This week brings a much quieter week on the earnings front, but we still have a some key stocks set to report. This week we have Monday.com (MNDY), Home Depot (HD), Alibaba (BABA), Walmart (WMT), Cisco (CSCO), Sea Ltd (SE) and Deere & Company (DE) 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…