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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