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Traders are making big moves ahead of these earnings reports due Thursday

Cnbc · · 364 words · By Oliver Renick
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24 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The consumer retail giant is having a great year, up 16% — almost double the S&P 500”
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The provided web search results for Walmart's stock price are generic landing pages (Yahoo Finance, WSJ, MarketWatch) and do not provide the specific percentage increase (16%) or the comparison to the S&P 500 required to verify the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walmart de México y Centroamérica, commonly known as Walmex, is the Mexican and Central American division of the American retailer Walmart. It is the largest division of Walmart outside the United Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart_de_México_y_Centroamér…
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“Walmart shares have dropped after four of the last five reports”
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The evidence includes a general Nasdaq earnings page and a mention of a May 21 report, but does not provide the historical price movement data for the last five reports to confirm if shares dropped after four of them.
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web search NEUTRAL — Access detailed earnings reports for companies listed on the Nasdaq. Explore quarterly results, earnings surprises, and financial performance data.
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/earnings
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web search NEUTRAL — MCD has generated $9.70 earnings per share over the last four quarters.
https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NYSE/MCD/earnings/
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web search NEUTRAL — Walmart (WMT) is staying laser-focused on its margins as it gears up for a closely watched May 21 earnings report. The news: Walmart said this week it will cut 1,000 corporate jobs to address redundan…
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-layoffs-bring-atte…
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“swung an average 4.5% the past two years”
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The search results returned Walmart's retail website and store locations in Richmond, BC, which are completely irrelevant to the stock's average price movement following earnings reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop Walmart.com today for Every Day Low Prices. Join Walmart+ for unlimited free delivery from your store & free shipping with no order minimum. Start your free 30-day trial now!
https://www.walmart.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop at Walmart 3652 Supercentre in Richmond, BC for all your essentials, from groceries and baby products to clothing, furniture, electronics, and more. Find store hours, services, and directions to …
https://www.walmart.ca/en/store/3652
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web search NEUTRAL — Here you can find some significant information about Walmart Richmond, BC, including the operating times, store address info and customer experience.
https://www.openinghours.ca/walmart-richmond-bc
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“options traders are prepared for just under that, with a 4.3% expected move”
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While one source mentions that Walmart options have 'low IV' and 'expected moves tend to be small,' none of the sources provide the specific figure of 4.3%.
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web search NEUTRAL — Walmart options have low IV as a defensive consumer staple. Earnings and same-store sales data are the primary volatility drivers. Options premiums are relatively cheap, and expected moves tend to be …
https://tradingcalcs.com/tools/expected-move-calculator/wmt
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web search NEUTRAL — The options implied move represents the market's collective expectation of how much a stock might move after an earnings announcement. This metric, derived from options prices and implied volatility, …
https://www.powertrading.group/options-trading-blog/options-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite this, option traders have paid a premium expecting the stock to rise. It seems to imply that they are expecting very good news. There's no way to accurately predict the direction a stock will …
https://www.investopedia.com/walmart-wmt-option-traders-oddl…
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“Walmart was the most actively traded in options Wednesday, with more than 154,000 contracts exchanged”
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The search results provide general information on options trading and irrelevant retail product listings, but no specific trading volume data for Walmart on a particular Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Get the library of my best options guides & presentations → 160+ page Options Trading for Beginners guide and bonus content: https://projectoption.com/fre...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PM4rNDr4oI
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop Walmart.com today for Every Day Low Prices. Join Walmart+ for unlimited free delivery from your store & free shipping with no order minimum.More options from $105.99. AUROMIR 28"x69" Arched Floor…
https://www.walmart.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Do Call Option Volumes Accurately Predict Stock Price Movement?
https://www.marketbeat.com/market-data/unusual-call-options-…
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“More puts traded than calls by volume, but more premium was spent on calls”
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The evidence provides general definitions of options volume and irrelevant retail listings, but no specific data regarding the put/call volume or premium for Walmart.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pickup or delivery? Walmart | Save Money. Live better.More options from $105.99. AUROMIR 28"x69" Arched Floor Mirror Vintage Full Length Mirror, Antique Bronze.
https://www.walmart.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Options volume is the total number of contracts traded for a specific option during the current trading session. Every time a contract changes hands — whether bought or sold — it adds to that day’s vo…
https://gainsumo.com/what-is-options-volume/
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin and Ethereum options data charts, including options contract prices, trading volume, open interest, maximum pain price, historical volatility, implied volatility, and other indicators.
https://www.coinglass.com/options
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“Chinese electric-vehicle maker Nio is up 9% on the year”
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The claim states Nio is up 9% on the year, but the provided evidence from a web search explicitly states 'NIO stock entered the session up 19% year to date (YTD)'.
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web search NEUTRAL — NIO (NIO) stock rallied to $6.52, bolstered by record Q4 2025 deliveries of 124,807 vehicles and 18% vehicle margin.NIO stock entered the session up 19% year to date (YTD), Tesla shares were down 4%, …
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/05/13/lucid-jumps-9-nio…
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web search NEUTRAL — NIO (NIO) Is Up 10.8% After April Deliveries Hit 29,356 Vehicles Has The Bull Case Changed? 9 hours ago. Save for later.NIO Stock Rises 7% on Strong ES8 Sales and Year-to-Date Delivery Surge.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — For Nio stock to realistically become a 10-bagger from today, several very specific things would need to happen. First, deliveries likely need to grow to between 2 million and 3 million annually.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/11/how-buying-nio-sto…
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“Chinese stocks in the Hang-Seng Index down 2%”
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The search results returned definitions of the word 'hang' and the 'shaka' sign, failing to provide any financial data regarding the Hang Seng Index.
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web search NEUTRAL — Residents of Hawaii use the shaka to convey the " Aloha Spirit", a concept of friendship, understanding, compassion, and solidarity among the various ethnic cultures that reside in Hawaii, lacking a d…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of HANG is to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend. How to use hang in a sentence. Hanged vs. Hung: Usage Guide
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang
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web search NEUTRAL — HANG definition: 1. to fasten or support something at the top leaving the other parts free to move, or to be held in…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hang
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“the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) down 9%”
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No evidence was found after searching for the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) performance.
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“Trading under $5.6 at Wednesday's close”
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No evidence was found after searching for Nio's closing price on Wednesday.
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“More than 110,000 calls traded Wednesday, compared to just 35,000 puts”
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“More calls were sold than bought”
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“the 6 and 6.5-strike calls expiring Friday were most popular by volume”
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“Gamma exposure of $25 million was five times the actual premium traded”
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“Trading and investing app Webull is down 15% on the year”
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“bringing its 52-week decline to more than 40%”
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“Robinhood is down 34%”
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“Charles Schwab has lost 11%”
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“Options traders bought more than three times as many calls as puts on the stock Wednesday”
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“the implied move points to a 8.5% swing”
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“Advance Auto Parts up 32%”
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“Call volume was almost three times puts Wednesday, with 2,000 calls bought versus fewer than 800 puts”
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“the implied move is more than 11%”
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“even bigger than the stock's usual 9.5% move the past year”
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