If earnings only drop twice a year now, what the hell are we supposed to gamble on?
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· August 02, 2026 at 20:51
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Half my personality is built around earnings season. The sweaty anticipation, the position I swore I'd size responsibly and then absolutely did not, the after-hours candle that either makes me feel like a genius or keeps me staring at the ceiling at 3am.
And now there's this whole thing floating around about companies maybe only reporting twice a year instead of every quarter. Cut the earnings drops in half, just like that. I genuinely can't tell if this is the best or worst thing that could happen to a person like me.
Fewer earnings means fewer chances to blow up my account on a Thursday, which is probably good for my net worth and my remaining friendships. But what am I even doing here if I can't buy weeklies into a print and pretend I understand data center demand?
The part that messes with my head is the gaps. Six whole months of stuff piling up behind the curtain, then two absolutely violent moves a year. One report that either prints tendies for the ages or turns everyone into a bagholder overnight.
If earnings really do go to twice a year, does it change how you actually trade, or do you just keep doing the same reckless stuff with fewer chances to do it? And be honest, would fewer earnings dates save your account or ruin your entire reason for logging in?