{"id":53459,"date":"2020-07-22T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=53459"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:33:55","slug":"tsla-and-msft-ahead-of-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/tsla-and-msft-ahead-of-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"TSLA and MSFT Ahead of Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This afternoon promises to be an important one for tech investors, with both Microsoft (MSFT) and Tesla (TSLA) schedule to release quarterly results after the market\u2019s close.&nbsp; While analysts\u2019 estimates provide an important framework for decision making around an earnings release, options markets offer a subtle view into the market\u2019s expectations about potential moves.&nbsp; Fortunately, your TWS allows you clarity into the options market\u2019s views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The immense size of MSFT gives it the second highest weighting (only Apple is larger) in indices that are weighted by market capitalization.&nbsp; Those include the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) and S&amp;P 500 (SPX) indices, where MSFT comprises about 11% and 6% of the index weight respectively.&nbsp; An outsize move in MSFT would necessarily spill into moves in those key indices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While TSLA represents \u201conly\u201d about 2.5% of NDX, its mindshare among all types of investors as a bellwether for speculative behavior is enormous.&nbsp; Its lack of representation in SPX makes this a particularly critical release for TSLA.&nbsp; A positive result today could give the company the fourth consecutive quarter of profitability that is typically required for entry into the S&amp;P 500 Index.&nbsp; Analyst consensus has steadily risen from a $2 loss to a 2 cent loss, fueling a doubling of the stock price throughout the past few months.&nbsp; Addition into SPX would likely bring a wave of buying from passive investors and ETF\u2019s like SPY.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simplest way to see the option market\u2019s anticipated move is to look at the nearest term, at-money straddle.&nbsp; Here is a recent snapshot for MSFT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"74\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-98.png\" alt=\"MSFT options straddle TWS\" class=\"wp-image-53460 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-98.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-98-300x36.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/74;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the strikes were cut off in this picture, I have displayed the weekly 210 strike calls and puts that expire on Friday.&nbsp; The midpoint of those options, less any intrinsic value, is a quick guide to the implied move of the stock.&nbsp; In this case, that is $9.48 (4.75 + 5.15 &#8211; (210 \u2013 209.58)), or about 4.5% (9.48 \/ 209.58). Another way to do that is to take the average of the implied volatilities, which are displayed in annualized terms, and convert them to daily volatilities by dividing by 16.&nbsp; You will see that those numbers generally agree if the options are very short-lived.&nbsp; (For a more detailed explanation of the \u201cRule of 16\u201d, <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/options\/making-sense-of-the-three-types-of-volatility\/\">please read this link<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This technique becomes more difficult for a stock like TSLA, which can move around too quickly for hand calculation.&nbsp; This is where the more sophisticated analytical tools become extraordinarily helpful.&nbsp;&nbsp; Note the following examples for MSFT and TSLA, which were created using the Multi-Expiry skew tool (Analytical Tools -&gt; Options Analysis -&gt; Volatility Skew -&gt; Multi-Expiry Skew).&nbsp; I clicked on the \u201c+\u201d button to bring up the next two weekly expirations (July 24<sup>th<\/sup> and 31<sup>st<\/sup>) and the next monthly expiration (August 21<sup>st<\/sup>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"374\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-99.png\" alt=\"MSFT multi-expiry skew\" class=\"wp-image-53461 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-99.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-99-300x180.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/374;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"374\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-100.png\" alt=\"TSLA multi-expiry skew\" class=\"wp-image-53462 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-100.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-100-300x180.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/374;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Options traders often refer to graphs of this nature as \u201csmiles\u201d, because the tendency is for near money options to have lower implied volatilities than their out of the money counterparts.&nbsp; The smile is usually lopsided, because traders tend to fear downside rather than upside, though you should notice that the yellow line for TSLA (the legend for August 21 expiry was cut off) shows a relatively symmetrical, if not somewhat upside biased skew.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can see that in the short-term, traders are particularly fearful of downside moves after earnings, especially so in the case of MSFT where the weekly out of the money puts have an implied volatility about 20% higher than those of the at money puts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Traders in TSLA, on the other hand, are showing concern about potential downside, but are not as biased this week or especially going out further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another helpful picture is shown by the Probability Lab (Analytical Tools -&gt; Option Analytics -&gt; Probability Lab).&nbsp; The static pictures that I display below don\u2019t do justice to the capabilities of using it live, but the implied probabilities for the weekly options are telling nonetheless:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-101.png\" alt=\"probability distribution builder - MSFT\" class=\"wp-image-53463 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-101.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-101-300x125.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/260;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-102.png\" alt=\"probability distribution builder - TSLA\" class=\"wp-image-53464 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-102.png 624w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/image-102-300x125.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 624px; aspect-ratio: 624\/260;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In each case, the option markets are implying peak probability for downside moves in both stocks.&nbsp; In the case of MSFT, that peak is in about 2.5% the current price, while in TSLA the peak is closer to a 5% downside. In both cases, however, the shape of the probability curves are quite similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many subtleties about trading and pricing options ahead of a company\u2019s earnings release.&nbsp; Yet even a cursory understanding of the powerful tools available to users of the IB TWS will allow even relatively novice investors to garner a richer picture of their holdings as they head into the release of important corporate data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft and Tesla are scheduled to release quarterly results after the market\u2019s close today.  Options markets offer a subtle view into the market\u2019s expectations about potential moves. 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