Earning individual name

AA:

• Relaible earning selling. because it is the first to report and ususally baked in a lot of mkt risk instead of earning risk. Selling a strangle. (steven place)

AAPL

• Alternative is CRUS, QCOM, SNDK or whatever suppliers for AAPL
• It usually start running 2-3 week before. 2 days before the earning usually the biggest mover. the day before the earning is usually a dull day. On earning day, the stock usually gap one way or the other then revised.

CREE

• move together with VECO and other LED

INTC

• INTC earning = AMAT and other semi conductor supplies

RIMM:

• buy Straddle 10 days before the earning

SINA

• Usually does not move much after earning