The biggest mistake traders make is chasing big wins instead of building consistent returns. The goal isn't to hit home runs—it's to stack small, repeatable gains while keeping losses controlled. A structured system that focuses on defined entries, risk, and targets can shift your results dramatically. Over time, consistency compounds in a way random wins never will. → Learn how this consistency-first approach actually works in practice.

Expected Moves Drive Stocks Around Earnings

Earnings take center stage with Netflix, the first of the major tech stocks releasing numbers after the bell. What we learn via watching thousands of occurrence of earnings announcements is stock price movement following earnings is being driven almost exclusively by options markets. Don will explain how expected move grips hold of stock price movement and the EPS becomes a mere side show.

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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09.00	Don Kaufman \| Pre-Market Prep \| FREE SESSION 09.20 09.30 Don Kaufman \| Early volatility 09.20 10.30
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10.30	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.00	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.30	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.00	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.30	Gianni Di Poce \| Macro overview 12.30 13.15 Elizabeth \| Price Action 13.15 14.00
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14.00	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
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