Shares of Apple 2.5%, ahead of the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter report due out after market close, as options traders have prepared for a more muted than usual stock reaction to Cupertino’s Q421 report.
An options strategy know[n] as a straddle, a pure volatility play that involves the simultaneous buying of bullish and bearish options with at-the-month strikes expiring Friday, is implying a one-day, post-earnings stock price move of $4.16 in either direction, according to data provided by Option Research & Technology Services (ORATS).
That expected move is 28.5% less than the average one-day post-earnings move over the past 12 quarters of $5.82 in either direction, according to ORATS Principal Matt Amberson.
MacDailyNews Take: We’ll know in just about half an hour.
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