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Option Block 527: Dubious Calls and Silly Stupids

May 27, 2016

Trading Block Featuring guest co-host Nick Howard, Bantix

Soybean rundown: Is the collar skew still favorable? Gold rundown: GLD vs Futures options. The SEC has obtained a court order to freeze the profits of a trader who allegedly manipulated a technology stock through a false regulatory filing traced to a computer in Pakistan.

Odd Block: Calls trade in WisdomTree India Earnings (EPI); calls trade in CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE); puts trade in Royal Bank of Canada (RY)

Mail Block Question of the Week:

  • How many US options exchanges will there be at the end of 2016?

1.) 14

2.) 15

3.) More than 15

4.) Less than 14

  • Question from Ms Fidious: What the heck is a stupid?
  • Question from MDavis82: Just started listening to the show. In one of the first few shows it was mentioned that you can use selling of options to in essence create a dividend on a non dividend stock. Is there more information about this laid out somewhere (puts, calls, how far out, what strike price, what if underlying goes up or down). Thank you and love the show!

Around the Block: What's coming up from the Fed? Holiday weekend. What's happening with the ag markets? Brexit and pound skew. Should we sell in May and go away?