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Option Block 590: Earnings Straddle Battle - GOOGL, MSFT, SBUX and More

Trading Block: Earnings!

Before the bell: Southwest, Caterpillar

After the bell: Alphabet, PayPal, E-Trade, Microsoft, Intel

GOOGL - $852.70. ATM Straddle: $34, approx. 4%

MSFT - $64.05. ATM Straddle: $2.75, approx. 4.3%

INTC - $37.6. ATM Straddle: $1.25, approx. 3.3%

PAYPAL - $41.52. ATM Straddle: $2.12, approx. 5%

SBUX - $58.51. ATM Straddle: $2.20, approx. 3.7%

Odd Block: Calls trade in Kate Spade Co. (KATE), calls trade in Technology SPDR (XLK) and puts trade in JPMorgan Alerian MLP index (AMJ)

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses dollar-cost averaging

Mail Block: Questions…

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