Rick Ducat dials up the chart of Akamai (AKAM) as investors await the tech company's upcoming earnings print. Rick shows what technical patterns have led to the stock's meteoric rise over the last several weeks even amidst the recent selling pressures hitting the software stock group. Later, Rick composes an example options trade using a short put vertical strategy. He explains the bullish nature of the trade and ways to manage it following Akamai's earnings event.