The IV Crush Is Only Half The Story: How Options Get So Expensive Before Earnings
Before the IV crush comes the IV rush. Data on Salesforce, Intel and NVIDIA shows how implied volatility climbs into earnings — and why option prices don't follow.
Before big company announcements, option prices (bets on price swings) get really expensive because people think big moves are coming. But sometimes the price doesn't match how expensive it is, so watching what happens to option costs tells you what traders expect.
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