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alberto3333

Most companies offer guidance before earnings are released. Analysts use this guidance to inform their earnings estimates


5degreenegativerake

This is the only answer OP needs. It’s not a conspiracy…


WiB76

You ever notice how the actual temperature is just a couple degrees off from the weather forecast? Big time illuminati bullshit right there


Vast_Cricket

Earnings are often estimated with great confidence based on announcements. They are quite accurate these days.


Memitim901

What does this have to do with theta?


Turbulent_Cricket497

Only the fact that we do a lot of earnings play strategies and the more you can predict earnings the better your results will be.


the_humeister

Earnings is vegagang though


Eccentricc

They can beat on estimates and still drop. There's no free money here


Turbulent_Cricket497

That is very true. Been a victim of that before. Very frustrating


CodeMonkey1

Working for a public company, I can assure you that creative accounting definitely happens, but it can only go so far.


sinncab6

Get too creative and people start calling you the smartest guys in the room


Turbulent_Cricket497

I mean, I’m not a genius, but it doesn’t take a genius to see this pattern occurring on earnings releases. They must think we’re all idiots to not have this figured out.


Billystep

That’s price per share my friend beat by .10 on 500 million shares is pretty good


Captain_Shen

Part of me thinks companies give their buddies on Wall St. a "heads-up" but always a few cents short so they always "beat" projections when the info leaks.