Option Block 725: Well-Timed Puts and Funky Verticals
Trading Block: Trump trade war spooks markets again. We are fully into zone two. Will vol explode, or is it just a bunch of nothing? Will there be a 50-handle move in the S&P within the next three days? Will this be another year of record volume? Which exchange is dominating the flow so far?
Odd Block: TSLA takes a drubbing. Returning to the Rent-A-Center trade from Tuesday. SBUX closing some locations. Is IQIY Inc. being impacted by the threat of trade war?
Strategy Block: Managing risk comes before sentiment. Going from a diagonal spread into a put spread.
Mail Block: Listener questions and…
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