On July 16 after hours , Armonk , NY based IBM  & Mountain View , CA based Google , both  tech giants on their own merits , reported their last quarter earnings numbers. “Big Blue” Consulting and services based IBM blew past estimates and raised guidance. Web 2.0 era open source savvy , “multi colored” Google on the other end bored investors with more or less in-line Sales numbers.

In after hours , IBM shares traded as high as 113.45 , up by almost $3 from their strong close , where as Google shares traded down by 15 points to $427.

Let us see how these role reversal play out on their stock prices on tomorrow’s option expiration.