Jan 30, 2018
Trading Block: VIX is back into the 13 handle.
Earnings this week:
- Wednesday - FB, Microsoft
- Thursday - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Alibaba
- The ORATS earnings report for 1/29/2018
Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 "Catastrophe" puts in Tesla Motors (TSLA). Size call diagonal in Anheuser Busch Inbev NV (BUD). Near-term call...
Jan 26, 2018
Trading Block: Earnings!
- Monday: Netflix
- Tuesday: Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers, Verizon
- Wednesday: GE, United Technologies
- Thursday: Caterpillar, 3M, Intel (Caterpillar doing crazy volume today - over 130k contracts on the tape.) Netflix, Intel and Starbucks.
Odd Block: Size near-term put sales in...
Jan 23, 2018
Trading Block: The Dow sets all-time intraday record as Senate votes to end government shutdown
Earnings This Week:
- Monday: Netflix
- Tuesday: Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Travelers, Verizon
- Wednesday: GE, United Technologies
- Thursday: Caterpillar, 3M, Intel
Odd Block: Calls and puts trade in Patterson UTI...
Jan 19, 2018
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 rough start to the year for Bitcoin. Tuesday selloff hits crypto hard.
Odd Block: Yet more Jan 2019 50 "catastrophe" puts in Tesla Motors (TSLA). Massive call...
Jan 12, 2018
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 call party in (FXE); Options-palooza in (XOP); Call frenzy in (XLE).
Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses risk reversals.
Mail Block: Options question of the...