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Option Block 615: AMZN, GOOGL, SBUX Earnings, Plus Epic Strategy Block

Apr 28, 2017

Trading Block with very special guest co-host: Henry Schwartz, Trade Alert

Earnings today after the bell:

  • Alphabet/GOOGL - $889, ATM Straddle - $29, approx. 3.2%
  • Amazon - $921.50, ATM Straddle - $37.50, approx. 4%
  • Intel - $37.25, ATM Straddle - $1.20, approx. 3.2%
  • Starbucks - $61.75, ATM Straddle - $2.40, approx. 4%

Odd Block: Calls trade in Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AAOI), calls trade in Nabors Industries Ltd (NBR), and calls trade in Yandex NV (YNDX)

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the six factors of option pricing.

Around the Block/Question of the Week:

Earnings Season is upon us. Big names are reporting soon. Which is your pick for the largest % move post-earnings?

  • $AMZN, 36%
  • $GOOGL, 26%
  • $CMG, 30%
  • $MSFT, 8%

Earnings this week: 3M, ATT, Chipotle, JetBlue, Xerox, Boeing, PepsiCo, Nasdaq, Google, Amazon, Ford, Intel, Southwest, Starbucks, Exxon, General Motors.