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Hundreds of companies report this week. Most people trade whichever one is in the news. A famous name is not a reason to trade. Three things are. Can you get in and out of the options easily. Is the direction actually clear. And are the options cheap or expensive right now. Miss the third one and you can be right about the company and still lose money. How do you narrow it down on a heavy reporting day?

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Picking a direction on a feeling is a toss up. Tony explains how hard data on direction, strikes, and structure changes that.

Watch the full session and more free training at https://t.co/KuNZOJODM7

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Ten independent methods. One question: where do they agree?

After Thursday: signals cluster in Healthcare (+19) and Utilities (+17). Technology: −10.

Bullish: XEL, LIN, NEE, YUM, MCD. Bearish: MRVL, P, STM.

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Research desk: Wednesday's biggest options trades leaned hard toward calls. $26.0M in call premium (12 trades) vs $2.5M in put premium (3). No put sale cleared our $10M bar.

Memory chip fund: $10.95M in calls. Intel: $3.08M, despite sitting on our bearish table.

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Tony shares the expiration window he uses for earnings trades, and why a one week option doesn't give the trade enough time to follow through.

Watch the full session and more free training at https://t.co/KuNZOJPbBF

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What does the options market expect when a company reports?

Tesla: ~8.0% move either way. Meta: ~8.7%. Texas Instruments: ~9.4%. All three report after the close Wednesday, Oct 21.

Blackstone, P&G, Union Pacific and Valero follow Thursday before the open.

Every catalyst date: https://t.co/TCG9I5kWHd

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This week, we close out Inside Stacked Signals.

Tony shows the real thresholds behind institutional call buying, put selling, and put buying, then opens the floor for live Q&A. Bring your questions.

Learn to Read the Market: https://t.co/lyM8t7PLDw

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Friday: 190 stocks beating the S&P 500, 68 lagging.
Monday: 35 beating it, 53 lagging.

Net breadth (outperformers minus underperformers): +122 → -18. Financials: 2 leaders, 21 laggards, from 26 and 3.

Sector breakdown: https://t.co/RpKvT8Ntyq

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Friday, Oct 16: chips fell hard, the average stock held.

Semiconductor fund −4.14% (ninth straight loss). Nasdaq-100 −2.50%. Equal-weight S&P 500 −0.42%. WTI +2.61% to $99.02. VIX +21.45% to 19.99.

What moved and why: https://t.co/RpKvT8Ntyq

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The final week starts the way every week does: the macro outlook, market drivers, and 7 fresh ideas from the Early Breakout Detector.

Thursday, we close the series with the last three methods and a live Q&A.

Learn to Read the Market: https://t.co/lyM8t7PLDw

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Have bond yields reached their peak? Watch this week’s #InTheMoney for Tony’s discussion on the latest macro events before he shares two bullish trade ideas: https://t.co/0g0oluTuOv.

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Not every top-scoring stock is overbought. tony compares two 10 out of 10 names using RSI to show you how to tell the difference.

Watch the full session and more free training at https://t.co/KuNZOJODM7

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What happens when nine independent methods agree on a stock?

Thursday, Oct 15: Health Care led every sector (+1.86%) and took 3 of 5 slots on our bullish Stacked Signals table. Intel is the one name on the bearish side.

Full table: https://t.co/RpKvT8MVIS

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After Wednesday's selloff, the calendar:

Thu: producer prices 8:30 AM ET, Taiwan Semi before the open (expected move ~5.1%)
Fri: monthly options expiration
Oct 20: Netflix
Oct 28: Fed decision. Hike odds hit 40.2% Wednesday, up from 23.0%

Every trading morning: https://t.co/TCG9I5kWHd

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A perfect score on price and fundamentals sounds like an easy yes. tony explains why it can mean you're already late, and where the bigger upside tends to hide.

Watch the full session and more free training at https://t.co/KuNZOJODM7

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Tuesday, Oct 13 options flow: calls $129M vs puts $85M. Put sellers' capital at risk fell to $3.2B from $6.3B.

Nvidia drew a $423M put sale and $16M of long-dated calls. Crypto miners drew $18.59M of calls. Energy flow pointed both ways.

Full breakdown: https://t.co/RpKvT8Ntyq

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Earnings season is here.

This week in Growth Lab, Tony shows how to use the Earnings Calendar to see a print coming, and how analyst revisions capture Wall Street's reaction once it lands.

Learn to Read the Market: https://t.co/lyM8t7Qjt4

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Monday, Oct 12: chips fell, the Dow rose.

Semiconductor Index −2.67%, its fourth straight decline. Nasdaq-100 −0.71%. Dow +0.38%. Meta +3.38%. Consumer Staples +1.17%.

Pullback in chips, or a rotation underneath? What moved and why: https://t.co/RpKvT8Ntyq

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Friday, Oct 9: 37 stocks beating the S&P 500, 52 lagging. Bullish share 41.6%, vs 17 and 55 on Thursday.

Technology went to 18 leaders from 4. Health Care to 8 from 3. Communication Services slipped to 6 laggards.

New breakdown every trading morning: https://t.co/RpKvT8Ntyq

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The big picture plus fresh ideas, every Monday.

This week's Market Playbook covers the macro outlook, market drivers, and 7 ideas from the Early Breakout Detector, before Thursday's session on earnings and analyst revisions.

Learn to Read the Market: https://t.co/lyM8t7Qjt4