The main earnings seasons are mid Jan-Feb, mid Apr-May, mid Jul-Aug, and mid Oct-Nov, although there will be some companies announcing earnings outside of these times.
Take care to check earnings dates, as sometimes they can change at short notice.
Trading flags and consolidations is a technical trading method. We don’t want a major news event to destabilise our method, so the safest thing to do is to sit tight while big announcements, such as Earnings reports and Federal Reserve statements are ...
We advise members against trading a stock in the few days (a week) before earnings unless you are trading Guys specific pre-earnings or volatility strategies. If you are in an existing profitable position approaching earnings you can choose to let it ...
Directional Trades A) Type of Strategies Long Call, Long Put, Pre or Post Earnings Strategies B) Strategy Criteria Go deep-in-the-money (ITM) with at least 3 months until expiration, so that you do not get punished on time decay / implied volatility. ...
Given the choice between a thrusting bar and a gap, you would prefer thrusting bars since they represent price action during trading hours, and reflect that the stock price actually did travel through the prices within the bar. Gaps also sometimes ...