Jul 31, 2018
Trading Block: The week in trading (so far)
- Social media tech stocks are taking a bath
Earnings:
- Tuesday - Apple
- Wednesday - Tesla
- Thursday - Activision/Blizzard, Shake Shack, Blue Apron, Go Pro
- Friday - CBOE
Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 Puts in Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), line-in-the-sand puts in Adient PLC (ADNT),...
Jul 27, 2018
Trading Block: A review of the week from a trading perspective
- Earnings: Thursday - Amazon, McDonalds, Comcast, Starbucks, Nokia
- Friday - Twitter, Merck
- Facebook (FB) is 'face-planting' after hours tonight.
Earnings Flash Poll: Facebook (FB) is getting crushed post-earnings, trading down nearly 20% after-hours....
Jul 24, 2018
This best of Option Block episode was originally p>osted on July 22nd, 2016
Trading Block: Most major markets off 0.5% or more. VIX cash watch. Earnings today (before) Dunkin Brands,General Motors, Marriott Vacations, Southwest Airlines; (after) AT&T, Chipotle Mexican Grill, E*Trade Financial (ETFC). Apple Watch is a...
Jul 20, 2018
Trading Block: A review of the week in trading
- Amazon and Apple: The race to $1 trillion.
Earnings!
- Thursday - Microsoft
- Friday - GE, Honeywell
- MSFT (after the bell) - $104.70, ATM straddle: $3.70, approx. 3.5%
Odd Block: Bullish risk reversal in Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA), Rolling call speeds in Omnicom...
Jul 17, 2018
Trading Block: A review of the week so far from a trading perspective
- Amazon.com down on its biggest day of the year.
- The trade war continues to scare no one.
Earnings!
- Monday - Netflix
- Tuesday - Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, United
- Wednesday - IBM, eBay, American Express
- Thursday - Microsoft
- Friday - GE,...