Option Block 681: The Great 2018 Kick-Off Show
Trading Block: The numbers are in for 2017
OCC announced 2017 volume reached the third highest total cleared contract volume ever with 4,327,576,930 contracts, a 4% increase from 2016.
December cleared volume was 346,006,092 contracts, up 3% from December 2016.
OCC also reported record-breaking 2017 volume for cleared futures with 138,029,762 cleared contracts; a 32% increase from 2016.
What were our top 5 Option Block episodes for 2017?
Odd Block: Call spreads trade in (EWJ); Funky ratio call spreads in Marriott; Calls closing out in (DWDP).
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