Walmart Earnings Are Due. This Short-Term Options Trade Could Post A 14% Return.

Walmart (WMT) is due to report earnings on Aug. 20, and the options market is pricing in a 5.7% move in either direction, which is a larger-than-normal potential move for Walmart earnings. Walmart stock has been in a downtrend since mid-May. But it has bounced off its late-July low and, on Monday, closed back above its 21-day exponential moving average.…