Certain research has shown that investors tend to put too much faith in past earnings. Over time, this leads to a stock being overbought in the lead-up to an earnings release and a short-term dip after the release. What Nvidia is experiencing is very normal.

Nvidia’s monster third quarter, bullish guidance, and multi-trillion dollar potential was not enough to satisfy Wall Street. Similar to what happened last quarter, the world’s largest stock ticked more than two percent lower in overnight trading following the blowout earnings report:

Options traders price in Nvidia's quarterly results as a more pivotal event for the broader market than the upcoming interest rate decision or the monthly inflation and jobs reports.