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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.

May 25, 2018

Trading Block: Earnings!

  • Friday - Foot Locker
  • Best Buy reaffirms guidance - renews concerns about the inroads of Amazon.
  • Monday review: Intuit - 191.30, ATM straddle: 11, approx.7%
  • Gap Inc. (GPS) - 33, ATM straddle: 2.60, approx. 8%
  • Netlifx vs. Disney - Who will come out ahead in the long run?

Odd Block: Big selloff...


May 22, 2018

Trading Block: Earnings!

  • Tuesday - Kohl's
  • Wednesday - Lowe's, Target
  • Thursday - Best Buy
  • Friday - Foot Locker
  • Intuit - $191.30, ATM Straddle: $11, approx. 5.7%

Odd Block: Call palooza in PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL). Rolling calls in Union Pacific Corporation (UNP). Cheapie calls in Northern Oil & Gas, Inc....


May 18, 2018

Trading Block: Featuring special guest host Greg Stevens, VP of Product Development for Options at Fidelity.

Earnings!

  • Tuesday - Home Depot
  • Wednesday - Cisco, Macy's
  • Thursday - Walmart, Applied Materials, JC Penney, Nordstrom
  • Friday - John Deere
  • AMAT - 54.30, ATM straddle: 2.25, approx. 4%

Odd Block: Line in the sand...


May 15, 2018

Trading Block: Earnings!

  • Tuesday - Home Depot
  • Wednesday - Cisco, Macy's
  • Thursday - Walmart, Applied Materials, JC Penney, Nordstrom
  • Friday - John Deere

Odd Block: Crazy call palooza in Caesars Entertainment Corp (CZR). Bullish risk reversal in QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses what skew...


May 11, 2018

Trading Block: Earnings!

  • Thursday - Nvidia
  • NVDA - ATM straddle: 17, approx. 6.5%

Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 “catastrophe” put in Tesla Motors (TSLA). Crazy option palooza in Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY). Line in the sand puts in HP Inc. (HPE). Call trade in Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR).

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