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The Option Block

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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.

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Option Block 214: Apple Moves and Hysteria Ensues
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Jan 18, 2013·1h 3m
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Option Block 213: Waxing Nostalgic about Floor Days
Option Block 213: Waxing Nostalgic about Floor Days Trading Block: Apple hits 11-month low and is hovering around $500 strike off news of decreasing iPhone…
Jan 15, 2013·1m
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Option Block 212: Sweep the Leg, Johnny
Option Block 212: Sweep the Leg, Johnny Trading Block: There was a broad rally across the street, but VIX cash languishing yet again. Alcoa earnings send out a…
Jan 14, 2013·1m
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Option Block 210: New Year, No Volatility
Option Block 210: New Year, No Volatility Trading Block: It’s the first episode of 2013! The world hasn't ended, since the heroes in Congress once again…
Jan 4, 2013·1m
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Option Block 209: 2012 Year in Review
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Dec 28, 2012·1h 14m
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Option Block 208: Options Fuel the Exchange War
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Dec 21, 2012·1m
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Option Block 207: Ratio Combos and Weekly Premium
Option Block 207: Ratio Combos and Weekly Premium Trading Block: We saw a broad rally across the market as rumors of a deal to avert the fiscal cliff are…
Dec 18, 2012·1h 1m
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Option Block 206: The Secret World of Open Interest
Option Block 206: The Secret World of Open Interest Trading Block: It was a bloody day on the market; screens were nothing but a sea of red. Apple is now…
Dec 14, 2012·1h 5m
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Option Block 205: The Great Collar Debate
Option Block 205: The Great Collar Debate Trading Block: Most of the market was unchanged today. Vol levels in Apple have been attractively low, is Tosaw back…
Dec 11, 2012·1m
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Option Block 204: Juicy AAPL Puts
Option Block 204: Juicy AAPL Puts Trading Block: Market roughly unchanged on the day. Apple reversing its recent selloff on renewed Apple TV rumors. Apple &…
Dec 7, 2012·1m
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Option Block 203: Still Talking About the Fiscal Cliff Trading Block: A bit of a selloff across most of the major indices. Apple only up slightly today. Ford…
Dec 4, 2012·1m
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Option Block 202: VIX: How Low Can It Go?
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Nov 30, 2012·1h
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Option Block 201: Traders as Quarterbacks
Option Block 201: Traders as Quarterbacks Trading Block: Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Holiday season appears to be off to a good start. Facebook pops 8% with 60%…
Nov 27, 2012·1h 3m
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Option Block 200: It's a Celebration
Option Block 200: It's a Celebration Celebration Block: Let's pat ourselves on the back for lasting for 200 episodes, the most episodes of any program on our…
Nov 20, 2012·1m
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Option Block 199: Apple Selloff and Yoga Pants
Option Block 199: Apple Selloff and Yoga Pants Trading Block: The mild selloff continues. What is happening with VIX and realized volatility post-election? VIX…
Nov 16, 2012·1m
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Option Block 198: Sex Scandals and Star Wars
Option Block 198: Sex Scandals and Star Wars Trading Block: All three major indices unchanged at 0. Mild vol selloff, following a mild rally after…
Nov 13, 2012·1m
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Option Block 197: Driving Towards the Fiscal Cliff
Option Block 197: Driving Towards the Fiscal Cliff Trading Block: Markets down following presidential election. What can we attribute this to? There is…
Nov 9, 2012·1m
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Option Block 196: Election Edition
Option Block 196: Election Edition Trading Block: The market took off once early polling results came in, a broad-based rally across most of the market. Vol…
Nov 8, 2012·1m
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Option Block 195: Post-Hurricane Sandy Edition
Option Block 195: Post-Hurricane Sandy Edition Trading Block: The market reopens Wednesday after closing for two days due to Hurricane Sandy. Apple opens…
Nov 2, 2012·1h 2m
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Option Block 194: The Great AAPL Death Knell
Option Block 194: The Great AAPL Death Knell Trading Block: The great Apple death knell? Tosaw is out! A momentous decision. Amazon and Apple earnings after…
Oct 26, 2012·1h 11m
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Option Block 193: Post-Earnings Selloff & Turnaround
Option Block 193: Post-Earnings Selloff & Turnaround Trading Block: Post-earnings selloff continues, but then we saw a dramatic turnaround late in the day…
Oct 23, 2012·1m
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Option Block 192: Earnings Palooza
Option Block 192: Earnings Palooza Trading Block: GOOG earnings announced early, although no one is sure why. Today is an earnings-palooza: AMD, LUV, MSFT…
Oct 19, 2012·1m
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Option Block 191: Earnings Season Moving Into Full Swing
TRADING BLOCK Vol Rundown - Vix came in today, as expected given Vol inflation on Friday and today's rally. Nobel Prize for economics announced today - Alvin…
Oct 16, 2012·1m
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Option Block 190: Getting Out of AAPL
Option Block 190: Getting Out of AAPL Trading Block: Another 0.0% move for the S&P today. Zynga was crushed again this week, and closing today at $2.43 as it…
Oct 12, 2012·1h 4m
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Option Block 189: Iron Condors and Big Trends
Option Block 189: Iron Condors and Big Trends Trading Block: Apple down about 2.5%. When might we see the minis? Groupon finally goes to the plus side. Is it…
Oct 9, 2012·1m
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Option Block 188: Diversify. Diversify. Diversify
Option Block 188: Diversify. Diversify. Diversify Trading Block: The market's reaction to Wednesday night's Presidential debate. Review from the Morning Star…
Oct 5, 2012·1h
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Option Block 187: It's That Time of the Month
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Oct 2, 2012·1m
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Option Block 186: RIMM Time Spreads and SPY Dividends
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Sep 28, 2012·1m
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Option Block 185: Dividend Trade Blowup
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Sep 25, 2012·1m
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Option Block 184: BNNY vs. FB vs. GRPN
Option Block 184: BNNY vs. FB vs. GRPN Trading Block: A mild selloff and a mild VIX rally, yet another 0.0% day! Groupon the only green on the screen. At last…
Sep 21, 2012·1h 9m
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Option Block 183: Bernanke Puts
Option Block 183: Bernanke Puts Trading Block: Most of the major indices giving back some of the QE3 love, after an abnormally odd Friday. QE3: good, bad or…
Sep 18, 2012·1h
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Option Block 182: Setting Low Expectations for Employment
Option Block 182: Setting Low Expectations for Employment Trading Block: The bulls were definitely in charged today, the market seemed to like what Big Ben had…
Sep 14, 2012·1m
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Option Block 181: Apple Overlord
Option Block 181: Apple Overlord Trading Block: A mild down day on the Street. VIX off to the races. Positioning after the jobs number. Apple pullback ahead of…
Sep 11, 2012·1m
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Option Block 180: A Whimper Not A Scream
Option Block 180: A Whimper Not A Scream Trading Block: Finally a strong rally across the board. Vol and VIX rundown. CBOE announced at RMC Europe that they…
Sep 7, 2012·1h 1m
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Option Block 179: Live from the new Option Pit HQ!
TRADING BLOCK Finally a day of action after an unchanged last couple of weeks. Apple destroys Samsung in jury verdict - $1B Verdict - Samsung won basically no…
Aug 31, 2012·1h 3m
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Option Block 178: Apple: Cheap? Expensive? Cheap Expensive?
Option Block 178: Apple: Cheap? Expensive? Cheap Expensive? Trading Block: A slow Friday. Looking at the spread between VIX cash and the VIX futures. What is…
Aug 27, 2012·1m
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Option Block 177: Moving 0.0%, or Wait and See
Option Block 177: Moving 0.0%, or Wait and See Trading Block: Today the market was literally unched across the board, sitting at 0.0, playing the "wait and…
Aug 21, 2012·1m
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Option Block 176: Groupon Garbage
Option Block 176: Groupon Garbage Trading Block: A mild rally across the Street. S&P vol getting squeezed of all its juice. Cisco knocks it out of the park…
Aug 17, 2012·1m
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Option Block 175: Groupon Volatility Bonanza
Option Block 175: Groupon Volatility Bonanza Trading Block: Groupon rallies into earnings, an absolute roller coaster today. No weekend back for VIX cash…
Aug 14, 2012·1m
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Option Block 174: Doing Whatever It Takes
Option Block 174: Doing Whatever It Takes Trading Block: Another mixed day on the street: a stale, unchanged market today. Keeping our eye on Nvidia. Zynga…
Aug 10, 2012·1m
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Option Block 173: Economists Do Not Have a Clue
Option Block 173: Economists Do Not Have a Clue Trading Block: A mild rally on the day, VIX cash moving in lockstep with the market again. EA lawsuit pounds…
Aug 7, 2012·1m
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Option Block 172: Mini Crash Crush
Option Block 172: Mini Crash Crush Trading Block: VIX essentially unchanged on the day. Discussing its underperformance again as traders again showed a…
Aug 3, 2012·1m
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Option Block 171: Another Raucous Live Show
Option Block 171: Another Raucous Live Show Live and unscripted, this episode doesn’t follow the normal Option Block layout, but it’s spectacular nevertheless…
Jul 31, 2012·1h 20m
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Option Block 170: Options for Earnings
Option Block 170: Options for Earnings Trading Block: A broad rally in most names, yet Ford, EA and others getting clobbered. Where's the love? Facebook after…
Jul 27, 2012·1h 2m
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Option Block 169: Synthetic Puts and the Fudge Factor
Option Block 169: Synthetic Puts and the Fudge Factor Trading Block: A selloff across the major indices today, amid concerns about financing in Spain. IMF is…
Jul 24, 2012·1m
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Option Block 168: Scalping GOOG Time Spreads
Option Block 168: Scalping GOOG Time Spreads Trading Block: Lots of earnings after the bell - Google up, Microsoft meh, and Chipotle earnings down. Is this the…
Jul 20, 2012·1m
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Option Block 167: TVIX Apocalypse
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Jul 17, 2012·1m
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Option Block 166: Calendar Strangle Swap
Option Block 166: Calendar Strangle Swap Trading Block: PFG Best madness; the Chicago based options brokerage firm reeling after their CEO, Russ Wasendorf…
Jul 13, 2012·1m
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Option Block 165: I Make Liquidity
Option Block 165: I Make Liquidity Trading Block: Another day, another mild selloff. VIX getting the weekend/holiday back, plus a little more. Oil/Commodity…
Jul 10, 2012·1m
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Option Block 164: Independence Day Slowdown
Option Block 164: Independence Day Slowdown Trading Block: Apple lurking near $600 again before earnings. RIMM in the toilet and ended up blowing past weekly…
Jul 3, 2012·1m
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Option Block 163: Supreme Court Takes the Vol Out
Option Block 163: Supreme Court Takes the Vol Out Trading Block: Supreme Court decision roils the market. Are we taking the weekend out of the VIX already? 30…
Jun 29, 2012·1h 1m
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Option Block 162: Risk Reversal Hour
Option Block 162: Risk Reversal Hour Trading Block: Midday selloff continues following post-weekend/selloff vol pop. EU summit concerns with Spain requesting…
Jun 26, 2012·1m
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Option Block 161: Now With 75% More Ranting
Option Block 161: Now With 75% More Ranting Trading Block: A bit of a blood bath today after Goldman recommended shorting the S&P. A lack of VIX movement…
Jun 22, 2012·1m
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Option Block 160: Blue Horeshoe Loves Option Block
Option Block 160: Blue Horeshoe Loves Option Block Trading Block: Greek pro-bailout ruling was not exactly the boon the markets expected. Spanish load concerns…
Jun 19, 2012·1m
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Option Block 159: The 1-3.5-6 Ratio Condor Swap
Option Block 159: The 1-3.5-6 Ratio Condor Swap Trading Block: News is out that the central banks are trying to make a coordinated effort to help out Greece…
Jun 15, 2012·1m
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Option Block 158: Mini Widowmaker
Option Block 158: Mini Widowmaker Trading Block: VIX provided most of the movement in the market. Spain concerns weigh on the market again. Analyst says JP…
Jun 12, 2012·1m
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Option Block 157: We Are in a Holding Pattern Until We Are Not
Option Block 157: We Are in a Holding Pattern Until We Are Not Trading Block: For the second show in a row, the S&P is literally closed unchanged at 0.0%, what…
Jun 8, 2012·1h 4m
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Option Block 156: Greek Tragedy
Option Block 156: Greek Tragedy Trading Block: The selloff eased after the bloodbath on Friday. The S&P closed almost completely unchanged today. Still waiting…
Jun 5, 2012·1m
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Option Block 155: The Long and Winding Road to Nowhere
Option Block 155: The Long and Winding Road to Nowhere Trading Block: Given the end of month, it was a strange seesaw-like day on the market. Facebook is…
Jun 1, 2012·1m
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Option Block 154: When In Doubt, Roll It Out
Option Block 154: When In Doubt, Roll It Out Trading Block: More Facebook fallout - What's the situation been like at OX? Participate in our Facebook options…
May 25, 2012·1h