Every earnings setup, read before the print. Every call graded after it.
TradingSnipe is a research terminal for trading earnings. Before a company reports, it reads what the options market is charging for the move, how the stock is positioned, what the company has filed and how its last twelve reports traded, and it comes to a call: long, short or avoid, with a conviction score from 0 to 100. After the report, that call is graded on the close.
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Oct 28
Thirty-day volatility settled at 16.91 and three-month at 19.22.
These are the readings a desk checks before it looks at any single name: what protection costs now and three months out, and what money costs for two years and ten. All five volatility maturities and the whole Treasury curve are on The Wire, which is free and needs no account.
| Reading | Level | Settled |
|---|---|---|
| Thirty-day volatility index | 16.91 | Wed Oct 28 |
| Three-month volatility index | 19.22 | Wed Oct 28 |
| Two-year Treasury | not in yet | — |
| Ten-year Treasury | not in yet | — |
| S&P 500 fund | 769.13 | −0.41% on the session |
The next five sessions, as published.
Reading the schedule.
Government releases, Treasury coupon auctions and option expirations, from the published calendars; times are Eastern. Company report dates are inside the terminal.
What goes into a call
Five things are read for every report, in this order. Only then is there a call.
Option pricing
The move the option chain is charging for the report, split from ordinary day-to-day variance; the term structure into the date; and how that implied move compares with what this stock has actually done.
Positioning
Short interest, insider transactions by their filing code, and the open interest standing at the expiry that spans the report.
The company
Its own reported results and guidance from its filings, the consensus line, and the financial statements as filed.
The record
Up to twelve prior reports, each timed from the moment it was filed, with the reaction on the session that traded it.
The check
Every figure, quotation, count and causal claim in the written report is matched to a sourced fact. One that fails is repaired, or the trade is withheld.
The call
LongShortAvoid
One of three words, a conviction score from 0 to 100, and the reasons in writing.
The grade
Each call is graded on the close of the session that traded the report, and the graded record is part of the terminal.
30 functions across 5 desks, and the plan each one is on
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Ten years of bars, the session by the minuteSectorsRecon
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How many stocks are taking partMacroRecon
Fed, rates, the calendarVolatilityRecon
VIX complex & term structureRegimeOperator
Six readings, one callHeatmapOperator
A hundred large companies, by the block
Earnings
Run AnalysisSniper
Long, short or avoid, scoredScannerSniper
Mispriced setups, rankedCalendarRecon
Earnings & econ scheduleIdeasOperator
This week's long leansHistoryOperator
Every past sessionTrack RecordRecon
Verdicts vs. what happenedStatsOperator
Your trades, scoredHoldsSniper
Through-earnings positionsIPO IntelSniper
Deals pricing, the aftermarket, lock-ups
Flow
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Open interest, the priced move, the premiumDealer GammaOperator
Gamma walls & the flipMomentumOperator
How reporters trade into the printInsiderOperator
Form 4 buying clustersWatchlistOperator
Your names, annotatedAlertsOperator
Price & signal triggersPulseOperator
Social & retail sentiment
Intel
News WireRecon
Live headlines, filteredWar RoomSniper
Global situation displayLaunchpadRecon
Multi-panel workspaceFinancialsRecon
Statements & ratiosPortfolioRecon
Positions & attribution
Degen
CryptoRecon
Majors & market structure
What it is not
It does not forecast the print.
No earnings figure or guidance is predicted. The work prices what the market already expects and finds where that expectation and the evidence disagree.
It is not personal advice.
This is general, impersonal research. It does not know your book, your risk or your tax position, and it is not an investment adviser.
It does not fill a gap.
When a source does not answer, the desk says so in that place and leaves it empty. It never prints an estimate where a reading should be.
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