Option Block 379: Explosion of VIX Stupidity

The Option Block · Oct 17, 2014 · 1h 1m

Option Block 379: Explosion of VIX Stupidity

Trading Block: Rocktober in full effect - hot on the heels of the madness yesterday, we saw another day with record swings and volume. Can nothing derail the bulls? NFLX earnings apocalypse? HBO Go spooking people?

Odd Block: Combo unwind in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield ETF (HYG), puts close in Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (GREK), and collar closing in Yingli Green Energy Holding (YGE)

Xpress Block: With the Viceroy still out, we will play the Trading Patterns Guessing Game in his absence.

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