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...