Feb 24, 2012
Option Block 130: Nothing Short of Titillating
Trading Block: The VIX cash limbo strikes again - how low can it go? Greek deal in place since the last show. A lot of movement has continued in oil over the past few sessions. Sears posts huge Q4 loss, yet stock up 20% on news of spinning off assets. Tons of activity in...
Feb 17, 2012
Option Block 129: How Do You Know When You're Being Stupid?
Trading Block: Markets up, VIX down. Interesting activity in the VIX futures. Massive retail growth in weeklys. The Michael Myers market.
Odd Block: Unusual activity in Morgan Stanley (MS) and Kellogg (K).
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Feb 14, 2012
Option Block 128: Funky Backspread
Trading Block: A decent selloff in VIX cash, but is the unknown still lurking? Greece stumbling toward salvation, but the worst is not over yet. Apple over 500 — up 2%. What's been causing this move to the upside? A few earnings after the bell: LPSN, SGEN.
Odd Block: Unusual...
Feb 10, 2012
Option Block 127: Predicting Facebook’s First Day Closing Price
Trading Block: Apple is back to the races following the Nortel patent news -- up 10% post earnings and vol popping to the upside. Groupon down 14% - AGAIN. Cisco earnings were decent, but is the worst over? CBOE announces record volume numbers - stock...
Feb 7, 2012
Option
Block 126: VIX: You Don't Have To Go Home, but You Can't Stay
Here
Trading Block: VIX creeping up off concerns of Greek debt weighing on the market again. Greece reportedly eliminating 15,000 jobs. NYSE/Deutsche Boerse deal was killed last week by the EU – there will be no mega combination of three different...