Earnings season continues in earnest this week with plenty of big names reporting. This week, we have Palantir (PLTR), Walt Disney (DIS), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Uber Technologies (UBER), Shopify (SHOP), Datadog (DDOG) and Airbnb (ABNB) all reporting. Before a company reports earnings, implied volatility is usually high because the market is unsure about the outcome of the report. Speculators and hedgers create huge demand for the company’s options which increases the implied volatility, and therefore, the price of options. After the earnings announcement, implied volatility usually drops ba…