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Option Block 755: Talking Earnings, Volatility, IBM and More

Trading Block: And we're back up!

Earnings highlights for the week:

Tuesday - GE, Sony, BP, FB, eBay

Wednesday - GM

Thursday - Apple

Friday - ExxonMobil, Cboe, Alibaba, Chevron

IBM buys Red Hat for $34B

Odd Block: Put summary in Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), calls going up in Proctor & Gamble Co (PG), call love in Exelixis (EXEL) and put love in Ford Motor Company (F).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike discusses butterflies for buying the dip

Around the Block/This Week in the Markets

Oct 29: Personal Income

Oct 30: Consumer Confidence

Nov 1: Jobless Claims, Construction Spending

Nov 2: Unemployment…

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