Unbalanced Butterfly Strategies For Earnings Season

2026-04-29 / Henry Gambell

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It’s the Super Bowl of earnings this week, and today had no shortage of action. Here I walk through real examples using Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), and Google (GOOGL), and explain why my unbalanced butterfly strategy works when options premiums are inflated and time decay accelerates after earnings.

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Henry Gambell

Henry Gambell began his career as an IT professional with a passion for gambling, which by no accident landed him at John Carter’s door one fateful day in 2010. From there Henry went on to join John at Trade the Markets and helped contribute to the second edition of Carter’s book, “Mastering the Trade.”