Apple Inc. (AAPL), the biggest publicly listed company on the planet is about to announce earnings on Apr 24th, after markets are closed. It is estimated that nearly 200+ Hedge funds have AAPL shares in their portfolio. And it is one of the most commonly talked about stock on almost every main stream financial media, website, forums, blogs, etc.
Here are some of the interesting things you may want to know before you go for that option trading strategy.
Since the last quarter earnings announcement, AAPL stock is up roughly 40% as of now (@$586 current market price). During this time, normally one would expect implied volatility (IV) to drop (and rise before next earning announcement). However, AAPL’s implied volatility (IV) almost doubled during this period!! (Find out what is Implied Volatility)
What does that mean? (more…)