10/5 – 3:30 p.m. New York time

I entered one position today: COST.

10/5 – 1:35 p.m. New York time

I have completed the initial screening of potential earnings plays for next week. The options series that I shall be using will be the October monthlys, trading for the last time on Oct. 20.

Here are the week’s prospects, screened for liquidity only. Some may be rejected later for other reasons.

sym	action	earnings date	meridian
DAL	10/10	10/11	am
FAST	10/10	10/11	am
C	10/11	10/12	am
JPM	10/11	10/12	am
BAC	10/12	10/13	am
WFC	10/12	10/13	am
SCHW	10/13	10/16	am

The action date is the date I shall make a final decision about trading.

10/4 – 8:25 p.m. New York time

I have one prospect on my desk for action on Thursday: An earnings play on COST.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, October 4-5, 2017

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