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Friday, October 28, 2022

Options trading : Amazon (AMZN) earnings play (semi-bullish)

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10/27/2022 (12:33:27 pm, PT)

sell -1 Oct 28, 2022 $85 put at $0.24 (credit)
  • earnings announcement at 1 pm, PT today (Oct 27)
  • AMZN = $111.30
  • prob ITM = 4.69%
  • 1 DTE
  • market maker move =  up/down $11


10/28/2022 (expiration)

AMZN closed at $103.41 (see NOTES below)

My short put expired perfectly

PROFIT:  $24


NOTES:

Right after the earnings numbers were released on Oct 27, AMZN plunged all the way from $103.41 to $87.59!!  (after-hours market)

Today (expiration), AMZN rallied back up to $103.41.  Amazing.