July 30, 2019

A Rare Opportunity We Found For Apple Earnings

Apple, Inc. (Ticker:  AAPL) reports Q2 earnings after the close today.

Oftentimes, we are forced to take a directional bias with an options play into earnings because a “delta-neutral” spread does not offer the proper reward for the risk we take.

That is not the case in Apple.  Click the video below to see our approach.

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about the author:

Scott Bauer

A respected market commentator seen on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC and other major financial networks, Scott Bauer has 30+ years of professional equity and index options experience at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and as a Vice-President/trader for Goldman Sachs. Scott graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois Business School and has taught classes both at his alma mater and at the CBOE.

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