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Chart of the Day: Netflix
Netflix NFLX reports after the close on Wednesday (alongside Tesla). Currently, options are pricing about a 7% move. The stock has moved on -8%, -3%, +8% and +13% on recent earnings.
NFLX is an example on the “earnings checklist” where the difference between expiry week IV and later month IV is quite a sharp contrast. It’s pretty typical to see twice the IV difference, but NFLX is nearly 3x. What that means from a trading perspective is those looking to position directionally may want to look out farther in time than near term, and also, may want to finance any directional bets out a few months with some earnings week option sales. Here are the weekly expected move, IV, and move levels:
Now compare that to December expiry:
You can see the difference in IV, but note the expected move for this week of 7% vs the expected move out 2 months of 11%. That’s an extra 2 months if you’re looking for NFLX to get back to $400 for instance, or to break down to $320. Something to keep an eye on for those looking to use earnings as a catalyst for a directional position.
Earnings Today (with Expected Moves)
- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) Expected Move: 3.73%
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) Expected Move: 3.70%
- Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC) Expected Move: 4.18%
- United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL) Expected Move: 5.06%
- Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC) Expected Move: 7.57%
Tomorrow morning:
- Morgan Stanley 3.8%
- Abbot Labs 4%
- ASML Holdings 4.9%
- US Bankcorp 4.4%
Full list here: Options AI Earnings Calendar
Early Movers:
- Bank of America Corp (BAC) +1.52%
- Nvidia Corp (NVDA) -1.54%
- Tesla Inc (TSLA) -0.42%
- Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) -0.97%
- Vmware Inc (VMW) -5.30%
- Pfizer Inc (PFE) -0.09%
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +0.62%
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) +12.23%
Stock Scanner:
- Overbought (RSI): LLY (74), VMW (74), AMGN (73), UNH (73), LULU (71), PANW (70)
- Oversold (RSI): RDFN (19), LUV (28), CCL (31), MCD (31), MRNA (31), BA (31), VFS (31)
- High IV: SRPT (+490%), VMW (+429%), UA (+206%), JBLU (+160%), IBM (+150%), MCD (+145%), LUV (+144%)
- Unusual Options Volume: LULU (+1061%), SNAP (+593%), COIN (+591%), VFS (+501%), RIOT (+449%), UAL (+444%), MARA (+444%), ZION (+443%), JETS (+380%), LOW (+368%), GS (+361%)
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