You "have their playbook on the upcoming first quarter financials"??? So you've just admitted to participating in a crime.
Material Nonpublic Information Definition and Laws
...Learning before the public that a company's expected earnings per share (EPS) for a given quarter could be markedly weaker than expected would be material nonpublic information... ...examples of material nonpublic information include critical financial filings such as earnings reports....
*Material nonpublic information refers to corporate news or information that has not yet been made public and which could also have an impact on its share price.
*It is illegal to use this kind of information for one's advantage in trading stocks or other securities.
*Legally, it does not matter how material nonpublic information is obtained, or whether the person who acts on it is employed by the company or not.