---
title: "Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call"
slug: "strategies-and-features-pre-earnings-3-day-7-day-and-14-day-call"
description: "Explore the \"Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call\" strategies, custom trading approaches designed to leverage stock movements before earnings announcements. Learn the open and close conditions, earnings handling, and specific options selections for each time frame to enhance trading performance."
updated: 2024-07-25T15:50:37Z
published: 2024-07-25T15:50:37Z
canonical: "learn.trademachine.com/strategies-and-features-pre-earnings-3-day-7-day-and-14-day-call"
---

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# Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call

This is a discussion of the "Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call" strategies.

### Overview

- Long call
- 1 leg

### Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call Strategies Settings

#### Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call Open Conditions:

- Stock above 50-day SMA
- According to Custom Earnings section.
  - 3-days before earnings
  - 7-days before earnings
  - 14-days before earnings

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2893%29.png)

#### Details on Options TradeMachine is Selecting for Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call Strategies:

#### **3-days and 7-days:**

- 1x **long 40 delta** call near **7 days to expiration**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2894%29.png)

#### **14-days:**

- 1x **long 40 delta** call near **30 days to expiration**

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2895%29.png)

#### Earnings Handling for Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call Strategies:

- [Custom earnings](/v1/docs/earnings-and-trademachine). Below is each custom earnings setting:

### 3-day:

- Open position 3 days before earnings.
- Close position 1 day before earnings.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2897%29.png)

### 7-day:

- Open position 7 days before earnings.
- Close position 1 day before earnings.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2898%29.png)

### 14-day:

- Open position 14 days before earnings.
- Close position 1 day before earnings.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/b73389a5-b202-4bf4-8df2-8c69e8edbb3b/Images/Documentation/image%2896%29.png)

#### Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call Close Conditions:

- Close 1-day before earnings
- Gains above 40%
- Losses above 40%
- Options reach expiration (Close all legs with front month options)

#### Open next trade for Pre Earnings: 3-day, 7-day, and 14-day Call:

- [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)

[Video Transcript](https://learn.trademachine.com/docs/pre-earnings-3-day-7-day-and-14-day-call-transcript)
Video Transcript

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