---
title: "200 Day SMA Jumper"
slug: "200-day-sma-jumper"
description: "Discover the \"Post Earnings: Short Put Spread\" strategy, a custom trading approach designed to capitalize on stock movements after earnings announcements. Learn the open and close conditions, earnings handling, and specific options selections for effective post-earnings trading."
tags: ["Post Earnings Short Put Spread", "Post-Earnings", "Earnings Trading", "Simple Moving Average", "Moving Averages", "Delta", "Put Options", "Market Analysis Techniques", "TradeMachine Features"]
updated: 2026-06-01T19:27:18Z
published: 2026-06-01T19:27:18Z
canonical: "learn.trademachine.com/200-day-sma-jumper"
---

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# 200 Day SMA Jumper

This is a discussion of the "[200 Day SMA Jumper](https://www.trademachine.com/index.php?share_key=s_20260601_BZdqmBmA466NkuJI)" strategy.

The goal of this strategy is to make a bullish speculation when a stock crosses up through its 200-day simple moving average and is also up 3% or more on the day.

### Overview

- 200 Day SMA Jumper utilizes a custom strategy which is labeled "CML_Diagonal_50-20_CS" under the custom strategy dropdown menu.
- 2 legs

### 200 Day SMA Jumper Strategy Settings

#### 200 Day SMA Jumper Open Conditions:

- On a scale of 1 to 5 (best) the minimum liquidity for an option trade is 4
- On the day, the stock moves up 3% or more
- Stock Crosses Up Through 200 day SMA

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image(262).png)

#### Details on Options TradeMachine is Selecting for 200 Day SMA Jumper Strategy:

- 1x **long 50 delta** call near **60 days to expiration**
- 1x **short 20 delta** call near **30 days to expiration**

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image(261).png)

#### Earnings Handling for 200 Day SMA Jumper Strategy:

- [Never Trade Earnings](/v1/docs/earnings-and-trademachine)

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image(263).png)

#### 200 Day SMA Jumper Close Conditions:

- 2 days before earnings
- Options reach expiration (Close all legs with front month options)

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image(264).png)

#### Open next trade for 200 Day SMA Jumper:

- [At Normal Time](/v1/docs/what-does-the-and-open-next-trade-at-normal-time-and-re-open-immediately-mean)

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2871%29.png)