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We Have a Full Slate of Earnings on Deck, so It’s Time to Roll the Dice

by | Jan 21, 2025

It is a monster of a week for earnings, with heavy hitters like Netflix (NFLX), United Airlines (UAL) and more on deck…

We don’t generally trade super expensive stocks like NFLX, and nothing’s hit in this ticker yet today anyway. So we’ll turn our attention to some cheaper names, though it seems most of the companies reporting this week have fairly pricey share prices. 

Let’s start with our old friend American Airlines (AAL), which reports Thursday after the close. 

We saw a bullish bet in the Jan. 24 expiration, $18.50 strike calls with shares right at $18.50 today. This is a smallish bet that expires next week, so keep in mind that it will move pretty fast — including down to $0 if wrong.

 Up next is Procter & Gamble (PG), which is set to report before the open Wednesday…

A bullish trader dropped over a quarter-million on the April monthly calls at the $170 strike. We prefer shorter-dated, cheap options. With PG shares trading at $161.60 this afternoon and market makers expecting a move of $5.34 higher or lower on the report, we’d probably look at something a little closer to expiration and within the market maker’s move…

The February $165 calls fit that bill… And if you want to live dangerously and roll the dice… the weekly $165 calls fit that bill for about $1.15 per contract. 

Just know that it can and will go to $0 if wrong or the stock doesn’t move enough!

Finally, we saw a non-earnings play in C3.AI in the Jan. 24 and Feb. 7, $33 and $35 strike calls, respectively. 

There’s news today that Trump is set to announce billions of dollars in private sector investment to build AI infrastructure here in the U.S.

That’s all for today, but earnings season is just picking up, so stay tuned!

Order Flow: 

*This is for informational and educational purposes only. These are not official alerts issued by Lance, but rather some interesting orders picked by the team at Lance Ippolito Trading.

There is inherent risk in trading. Trade at your own risk.

Note: If no date is listed after the month, it’s the monthly expiration (third Friday).

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*This is for informational and educational purposes only. There is inherent risk in trading, so trade at your own risk. 

P.S. Tesla’s Next Rally Has Nothing To Do With Elon’s Innovations 

The real catalyst for Tesla isn’t about new technology — it’s about what happened on Jan. 20.

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WRITTEN BY<br>Lance Ippolito

WRITTEN BY
Lance Ippolito

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