Payout Ratio Over 100%: What It Means
A payout ratio over 100% means dividends exceeded earnings. The four reasons it happens, and how the same ratio on free cash flow tells them apart.
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AMZN Premarket and After-Hours Prices
Where AMZN premarket and after-hours prices come from, which hours they cover, and why two brokerage screens show different numbers on an earnings night.
ZM Implied Volatility: Zoom IV and Earnings
ZM implied volatility, measured from traded Zoom option contracts: the current 30 day at the money level, its percentile, earnings crush, and term structure.
Do Stocks Move as Much as Options Predict?
Do stocks move as much as options predict? We scored the earnings implied move against the realized move, print by print, across sixteen household large caps.
What H1 and H2 Mean in Company Reporting
H1 and H2 are the two halves of a reporting year. What the labels mean, how to read FY26 Q3, and why H1 2026 covers different calendar months by issuer.
IV Term Structure: What the Curve Tells You
The IV term structure is implied volatility plotted by expiration. See what upward sloping and inverted curves mean, with real option data on the shape.
Expected Move From Implied Volatility
Expected move is price times IV times the square root of days over 365. See the formula, the straddle shortcut that matches it, and what realized moves did.
How to Find a Stock's Earnings Date
A company sets its own earnings date and confirms it in a press release and an 8-K filing. Here is where to look, and how far an estimated date can move.
What Is IV Crush? Measured on Real Earnings
IV crush is the overnight collapse of option implied volatility after an event. We scanned six weeks of the US options tape and measured every big one.
How Earnings Move Option Greeks
Pin one real Tesla call through its Q1 earnings 8-K and watch implied volatility, price and delta move as the result lands and the IV crush follows.
NVDA's May 2023 Earnings: The AI Gap
May 25, 2023: NVIDIA's guidance shocked Wall Street after the close and the stock opened 26% higher. The overnight gap that started the AI supercycle trade.