy Breakdown
Palantir reports Q1 2026 earnings after the close tonight, with implied volatility sitting near 90% and the options market pricing in a move of roughly 10.5% in either direction. If you trade options on PLTR, here is what the data shows and how to think about positioning before the number hits. Key Takeaways PLTR Q1…
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AMD Q1 2026 Earnings Options: Expected Move, IV Setup, and Strategy Breakdown
AMD reports Q1 2026 results after the close on Tuesday, May 5. With revenue consensus at $9.88 billion (+33% year-over-year) and implied volatility at 67.33%, the options market is pricing an expected move of roughly 8% in either direction. That is the starting point for building any position around this print. Key Takeaways AMD reports…
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Apple Q2 2026 Earnings: AAPL Options Expected Move vs. What Actually Happened
Apple reported its fiscal Q2 2026 results on April 30, and the headline numbers were strong across the board. Options traders, though, were focused on one specific question before the print: was the 3.85% expected move priced into the options market going to be right? The short answer: AAPL moved about 3% in after-hours trading…
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Robinhood Q1 2026 Earnings: Revenue Growth Continues as Crypto Fades, Options Holds
Robinhood reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.067 billion, up 15% year over year but below the $1.17 billion analyst estimate. The story behind the miss is straightforward: crypto revenue collapsed 47% as retail speculation in digital assets cooled, dragging overall revenue below expectations. The core brokerage business held up. Key Takeaways Q1 2026 revenue: $1.067B…
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Big Tech Q1 2026 Earnings Week: Reading Expected Moves for META, MSFT, AMZN, GOOGL, and AAPL
Five of the most actively traded stocks in the options market report Q1 2026 earnings this week. Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Apple account for hundreds of thousands of options contracts traded daily, and earnings week sends that volume even higher. If you trade options on any of these names, the single most important number…
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Delta Air Lines Earnings April 8: How Options Traders Use the Expected Move
Delta Air Lines reports Q1 2026 earnings on April 8 before the market opens. Options traders have priced in an expected move of approximately 10.4% in either direction. That single number tells you more about how to approach this event than any analyst forecast. Key Takeaways The expected move is the options market's consensus estimate…