--- title: "Earnings and TradeMachine®" slug: "earnings-and-trademachine" description: "Discover the secrets to successful earnings trading with TradeMachine in this detailed guide by Jason Hitchings. Learn the intricacies of trading strategies around earnings events, including pre-earnings calls and advanced diagonal trades. This video unpacks the importance of timing, option expiration, and strategic execution to enhance your trading decisions. Whether you're navigating pre-earnings excitement or looking for verified earnings data, this webinar provides essential insights into maximizing your trading outcomes while managing risks. Ideal for traders at all levels, this session is your go-to resource for leveraging earnings season to your advantage with TradeMachine’s robust features." tags: ["Earnings Trading", "Successful Trading Strategies", "Pre-Earnings Diagonal", "Trading Diagonals", "Diagonal Spreads", "Risk Management", "Verified Earnings Data"] updated: 2024-11-20T22:40:54Z published: 2024-11-20T22:40:54Z canonical: "learn.trademachine.com/earnings-and-trademachine" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.trademachine.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Earnings and TradeMachine® This discusses how TradeMachine® handles earnings and when earnings based trades will be executed.

TradeMachine® has four special "Earnings Handling" settings

You can find these options in the left hand column of the "Backtest" tab to review or customize. ***Nothing Special*** The "Nothing Special" setting tells TradeMachine® to ignore earnings dates and do nothing special in the strategy during earnings announcements. ***Never Trade Earnings*** "Never Trade Earnings" tells TradeMachine® to avoid earnings. When you select this option TradeMachine® will not open any new positions and will close any currently open positions 2 days before earnings. New trades will not trigger in the backtest until 2 days after earnings. ***Only Trade Earnings*** "Only Trade Earnings" tells TradeMachine® to only trade during the earnings window. New trades will be opened 2 days before earnings through 2 days after earnings. ***Custom Earnings*** The "Custom Earnings" option allows members to create customizable earnings strategies based on days before or after earnings. How Do Custom Earnings Settings Work? - "Days before earnings" will function as trading days if days before earnings is <= 5. It will function as calendar days if days before is >= 6. - "Days after earnings" will function as calendar days. - TradeMachine® closes "X" number of "Days" before or after the earnings announcement regardless of the earnings timing. - The last earnings stock move is based on the close after an earnings announcement. So, if a company announces Before Market Open this would be calculated on the close the day of earnings. If a company announces After Market Close, this would be calculated based on the close price the day after the earnings announcement. Below is an 11 minute webinar, hosted by our CEO Ophir Gottlieb, diving deep into pre- and post-earnings trading. [Video Transcript](https://learn.trademachine.com/docs/mastering-earnings-in-trademachine-transcript) ## Related - [How Do the Post Earnings Jump and Drop Scans Work?](/how-do-the-post-earnings-jump-and-drop-scans-work.md)