Feb 28, 2015
Option Block 411: Futures Traders vs. Stock Traders
Trading Block: Earnings today include: (Before the Bell) Kohl’s, 3d Systems Corp, SeaWorld Entertainment, LifeTime Fitness, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, Magellan Health, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Sears, Avago Technologies. After the bell: Gap, JC Penney, Weight...
Feb 20, 2015
Option Block 409: Talking PCLN, Crude and Pairs Trading
Trading Block: There is still no real agreement among Fed officials on rate hike timing. Oil cuts loss as supply hike not as large as anticipated. Earnings today: before the bell: Wal-Mart, Priceline Group Inc., T-Mobile; after the bell: Intuit
Odd Block: Calls...
Feb 13, 2015
Option Block 408: Juicy Apple Puts
Trading Block: Earnings today after the bell: AIG, Groupon, King Digital Media (Candy Crush). Earnings before the bell today: Avon, McGraw Hill, Kellogg Co. Insuring against Apple blow-up just got a lot more expensive. Tesla shares fall after earnings, despite musk apple comparison....
Feb 10, 2015
Option Block 407: Cracking Down on Insider Trading
Trading Block: A light day on the market. Oil rallies for third day after OPEC sees greater crude demand. Oil rose for a third straight session on Monday as OPEC forecast greater demand for crude this year than previously thought and projected less supply from countries...
Feb 6, 2015
Option Block 406: Selling Nonsense Apple Puts
Trading Block: Earnings today after the bell: Twitter, Amazon, LinkedIn, Activision. Traders silenced: CME to close most futures trading pits. Open-outcry trading stood no chance, says futures 'father' Melamed.
Odd Block: Upside calls trade in Youku Tudou Inc. (YOKU),...