Marketgems Earnings Trader- Trading Strong or Weak Earnings Growth

[jenna]

85% of the plays are for "anticipatory upswing" and/or Anticipatory Downswing which we got a ton of in YHOO and JNPR. The options already had a double in gain prior to the report. I don't expect to wait until the last minute to short QLGC and EBAY just taking pieces off it little by little. Its still a good idea on major plays (JNPR isn't really such a major play) to play a straddle on a few or so plays during the earnings season. Last season we did a dozen, this season it will be about 10. Most of the gains came on the short side and were in multi-days put plays. Its the riskiest of the plays not unlike the the Mortgage Play with 50/50 risk factor but its the most profitable.