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Earnings week is coming, and the options market is already pricing some pretty big moves.
[Pulled a few names I'm personally watching next week](https://www.moomoo.com/quote/calendar?global_content=%7B%22promote_content%22:%2211067213%22,%22promote_id%22:20795,%22promote_type%22:43,%22sub_promote_id%22:1%7D):
🔥 **BIDU — \~±7.2%**
🔥 **BABA — \~±5.7%**
🔥 **LOW — \~±5.7%**
🔥 **HD — \~±5.1%**
🔥 **WMT — \~±4–5%**
🔥 **DE — \~±4–5%**
These aren’t predictions — just the **implied moves** currently being priced into options.
**BIDU** probably caught my eye the most. A \~7% expected move is pretty spicy for a large-cap.
**BABA** is interesting too. The market is pricing roughly a 6% move, but BABA has definitely shown it can make much bigger moves around earnings.
Then you’ve got **LOW / HD / WMT** — the “boring” mega-caps that somehow turn into absolute chaos once earnings hit 😂
The funny thing about earnings is that sometimes a stock moves **exactly as much as the options market expects**…
…and sometimes it completely blows through the expected move.
That’s where things get fun. 👀
[**Anyone else holding through earnings on these?**](https://www.moomoo.com/us/manual/topic-14-85?global_content=%7B%22promote_content%22:%2211067213%22,%22promote_id%22:20795,%22promote_type%22:43,%22sub_promote_id%22:1%7D)
If you could pick **ONE** stock to hold through earnings, which one are you taking?
**BIDU / BABA / LOW / HD / WMT / DE**
👇 **Let’s see who has the most questionable earnings play.**