9/6 – 3:10 p.m. New York time

As I anticipated last night, none of the possibleearnings plays that turned up under my preliminary screening are worth a full analysis, and I found nothing else worth trading.

The two possibilities — I won’t dignify them as prospects — are HDS and HPE.

Both have grids that center poorly around the at-the-money point, making it difficult to use my preferred iron fly tactic, and both have betas noticeably in excess of the S&P 500. In addition, HDS has  high earnings surprise predictor score from Zacks Investment Research. All in all, both look to have a somewhat high likelihood of ending with a loss.

9/5 – 7:30 p.m. New York time

I have no earnings plays on my desk for analysis on Wednesday. I shall look around for exchange-traded fund trades worth analyzing, with no guarantee of finding any.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Sept. 5-6, 2017

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