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The Option Block
The Option Block All-Star Panel breaks down the latest developments in the options market, analyzes unusual options activity, explains cutting-edge options strategies, answers listener questions and much more. Whether you're an active options trader or just getting started in the options market, The Option Block will keep you informed and entertained.
Episodes
The Option BlockOption Block 686: Bridging the ETF-Options Divide
Trading Block: Earnings! Monday: Netflix Tuesday: Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers, Verizon Wednesday: GE, United Technologies Thursday…
The Option BlockOption Block 685: Shutdown
Trading Block: The Dow sets all-time intraday record as Senate votes to end government shutdown Earnings This Week: Monday: Netflix Tuesday: Johnson & Johnson…
The Option BlockOption Block 684: Is Uncle Mike Getting Bearish?
Trading Block: VIX at 12.40! In the double digits for the first time in a long while. Earnings season ahead. IBM - $168.70, ATM straddle - $7.20, approx. 4%. A…
The Option BlockOption Block 683: Getting Crude with Pot Stocks and Crypto
Trading Block: Crude is hitting new near-term highs. Brent breaks above 70 for the first time since 2014. Kodak is now a crypto company!? Odd Block: Massive…
The Option BlockOption Block 682: INTC Insider Trading, Plus NVDA, TSLA, F and More
Trading Block: Nvidia stocks rises on new of chips being used in handle processing of driverless cars. Intel was aware of the chip vulnerability when its CEO…
The Option BlockOption 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…
The Option BlockOption Block 680: 2017 Year-End Palooza - All Smoke, No Fire
Trading Block: Review of the last trading day of the year. VIX barely holding on to double digits. Big meh into the end of the year. Silver is on a tear. The…
The Option BlockOption Block 679: Bitcoin and Levered SPY Risk Reversals
Trading Block: NKE after hours. ATM straddle - $3.40, approx. 5%. Looking back on 2017: The year without volatility. Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 "Catastrophe"…
The Option BlockOption Block 678: Is Donald Trump Long Bitcoin?
Trading Block: JPMorgan is lighting up Twitter. It's one of the bank's best ideas for 2018. A lot of div plays lighting up the tape today. Now it's a party!…
The Option BlockOption Block 677: Bitcoin Is Destroying the World
Trading Block: Volume is a little lighter in XBT now. Taleb is not a fan of Bitcoin, at least not without options. Apparently Bitcoin is destroying the world…
The Option BlockOption Block 676: Everyone Has Bitcoin Fever
Trading Block: We are living in the Bitcoin futures world. At 5:00 pm CT on Sunday, XBT futures opened at $15,000 and 890 contracts were traded by 7:15 pm…
The Option BlockOption Block 675: Talking Skew, VIX, TSLA, Bitcoin, Taxes and More
Trading Block: Someone has the gall to downgrade Tesla, but the stock still rallies. OCC Cleared contract volume increased 1% in November. It was the highest…
The Option BlockOption Block 674: Bitcoin Battles and Long Options Debate
Trading Block: GOP tax plan passes the Senate. CBOE Plans December 10 Launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading Odd Block: Size OTM call paper in Plains GP Holdings LP…
The Option BlockOption Block 673: TSLA, XRT, CZR, Olive Garden Babies and More
Trading Block: Dow sets new record by hitting 24,000 and SPX hits 2,657. This was the fifth 1,000-point milestone for the Dow this year, first hitting 20,000…
The Option BlockThe Option Block Episode 672: Comfortably Craptastic
The Trading Block: SQ and QCOM dominating the options charts today. Looks like QCOM activity is actually a dividend play. Light on earnings this week. Goldman…
The Option BlockBest of Option Block
We are not letting the Thanksgiving holiday get in the way of you getting your Option Block fix on.
The Option BlockOption Block 670: Thanksgiving Listener Question Palooza
Mail Block: It's all listener questions and comments today Options question of the week: The war for Bitcoin Derivatives is heating up w/ both CME Group and…
The Option BlockOption Block 669: Breaking Down the Binaries
Trading Block: Featuring special guest Dan Cook from NADEX. What are the uses for binary options? Binaries as a way to trade options. VIX coming back to life…
The Option BlockOption Block 668: AMZN Loves Hobbits, and Your Questions
Trading Block: Earnings! Are we heading for more carnage? Putin says he didn't do anything to the election. GE gets smoked. Amazon up over 1% thanks to Lord of…
The Option BlockOption Block 667: Return of the Viceroy, Plus DIS and NVDA
Trading Block: The Return of the Viceroy! OCC cleared contract volume up 20% in October. Earnings! Disney - ATM straddle $5, approx. 4.5% NVDA - ATM straddle…
The Option BlockOption Block 666: Earnings Trades, 7 VIX and T-Rexes
Trading Block: Earnings! Monday - Weight Watchers Tuesday - CBOE, Valeant, Snap Inc. Thursday - Nvidia, Macys, Kohl's Friday - JCPenney Odd Block: Size call…
The Option BlockOption Block 665: Debating Hobbitry; Plus Apple and Tesla
Trading Block: Earnings season review: Apple after the bell. ATM straddle - $7.25, approx. 4.3% Facebook and Tesla Odd Block: Options tracker in Tesla Inc…
The Option BlockOption Block 664: The Great Invisible Leggings Debate
Trading Block: Earnings Season Review. This season's theme "Buy Premium"! Under Armor before the bell tomorrow. Review of: Chipotle, Twitter, Amazon, Google &…
The Option BlockOption Block 663: Earnings Palooza: AMZN, TWTR, GOOGL and More
Trading Block: Earnings! Chipotle (CMG) - ATM straddle: $20, approx. 6.25% Twitter (TWTR) - ATM straddle: $1.50, nearly 9% Amazon (AMZN) - ATM straddle: $39…
The Option BlockOption Block 662: The Great After Hours Debate Continues
Trading Block: Earnings! Tuesday - McDonalds, GM, Chipotle, AT&T. Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), ATM straddle - $20, approx. 6.25% Wednesday - VISA Thursday -…
The Option BlockOption Block 661: Unhappy Anniversary
Trading Block: Black Monday 30th Anniversary, October 19, 1987. Earnings: GE Honeywell P&G SunTrust Odd Block: Massive closing paper in Norfolk Southern Corp…
The Option BlockOption Block 660: NFLX Kicks off Earnings Season
Trading Block: Earnings! Netflix, ATM straddle - $15.30, approx. 7.5% Tuesday - IBM Wednesday - Alcoa Thursday - Verizon, PayPal, Etrade Friday - Honeywell…
The Option BlockOption Block 659: The Dark Side of Vertical Spreads
Trading Block: Roku hit the trading floor. We present some stats from the first week. ADV: 4413 contracts OI: 12,800 contracts, puts slightly outnumber calls…
The Option BlockBest of Option Block: Does a High Skew Signal the Zombie Apocalypse
Recorded on March 20, 2017, this Best of Option block looks back on when the SKEW index finally popped. Posted March 21st, 2017 Trading Block: Apple continues…
The Option BlockOption Block 658: Tree Blights and SKEW Funds
Trading Block: UPS and FedEx stocks fall as Amazon moves further into delivery space. CBOE Holdings plans listing of Roku (ROKU) options with an expected start…
The Option BlockOption Block 657: Trading Options on Electric Cars
Trading Block: A quick overview of our live show from last week. OCC cleared contract volume last month down 9% from September 2016. Odd Block: A quick summary…
The Option BlockOption Block 656: Live from the Option Pit Pro Trader Summit
Featuring special guests Kevin "Lex" Luthringshausen, and Matt "Tubby" Benson. Trading Block: What is the Pro Trader Summit? VIX is back in the single digits…
The Option BlockOption Block 655: Return of the VIX Whale
Trading Block: VIX is back in the double digits hitting 11.21 today. VIX volume is exploding: Over 2.5M contracts traded so far. Will traders take a knee too?…
The Option BlockOption Block 654: Looking into EFX Insider Trading
Trading Block: VIX is back in the single digits, hitting 9.54 today. AAPL and the iPhone X. The Key Question on Equifax Options Trade Is Who Initiated the…
The Option BlockOption Block 653: Was There Insider Trading in EFX?
Trading Block: The S&P held 2500 today. Equifax gives away the keys to the kingdom. One exec even cashed in his options before the public disclosure. EFX…
The Option BlockOption Block 652: VIX Iron Condors, Rolling Your Puts
Trading Block: Trading VIX iron condors. Crude up 10% over the last couple of weeks. New Apple iPhone rumored to cost $1,000. Odd Block: Calls trade in Union…
The Option BlockOption Block 651: Who Is the Best Online Broker?
Trading Block: Irma hits Florida, Jose next? Kiplingers releases its list of top online brokers: 7. Ally 6. Vanguard 5. TD Ameritrade 4. E-Trade 3. Charles…
The Option BlockOption Block 650: Talking Hurricanes, Missiles and Bankruptcy Puts with Fidelity
Joining the all-star panel is guest co-host Greg Stevens, VP of Product Development of Options at Fidelity Investments. Trading Block: Hurricane Irma puts…
The Option BlockOption Block 649: Getting Naked in LULU
Trading Block: A thin day in the market. Lululemon (LULU) after the bell: ATM straddle - $6.75, approx. 12%. Will invisible yoga pants strike again? Odd Block…
The Option BlockOption Block 648: Everyone Loves Cheap Lottery Tickets
Trading Block: A quiet day in the market. Odd Block: Ratio put spread in Expedia Inc. (EXPE), ratio risk reversal in Dollar General Corp. (DG), and put-palooza…
The Option BlockOption Block 647: Weird Rolls, Covered Call How-To and More
Trading Block: Amazon announces price cuts at Whole Foods, Hurricane Harvey bears down on oil central. Earnings are still happening! GameStop (GME) after the…
The Option BlockOption Block 646: Question Palooza
Trading Block: The eclipse hits the U.S. market. Steve Bannon gone from the White House. Elon Musk urges the UN against the use of AI in warfare. Odd Block…
The Option BlockOption Block 645: Dragons and Funky 3-Ways
Trading Block: WMT and BABA earnings today before the bell. Donald Trump sympathizes with Confederate statues. A look at George Soros options positions. Odd…
The Option BlockOption Block 644: Talking Trades with Tub
Trading Block featuring Matt "Tubby" Benson. VIX back in the 12 handle - is Fire and Fury over? Sept future down from 15.20 to 13.20 FIZZ and the Cook County…
The Option BlockOption Block 643: Fire, Fury and VIX
Trading Block: VIX getting some life again thanks to "fire and fury." Earnings after the bell: NVDA - ATM straddle: $15, approx. 9% SNAP - ATM straddle: $2.25…
The Option BlockOption Block 642: The Mystery of LQD Combos
Trading Block: Investors Have Never Been More Short Volatility Futures Odd Block: An update on the Tesla "Catastrophe Puts," call frenzy in Procter & Gamble Co…
The Option BlockOption Block 641: Talking AAPL, TSLA and Call Scalping
Trading Block: Apple earnings after the bell on Tuesday. ATM straddle $6, approx. 4% Options Earnings Poll - $AAPL earnings on Tuesday. The market is pricing a…
The Option BlockOption Block 640: Leprechauns v. Trolls v. Apple
Trading Block: AAPL earnings after the bell on Tuesday. ATM straddle $6, or approximately 4%. Options Earnings Poll: $AAPL earnings on Tuesday. The market is…
The Option BlockOption Block 639: Amazon Earnings Umbrage
Trading Block: Amazon rallies 2%. Bezos surpassed Gates ever-so briefly as richest man in the world. Then there was a selloff. Earnings Flash Poll - $AMZN is…
The Option BlockOption Block 638: GOOGL, AMZN, TSLA, FB, CMG and MORE
Trading Block: Earnings! Monday - Alphabet earnings after close today Earnings Flash Poll - $GOOGL is on deck. With $GOOGL around $993 the ATM Straddle is…
The Option BlockOption Block 637: Talking Earnings with Tubby
Trading Block: Earnings after the bell today: Ebay - $37.19 Microsoft - $73.81 Earnings season is back! $MSFT & $EBAY are up next. $MSFT ATM Straddle = 3.5%…
The Option BlockOption Block 636: Netflix Earnings with the Option Block Home Boys
Trading Block: NFLX earnings after the bell. Netflix trading around $161.19. Options Flash Poll: Earnings season is back! $NFLX ($161.19) is currently pricing…
The Option BlockOption Block 635: TSLA Puts, VIX Calls, No Love For APRN
Trading Block: Amazon Prime Day today. Lots of closing VIX puts. Waiting on what Yellen may say. Odd Block: TSLA options tracker - 145 "catastrophe" puts hit…
The Option BlockOption Block 634: APRN Calls Not So Tasty
Trading Block: Blue Apron options to list on CBOE exchanges on Monday."Amazon Prime Day" is today. A plan for new trading pit triggers a feud in the U.S…
The Option BlockOption Block 633: Nukes, Volatility And Crazy Tesla Puts
Trading Block: VIX ends near the top of the range. It was up to 13.05 at its highest. Tesla down 7.2% yesterday, due to concerns of slowing Model S and Model X…
The Option BlockBest of Option Block: 500th Episode Spectacular
Originally posted on February 19, 2016 Trading Block: Welcome to our 500th episode. Today's special panel includes: Mark Sebastian, Mike Tosaw, Andrew…
The Option BlockOption Block 632: Managing Your Trades When You're Away
It's all strategy in this abridged episode of the Option Block. Today, uncle Mike discusses what you an do when you're not connected to your computer…
The Option BlockOption Block 631: Talking VIX, Apple, Bitcoin, Oil And More
Trading Block: Wall St. boosted by tech stocks, rebound in oil prices; Bitcoin Tumbles to Lowest Level in More Than a Week Odd Block: Put buying in Darden…
The Option BlockOption Block 630: Don't Get too Cute when Closing Trades
Trading Block: Taking the weekend out of the market. Biotech and the effect of the AHCA bill. Crude and the energy section taking it on the chin. Odd Block…
The Option BlockOption Block 629: Bitcoin, VIX and Becoming a Pro Trader
Trading Block: Green screens. Did we turn a corner? Channeling Don S. Do we have a lack of shellac? AMZN needs WFM to grow? Everyone wants to be everything…