Both parts of that statement are either half-truths or outright incorrect. There are some stocks I might be short that have earnings, but not just because they have earnings; solely on bearish technicals and/or sell signals that were triggered.

Also, if you look at the Active Long Trades and Trade Setups (and recent trade ideas videos), you’ll see plenty of high-quality, dividend-paying blue-chip & other stocks with earnings.

I don’t have a position in RUN (Sunrun) & wouldn’t buy the stock with your money right now. It is simply a trade SETUP vs. an actionable or currently objective long trade. If you go to the Trade Ideas categories at the top of RSOTC.com, you’ll see the definitions for a Trade Setup vs. an Active Trade below any of those categories (or long/short sub-cats).

As per the AI-generated summary of the video in which I cover RUN: Sunrun (RUN) [00:47:13]: The stock has been locked in a long-term bear market but is carving out a massive bottoming pattern known as an inverse head-and-shoulders. Its key neckline resistance sits at $21.82. If it can decisively break out above this neckline, the measured move of the pattern projects a long-term target of roughly $90 (representing a ~300% rally).

The operative term there is “If it can decisively break out above this neckline,..(at 21.82)”. On setups like that, I simply set a price alert & move on. If it triggers, I will assess the chart of both RUN, the solar sector, & other key solar stocks, and the broad market at that time to assess whether or not to take a position in the stock.

I heard you ask folks if anyone ? has ideas why it is ODTE is moving. Can you explain the mechanism itself for us.

ODTE options are now greater than 50% of all index option trades