Option Block 241: "Legalized Front-Running"
Option Block 241: "Legalized Front-Running"
Trading Block: The market trading much more modestly than recent rallies. ZNGA leaning on Farmville 2 - slashing 5% of workforce. Apple rallies up 11 handles, after they announced buybacks. VIX Cash well south of 200 day moving avg. of 15.26. VXX ranks as #3 exchange traded product by volume - avg. 53 million shares/day. Buffet's right hand man, Charlie Munger, calls high-frequency trading "legalized front-running" and "basically evil". EA earnings after the close.
Odd Block: Calls trade in Nationstar Mortgage Holdings. Inc (NSM), calls trade in…
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