Earnings always have great potential to make some quick returns with options, either to sell the volatility preceding the announcements, pick a direction where you think it’s going, or create a straddle/strangle if you think it’s going to move big but not sure which way. Here are some stocks which I feel have a lot of up or downside potential in them during this earnings season.

Monday

HAL
HPC - after
NFLX - after

Tuesday

T - before
CME - before
COH - before
DD - before
JEC - before
JBLU
MCD - before
BTU - before
VMW - after
YHOO - after
YUM - after

Wednesday

ATI - before
AMZN
AAPL- after
BIIB - before
CMG - after
DAL - before
EMC - before
FCX - before
GSK
NTRI - after
PFCB
PBG - before
PM
SGP - before

Thursday

AN - before
BIDU - after
BBW - before
CF - after
COP - before
ELN - before
MEE - after
MSFT - after
MOT - before
HOT - before
SU - before
TRA - after
CAKE - after
DOW - before
WAB
WDC - after
ZMH - before

Friday

NONE

Posted on April 20th, 2008 | filed under earnings announcements | Trackback |

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