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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 274: More Buyers than Sellers
Option Block 274: More Buyers than Sellers Trading Block: All is right with the world again! Most indices up over 1% today after Chinese export data beats…
The Option BlockOption Block 273: Trades to Salivate Over
Option Block 273: Trades to Salivate Over Trading Block: It was a very mild day on the street. How did the holiday weekend volatility play out last week? It’s…
The Option BlockOption Block 272: Presidential Rope-A-Dope, or Bags of Money
Option Block 272: Presidential Rope-A-Dope, or Bags of Money Trading Block: Labor Day weekend is nearly upon us. VIX cash above the 16-handle. Jobless claims…
The Option BlockOption Block 271: Sabre Rattling Rattles Markets
Option Block 271: Sabre Rattling Rattles Markets Trading Block: A mild rally on the street until Kerry started sabre rattling in Washington, sending the…
The Option BlockOption Block 270: Looking Behind the Curtain
Option Block 270: Looking Behind the Curtain Trading Block: NASDAQ halts trading today over tech glitch. Many big names were impacted. Goldman Sachs screws up…
The Option BlockOption Block 269: Listener Questions a Go-Go
Option Block 269: Listener Questions a Go-Go Trading Block: Another down day on the markets. The 3-year and 10-year are bumping up against levels we haven't…
The Option BlockOption Block 268: Commodity Sea of Green
Option Block 268: Commodity Sea of Green Trading Block: A broad selloff across the board today. Inflation fears spook the Fed and the market. Cisco off 7%…
The Option BlockOption Block 267: Betting Against Yourself
Option Block 267: Betting Against Yourself Trading Block: A relatively flat day on the street. A big day for Silver and Apple –both up 3%. It was a good day…
The Option BlockOption Block 266: Juice and Paper
Option Block 266: Juice and Paper Trading Block: Commodities rundown featuring Matt - starting with Nat Gas. The ride for Tesla continues. DNDN after the…
The Option BlockOption Block 265: The Innovator
Option Block 265: The Innovator Trading Block: Giving back some of the gains on the street today. A surprising pop in Blackberry. Apple touching near-term…
The Option BlockOption Block 264: Swimming in a Sea of Green
Option Block 264: Swimming in a Sea of Green Trading Block: A sea of green across the board. S&P crosses 1700 mark on strong manufacturing data. Unemployment…
The Option BlockOption Block 263: The Wasted Year
Option Block 263: The Wasted Year Trading Block: A mild selloff across the board. GLD sells off fractionally on the day. ISE Gemini set to launch Aug 5. CBOE…
The Option BlockOption Block 262: Cramer Loves It
Option Block 262: Cramer Loves It Trading Block: Zynga earnings after the close. Someone paid 17% for a one-month straddle! Amazon earnings are also after the…
The Option BlockOption Block 261: NFLX Strangles Children
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The Option BlockOption Block 260: Doing the Earnings Straddle Dance
Option Block 260: Doing the Earnings Straddle Dance Trading Block: Earnings-Palooza: Google, Microsoft and more after the bell. Odd Block: Combos trade in Rite…
The Option BlockOption Block 259: Reverse Splits & Twinkies
Option Block 259: Reverse Splits & Twinkies The all-stars are joined by guest co-host Henry Schwartz, the Founder of Trade Alert. Trading Block: A modest…
The Option BlockOption Block 258: Highly Accommodative Policy
Option Block 258: Highly Accommodative Policy Trading Block: Uncle Ben's comments about "highly accommodative policy" spark yet another rally. It's going to be…
The Option BlockOption Block 257: Deep Dive into Gold, Silver and Oil
Option Block 257: Deep Dive into Gold, Silver and Oil Interview Block: Today's guest is Matthew Bradbard, futures broker from RCM Asset Management. Hel…
The Option BlockOption Block 256: The Great AAPL and GLD Rebound
Option Block 256: The Great AAPL and GLD Rebound: Trading Block Another broad rally - a "doing stuff" kind of day. Gold spikes. Blackberry annihilated…
The Option BlockOption Block 255: Balloon is Over-squeezed
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The Option BlockOption Block 254: Unlearn What Does Not Work
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The Option BlockOption Block 253: Market Maelstrom
Option Block 253: Market Maelstrom Trading Block: The broad indices were down over 2%. All red, all day. Fed will cut $85 billion in monthly bond purchases by…
The Option BlockOption Block 252: The Dangers of Covered Straddles
Option Block 252: The Dangers of Covered Straddles Trading Block: Market rallies ahead of the Fed, but lost steam in the late session. Gold selloff ahead of…
The Option BlockOption Block 251: Insider Trading, Options-Style
Option Block 251: Insider Trading, Options-Style Trading Block: Is the VIX going backwards? The rally has returned. Jobless claims fall by 12,000, sparking the…
The Option BlockOption Block 250: Goldilocks Non-Farms Numbers
Option Block 250: Goldilocks Non-Farms Numbers Trading Block: It was a quiet day on the market. Non-farms announcement came out last Friday. What are some…
The Option BlockOption Block 249: Great Expectations
Option Block 249: Great Expectations Trading Block: Another schizophrenic day on the street. McDonald's announces some 24-hr stores will serve breakfast after…
The Option BlockOption Block 248: The Ice Is Always Melting
Option Block 248: The Ice Is Always Melting Trading Block: It was a bit of a head scratcher today, as an infusion of end-of-day buying threw a wrench into the…
The Option BlockOption Block 247: The Confidence Trade
Option Block 247: The Confidence Trade Trading Block: The rally continues with interest rates and bonds hot. Looking forward to the 10-year VIX from the CME…
The Option BlockOption Block 246: Jump on the Boat with the 10-Year Note
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The Option BlockOption Block 245: Golden Tickets & Oompa Loompas
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The Option BlockOption Block 244: Car Talk
Option Block 244: Car Talk Trading Block: It was down day on the markets. A lot of political news came out of Syria late in the day. Could Tesla be Apple 2.0?…
The Option BlockOption Block 243: The Viceroy Trade
Option Block 243: The Viceroy Trade Trading Block: Another unchanged day. Netflix up due in part to the return of Arrested Development. Take Two earnings after…
The Option BlockOption Block 242: Dollar vs Yen - The Eternal Battle
Option Block 242: Dollar vs. Yen - The Eternal Battle INTERVIEW BLOCK: Today's guest is: Kevin Davitt, futures broker at RCM. He comes to the Option Block…
The Option BlockOption 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%…
The Option BlockOption Block 240: Questions Linger After CBOE Shutdown
Option Block 240: Questions Linger After CBOE Shutdown TRADING BLOCK: The yo-yo markets continue - down 1%, up 1%. Facebook misses but still feels the love…
The Option BlockOption Block 239: Rally Ho!
Option Block 239: Rally Ho! Interview Block: Today's guest is Erik Long from Quant Trade, a CTA who primarily day trades futures. His method of looking at the…
The Option BlockOption Block 238: Markets Have a Headache
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The Option BlockOption Block 237: Buy Juice, Be Happy
Option Block 237: Buy Juice, Be Happy Trading Block: VIX cash turns to the dark side. CAT earnings were not overwhelming. Netflix earnings have yet to come…
The Option BlockOption Block 236: Riding the Earnings Rollercoaster
Option Block 236: Riding the Earnings Rollercoaster Trading Block: The market was down big time. Again. Earnings-palooza after the close with CMG, GOOG, MSFT…
The Option BlockOption Block 235: The Difference Between Risk Management & Market Timing
Option Block 235: The Difference Between Risk Management & Market Timing Trading Block: An aggressive selloff wipes out most gains on the street today…
The Option BlockOption Block 234: Debunking the Expiration Graph Myth
Option Block 234: Debunking the Expiration Graph Myth Trading Block: Ford was off to the races again, in a very mixed market. Vol was mixed as well. Money is…
The Option BlockOption Block 233: Trickle Down SPX
Option Block 233: Trickle Down SPX Trading Block: The market is gaining back some ground after a skittish week. Here we go again with Alcoa earnings after the…
The Option BlockOption Block 232: Crushing Inflation
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The Option BlockOption Block 231: April Fool Joke from Tesla?
Option Block 231: April Fool Joke from Tesla? Interview Block: RCM’s Matt Bradbard talks about interest rates. When might they reverse course and head upwards?…
The Option BlockOption Block 230: The Psychology of Options Trading
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The Option BlockOption Block 229: The Death Hedge
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The Option BlockOption Block 228: Mini Mania
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The Option BlockOption Block 227: When Options Make an $800,000,000 Profit
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The Option BlockOption Block 226: Up, Up and Away
Option Block 226: Up, Up and Away Interview Block: Today's guest is Joe Garcia-Rios, Founder of Rios Quantitative & President and Chief Portfolio Manager of…
The Option BlockOption Block 225: Spreads with Benefits
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The Option BlockOption Block 224: No Watered Down Options Information
Option Block 224: No Watered Down Options Information Trading Block: Downward movement across the market, making a late reversal. Not a ton of movement in our…
The Option BlockOption Block 223: Making Money for the End of the World
Option Block 223: Making Money for the End of the World Interview Block: Today's Guest: Ed Walczak, Principal Trader at Harbor Financial. He specializes in…
The Option BlockOption Block 222: Bonds. Contrarian Bonds.
Option Block 222: Bonds. Contrarian Bonds. Trading Block: The majority of the market sold off by 1%. On the news that bonds might sell off, they rallied. Apple…
The Option BlockOption Block 221: Suspiciously Well-Timed Call Buying
Option Block 221: Suspiciously Well-Timed Call Buying Trading Block: The market was mixed today, with the VIX cash off slightly. GM profits down from 2011…
The Option BlockOption Block 220: Who Needs Annuities When You Can Sell Puts on GOOG?
Option Block 220: Who Needs Annuities When You Can Sell Puts on GOOG? Interview Block: Today's guest is Doug Berman, Vice President of Agriculture Derivatives…
The Option BlockOption Block 219: Trading Options to Infinity and Beyond
Option Block 219: Trading Options to Infinity and Beyond Trading Block: Zynga blows the doors off the market - the 2.5 puts were the sale of the century…
The Option BlockOption Block 218: Do Not Pay for Juice
Option Block 218: Do Not Pay for Juice Trading Block: Selloff keeps some life in the VIX cash. Profit taking, and rumbles out of Spain, weigh on the market…
The Option BlockOption Block 217: Now What Are We Going to Watch?
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The Option BlockOption Block 216: Embracing Degeneracy
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The Option BlockOption Block 215: Apple and More Apple
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