Option Block 537: Surprise Options Successes and Failures

The Option Block · Jul 8, 2016 · 1m

Trading Block: Post-Brexit market update. OCC Cleared contract volume up 11% in June. The urgency of the Fed to hike has faded away as Brexit further clouded the outlook. SEC approves NYSE request for new market volatility rules.

Twitter Poll Options Question of the Week: Which products' performance post-#Brexit surprised you the most?

43%: Volatility (VIX, etc)

0%: Rates (10yr, etc)

52%: Equity Index: (SPY, etc)

5%: FX (GBP/USD, EUR/USD etc)

Odd Block: Size call seller in Kinross Gold Corp (KGC), call buyer in General Electric (GE) and put seller in Interval Leisure Group Inc (IILG)

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