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Why this page exists: CTS has no documented material pre-announcement habit — the edge here is the earnings-cycle statistics themselves (drift, gap, reaction, follow-through) and how they vary by regime. This page measures every earnings cycle — drift into the report, the gap, the reaction, the follow-through — alongside the NVDA / SPY / VIX regime it happened in, and uses the documented pre-announcement history to project when the next pre-announcement is most likely to land. All numbers are computed from real daily prices, real earnings dates, our own ATM-straddle expected moves and stored option chains, and a curated registry of real press releases. Nothing is simulated.

Next earnings & predicted pre-announcement window

Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Next confirmed CTS earnings date (source: exchange calendar).

Current regime & edge read

As of 2026-07-24: NVDA Strong Down (nan% 20d), SPY Strong Down (nan%), SOX Mild Down, VIX 18.7 (Medium (15-25)).
EdgeScore +0.32 (Neutral / Mixed)
ComponentCurrent bucketHist. mean reactionN
NVDA regimeStrong Down expl.+1.2%5
VIX levelMedium (15-25)+0.7%28
Earnings weekdayTuesday+0.5%17
EdgeScore = mean of the matching buckets' historical mean earnings reactions, normalized by the average absolute reaction (±1 cap). Transparent and purely historical — not a prediction model.
Cycles
46
Avg reaction
+0.6%
Median reaction
+1.4%
Avg |move|
2.5%
Up rate
63%
Avg drift T-20
+1.1%
Event-window statistics (all cycles)
WindowNMeanMedianStdMin / MaxWin%
Drift T-20 → report46+1.1%+0.9%9.3-20.7% / +23.5%54%
Drift T-5 → report46-0.5%-0.3%6.2-17.6% / +12.2%48%
Overnight gap46-0.3%-0.0%1.8-8.1% / +2.1%48%
Reaction day (close→close)46+0.6%+1.4%3.4-13.9% / +8.8%63%
Follow-through +5d46+1.2%+1.4%3.7-7.4% / +7.5%65%
Follow-through +20d46+3.0%+3.5%7.8-15.6% / +23.4%70%
Max favorable excursion (20d)46+9.3%+8.1%7.8-4.6% / +31.0%98%
Max adverse excursion (20d)46-5.0%-3.5%5.4-19.7% / +1.4%13%
Reaction by regime & calendar

Reaction by report weekday

BucketNMeanMedianStdWin%
Wednesday n<105+3.4%+2.9%1.4100%
Friday n<103+3.0%+3.7%1.2100%
Thursday17+0.5%+0.2%3.053%
Tuesday17+0.5%+1.3%2.459%
Monday n<104-3.3%-0.9%6.350%

Reaction by NVDA 20-day regime

BucketNMeanMedianStdWin%
Mild Down n<106+1.5%+2.4%2.683%
Strong Down n<105+1.2%+1.9%1.680%
Sideways10+1.0%+1.3%2.360%
Mild Up10+0.2%+0.1%1.450%
Strong Up15+0.1%+1.3%5.260%

Reaction by VIX level

BucketNMeanMedianStdWin%
High (>25) n<106+1.1%+0.9%3.150%
Medium (15-25)28+0.7%+1.6%3.864%
Low (<15)12+0.2%+0.9%2.667%

Drift T-20 by NVDA regime

BucketNMeanMedianStdWin%
Strong Up15+3.4%+4.8%6.773%
Sideways10+2.8%+1.4%11.660%
Mild Up10+2.3%+1.3%6.760%
Mild Down n<106-0.7%-4.8%9.633%
Strong Down n<105-10.0%-10.3%7.00%
Documented pre-announcements
No documented pre-announcements in the registry.
Expected move vs actual (our nightly ATM data)
Report dateExpected moveActual reactionGapActual / EM
2026-04-298.0%+4.9%+1.2%0.61x
2026-02-1010.0%-0.2%+0.6%0.02x
Only cycles inside our own options-database coverage window are shown — we do not fabricate historical implied volatility. Coverage grows each quarter.
Options strategy P&L — priced from our own chains
No earnings cycles inside our chain coverage window yet — this section fills in automatically as coverage grows.
Every earnings cycle
ReportPreDrift20GapReact+5d+20dMFEMAEHV20NVDA / VIXSurprise
2026-04-29
Wednesday
+14.0%+1.2%+4.9%+5.1%+13.5%+21.2%+0.3%29%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)+19%
2026-02-10
Tuesday
+23.5%+0.6%-0.2%-5.0%-15.6%+2.4%-19.7%30%Sideways / Medium (15-25)+3%
2025-10-28
Tuesday
+1.4%+0.1%+1.5%+2.0%+3.4%+8.2%-0.9%41%Mild Up / Medium (15-25)-2%
2025-07-24
Thursday
-2.1%-0.1%-1.4%-5.4%+0.3%+1.5%-9.6%27%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)+4%
2025-04-30
Wednesday
1-7.3%+2.0%+1.6%+1.2%+5.4%+14.6%+0.1%61%Sideways / Medium (15-25)-10%
2025-02-04
Tuesday
-10.3%-0.0%+1.9%-3.2%-9.6%+3.2%-11.0%29%Strong Down / Medium (15-25)-2%
2024-10-29
Tuesday
+4.5%-0.8%+2.1%+3.5%+7.2%+20.0%-0.8%23%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)+17%
2024-07-30
Tuesday
-2.4%+0.7%+2.1%-7.4%+0.2%+5.2%-10.0%41%Strong Down / Medium (15-25)+3%
2024-05-01
Wednesday
+5.8%+1.0%+2.3%+4.9%+10.2%+14.7%-0.0%30%Mild Down / Medium (15-25)+16%
2024-02-06
Tuesday
1+5.1%-8.1%-7.0%+3.3%+4.5%+2.3%-8.1%45%Strong Up / Low (<15)+6%
2023-10-26
Thursday
-8.8%-0.9%-3.7%+7.5%+8.4%+8.0%-6.8%17%Mild Down / Medium (15-25)-1%
2023-07-25
Tuesday
+0.9%-0.1%+2.4%+7.4%+4.6%+11.2%-0.1%26%Strong Up / Low (<15)+7%
2023-04-27
Thursday
-8.4%-1.5%-3.5%+3.5%+13.9%+12.6%-6.4%39%Sideways / Medium (15-25)+9%
2023-02-07
Tuesday
-1.1%-0.6%+1.3%+3.2%+2.3%+8.4%-1.1%43%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)-3%
2022-10-26
Wednesday
1-14.7%-0.0%+5.2%+6.4%+11.0%+19.6%-0.0%76%Sideways / High (>25)-3%
2022-07-26
Tuesday
+9.5%-0.9%+1.7%+4.6%+11.4%+15.6%-1.2%30%Sideways / Medium (15-25)-2%
2022-04-28
Thursday
-2.7%-0.9%+2.0%+1.4%+11.2%+15.5%-0.9%38%Strong Down / High (>25)+27%
2022-02-08
Tuesday
-9.1%+2.1%+3.3%+2.5%+3.6%+16.9%+1.0%28%Mild Down / Medium (15-25)+4%
2021-10-27
Wednesday
+9.0%+1.4%+2.9%+5.4%+8.0%+12.6%+1.4%36%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)+23%
2021-07-27
Tuesday
-6.4%+1.6%+2.4%+1.9%+2.6%+10.7%+0.3%28%Mild Down / Medium (15-25)+36%
2021-04-29
Thursday
-3.8%+1.8%+8.8%+0.1%+17.9%+31.0%+1.0%29%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)+23%
2021-02-09
Tuesday
-9.9%+1.5%-0.8%-0.6%+1.6%+2.1%-5.6%42%Mild Up / Medium (15-25)+26%
2020-10-29
Thursday
+17.6%+0.2%+4.5%+5.8%+13.2%+24.8%-0.7%31%Mild Down / High (>25)+40%
2020-07-31
Friday
+1.0%-0.8%+3.9%+5.4%+3.6%+15.5%-1.3%44%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)+140%
2020-04-23
Thursday
2+9.9%-0.6%-3.2%+5.2%-6.3%+9.7%-19.7%94%Strong Up / High (>25)+36%
2020-02-04
Tuesday
+1.9%+0.9%0.0%-3.2%-10.5%+1.8%-16.6%26%Mild Up / Medium (15-25)+5%
2019-10-24
Thursday
1-13.8%+0.1%-0.3%-4.3%-5.0%+1.4%-5.7%69%Strong Up / Low (<15)-25%
2019-07-25
Thursday
+15.1%+0.7%+2.3%-1.2%-9.5%+3.8%-12.4%25%Mild Up / Low (<15)+7%
2019-04-25
Thursday
+2.9%-0.5%+0.4%-0.7%-8.4%+2.8%-11.2%25%Mild Up / Low (<15)+5%
2019-02-05
Tuesday
+12.7%+0.1%-0.8%+4.0%+3.8%+10.2%-2.7%24%Mild Up / Medium (15-25)--
2018-10-25
Thursday
-20.7%-1.1%+1.9%-0.2%+4.8%+9.2%-1.7%25%Strong Down / Medium (15-25)+3%
2018-07-26
Thursday
-1.4%-0.0%-1.0%-0.1%-1.7%+2.1%-5.0%31%Mild Up / Low (<15)+16%
2018-04-26
Thursday
+11.4%+0.3%-0.7%+3.4%+8.1%+9.4%-1.8%22%Sideways / Medium (15-25)+13%
2018-02-06
Tuesday
+0.8%-0.6%-0.2%-3.5%-1.7%+1.3%-6.3%36%Sideways / High (>25)+30%
2017-10-26
Thursday
+6.5%+0.4%+2.1%+1.3%+3.0%+7.8%-2.7%21%Strong Up / Low (<15)+8%
2017-07-27
Thursday
-0.2%-0.0%+0.2%+0.9%-1.4%+3.4%-2.0%23%Mild Up / Low (<15)-3%
2017-04-27
Thursday
+2.1%+0.9%+1.6%-1.6%-5.9%+4.1%-6.9%32%Sideways / Low (<15)--
2017-02-07
Tuesday
+4.8%+0.2%-2.4%+2.9%-4.7%+2.4%-7.0%41%Strong Up / Low (<15)+26%
2016-10-28
Friday
-5.7%+0.8%+3.7%-7.1%+23.4%+29.9%-3.7%36%Sideways / Medium (15-25)+19%
2016-07-29
Friday
+6.6%-0.6%+1.3%+0.5%-0.5%+3.6%-3.2%21%Strong Up / Low (<15)-5%
2016-05-03
Tuesday
1+16.7%-1.5%+0.9%-2.5%+1.1%+2.1%-6.6%38%Sideways / Medium (15-25)+16%
2016-02-08
Monday
-14.1%-2.3%-2.0%+2.8%+9.7%+13.1%-5.5%43%Strong Down / High (>25)-21%
2015-10-26
Monday
+9.9%-4.8%-13.9%+5.7%+7.6%-4.6%-16.4%21%Strong Up / Medium (15-25)-3%
2015-07-27
Monday
-3.3%-4.5%+0.2%+0.4%-4.6%+3.6%-4.5%13%Mild Down / Medium (15-25)+15%
2015-04-27
Monday
+1.2%-0.6%+2.4%-1.6%+0.4%+6.2%-2.3%19%Mild Up / Low (<15)-11%
2015-02-05
Thursday
-0.5%+0.7%-1.9%+1.4%+3.7%+5.8%-4.4%33%Mild Up / Medium (15-25)-2%
Methodology: reaction day = first trading day after the report (AMC assumed). Regimes are 20-trading-day returns (NVDA/SPY/SOX) and VIX close on the report date. Historical implied volatility before our options-DB coverage window (Nov 2025) is NOT reconstructed — realized volatility (HV20) is shown instead. Options strategy P&L and IV crush are priced from OUR OWN stored option chains (one row per contract per pull) for every cycle inside coverage; both sections grow automatically each quarter. Buckets with n<10 are exploratory. Correlation is not causation; small samples dominate the pre-announcement analysis. Pre-announcement registry: screeners/earnings_analysis/preannouncements_CTS.json.
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