Remember that hilarious "time to make the donuts" commercial from 1984 with Fred the baker making donuts around the clock with little or no sleep? No? Well, then you're just a spring chicken, haha. I was 7 years old at the time. In true fashion, DNKN earnings report on 10/29 is set for 6am. I guess that will be the "time to make the donuts", lol. Q3 consensus is EPS=.81 , revenue=338.87B. Average analysts target is -6.3%. (credit: earningswhispers.com) I'm taking a contrarian forecast on DNKN and expecting a slight earnings beat, pushing my target price to $94 on 10/29. A possible approach to capture this price action would be to play a 11/20 85/95 call vertical if/when DNKN hits $85 on it's lower end of it's elliot wave. That way you avoid the -theta for a few days, lock in your delta gains going forward & reduce the price of your premium by selling the out of money strike near the $94 target. Since nothing is 100% predictable, if the share price of DNKN is high enough, the day before 6am earnings, and puts therfore are cheap enough, it wouldn't be a bad idea to grab put insurance at 3:57pm on 10/28, bc you'll be stuck for 3 1/2 hrs on 10/29 morning if it tanks. Another cool trick for put insurance, could be to get a put debit spread at 3:57pm the day before if puts are more pricey bc of implied volatility / volume, pre-earnings. That would leave you with a bullish spread strangle. lol. Since a lot can happen in the market and DNKN stock till then, I'll update more precise ideas as time elapses. Good luck and happy trading friends...