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The Option Block

The Option Block All-Star Panel breaks down the latest developments in the options market, analyzes unusual options activity, explains cutting-edge options strategies, answers listener questions and much more. Whether you're an active options trader or just getting started in the options market, The Option Block will keep you informed and entertained.

Mar 31, 2015

Option Block 420: Farewell to the Viceroy

Trading Block: A sea of green in the market today - everything up! Wall Street regulator fears up for labor fight with its workers. High-frequency trading worries are fading, ConvergeX finds. Tesla CEO Elon Musk teases new product. Spoiler Alert: It is not a car.

 

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Mar 27, 2015

Option Block 419: The Great Weekly Option Trading Debate

Trading Block: The market off just a fraction. Call option trades target return of $100 US crude oil. Options traders getting paid following Buffett to Kraft takeover.

Odd Block: Calls trade in EOG Resources Inc. (EOG); puts trading in iShares Emerging Markets ETF...


Mar 24, 2015

Option Block 418: Something Has To Work

Trading Block: Earnings before the bell today: Geopark (GPRK) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.17 EPS. Earnings after the bell today: Flexion Therapeutics, Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, Vericel Corporation. Senator Warren questions SEC chair on...


Mar 20, 2015

Option Block 417: Big Boy AAPL and Crazy VIX Settlement

Trading Block: The Dow welcomes Apple. Informed traders prefer options says academic research. Options market sees bottom in gold with urgency on hold at Fed.  Earnings today (before the bell): Lennar (LEN); after the bell: Nike.

 

Odd Block: Unusual traders in...


Mar 17, 2015

Option Block 416: Blasting Out Cheap XLE Puts

Trading Block: Rally ho on the street! Options traders are starting to pay up for crash protection, according to a recent note from Goldman Sachs. Long-dated crash put protection costs on the [S&P 500] have more than doubled over the past 9 months.

 

S&P 500 declines for...