Options Playbook Radio: GOOGL Options Trades Post-Earnings

Your Inside Source for Options Information • Aug 2, 2018 at 2:20 PM EDT

We are in the heart of earnings season and it's time to follow up on our diagonal spread in GOOGL and look at a skip-strike butterfly, as well.

Listen to Options Playbook Radio 219: GOOGL Options Trades Post-Earnings:

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We are in the heart of earnings season, and next week a lot of the FANG stocks will be announced. Two weeks ago, we did a diagonal spread in GOOGL. Let's follow up on how that went, and look at a skip-strike butterfly, as well. Today we cover:

How was the diagonal spread set up?
What happened to GOOGL since the paper trade was established?
What are we doing now?
Setting up the skip strike butterfly
Selecting strikes and expiration date
What is the cost?
Remember implied volatilities!
What happens if we are wrong? Right?
And more...

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