At 6:00 PM, the next day's trade is already mapped out. Entry. Stop. Target. Done. By the time the market opens, there's nothing to figure out. No scrambling. No second-guessing. Just wait for price to hit your zone and execute. → See how traders are preparing trades the night before instead of reacting in real time.

What to Expect as Earnings Season Approaches

Don’t let today’s Holiday tape fool you. The market still expects a big move this week thanks to major earnings announcements. Here are the trading opportunities to advantage of this week…

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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