---
title: "Post Earnings: Short Put Spread"
slug: "strategies-and-features-post-earnings-short-put-spread"
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: 2026-05-01T15:28:46Z
published: 2026-05-01T15:28:46Z
canonical: "learn.trademachine.com/strategies-and-features-post-earnings-short-put-spread"
---

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# Post Earnings: Short Put Spread

This is a discussion of the "Post Earnings: Short Put Spread" strategy.

### Overview

- Short put spread
- 2 legs

### Post Earnings: Short Put Spread Strategy Settings

#### Post Earnings: Short Put Spread Open Conditions:

- Stock above 50-day SMA
- 20-day RSI below 70
- 2 days after earnings

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%28112%29.png)

#### Details on Options TradeMachine is Selecting for Post Earnings: Short Put Spread Strategy:

- 1x **short 30 delta** put near **30 days to expiration**
- 1x **long 10 delta** put near **30 days to expiration**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%28113%29.png)

#### Earnings Handling for Post Earnings: Short Put Spread Strategy:

- [Custom Earnings](/v1/docs/earnings-and-trademachine)
  - Open 2 days post-earnings
  - Close 29 days post-earnings
  - Only trade if stock moved 0.1% or more following the last earnings

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%28114%29.png)

#### Post Earnings: Short Put Spread Close Conditions:

- Close 29 days post-earnings
- Options reach expiration

#### Open next trade for Post Earnings: Short Put Spread:

- [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)

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