Earnings Entry Max Days Before Earnings
What it does
How close to the earnings report the engine must be before it is allowed to open a trade. Separate from the DTE band above: this controls WHEN you enter (proximity to the event); the DTE band controls WHERE the resulting expiry lands. Both this AND the IV Rank threshold must pass before entry.
When to change it
Lower to 1 or 2 to enter only in the final day or two before the report, tighter to the event and closer to peak IV. Raise it to begin entering earlier, when IV crosses the threshold further out. This is the dial that governs entry timing now; the DTE band no longer does.
Safe range
1 (enter only right before the report) to about 5 (start looking up to a week out). Higher values reintroduce the early-entry behavior the old DTE floor used to cause.
Example
Earnings Thursday after close. With this set to 3, the engine will not consider the trade until Monday at the earliest, even if IV Rank crossed the entry threshold the week before.