In Today’s Masters in Trading: Live Every earnings season, the same pattern plays out: Wall Street braces for chaos, traders start guessing direction, and the majority get whipsawed out of positions they shouldn’t have touched in the first place. Meanwhile, our community members keep running the same rinse-and-repeat process we’ve run for years straight from the earnings playbook I learned back in my days at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) floor…
It’s never been about predicting which way a stock is headed after earnings. It’s always been about trading volatility the right way, before the rest of the market catches on.
And this quarter? We didn’t waste any time proving why that approach works.
Our very first earnings trade of the quarter — Alphatec Holdings Inc. (ATEC) — delivered exactly the type of move we position for. The business came into earnings with momentum, and then absolutely blew the doors off its report. Adjusted earnings flipped into a surprise profit while analysts were expecting a loss. Revenue came in hot with 30% year-over-year growth. The company raised guidance, margins expanded, and suddenly Wall Street realized the story was much stronger than expected. The market did what it does when a company shocks to the upside — it repriced fast. ATEC shot nearly $4 higher from the previous close, a roughly 21% jump in one session. And because we were positioned before the announcement, we booked a 213% gain on the position right as earnings season opened. Check out some of the buzz from our community in Discord… 
That’s what this strategy is built to capture. Clean, disciplined positioning ahead of the move. Let the volatility expand, take the win, and move on.
It happens every quarter. Someone who’s been trading for years learns the approach, sees how repeatable it is, and the first thing they say is, “Why doesn’t everyone trade earnings like this?” The truth is, it’s not complicated — but you do have to be taught. Earnings season isn’t brain surgery, but it’s not something you can just figure out on your own by clicking around on a brokerage platform. Most traders gamble on direction. We trade the volatility. And when you do that consistently, quarter after quarter, the results follow. We’re now sitting on a track record that includes a 68% win rate with average gains around 38% per trade. That’s not hype — that’s execution. Floor-tested, data-driven, and refined over years of real trading. When you treat earnings the right way, it becomes one of the most reliable seasons of the year for generating opportunity. And if you’d like to find out all about the strategy, just follow this link. So here we are — earnings season has officially kicked off, and if our first trade is any indication, we have a lot to look forward to. Join me for today’s Masters in Trading Live at 11 AM ET, I’m sharing our next earnings idea, and if you’ve ever wanted to understand how we do this quarter after quarter — how we spot mispriced volatility early, how we structure trades so we don’t need to guess direction, how we keep risk defined while letting the market do the work — this is your moment to lean in. 
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