Jan 31, 2014
Option Block 310: GOOG After Hours Mania
Trading Block: The “Correction” is over. Earnings Trading Review: GOOG and CME after the bell. FB - ATM straddle went out around $6, traded nearly $3 through that today. F - Announces "best year ever" but closes nearly unchanged on the day. APPL - That $460 put is not...
Jan 28, 2014
Option Block 309: The Big AAPL Earnings Show
Trading Block: Markets reverse most of today’s slide late in the session. Lots of index volatility, but not many buyers. VIX coming off later in the session. Big Apple earnings after the bell, and right in Tosaw’s crosshairs. The International Securities Exchange (ISE)...
Jan 24, 2014
Option Block 308: The Scale from Smart to Cowboy
Trading Block: An aggressive selloff sparked by weak existing home sales. VIX cash back in the mid-teens. Microsoft after the bell. Netflix tearing it up.
Odd Block: Call buyers in Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (FBC), closing put buys in Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS),...
Jan 17, 2014
Option Block 307: Idiotic Upside Calls
Trading Block: A mild selloff early in the session. SPX weeklies up 98% in 2013. SPX & VIX options hopefully getting extended hours in 2014. Best buy taking in on the chin after a poor holiday season. Chuck E. Cheese is worth a billion!
Odd Block: Calls trade in Eldorado...
Jan 14, 2014
Option Block 306: Crazy Biotech Action
Trading Block: A mild selloff on the street. Still not many bids for volatility, except in select names. VIX due for a spike according to the Wall Street Journal. NPR calls options "The riskiest place to invest outside of penny stocks."
Odd Block: Puts trade in Clovis Oncology...