Dec 12, 2017
Trading Block: We are living in the Bitcoin futures world. At 5:00 pm CT on Sunday, XBT futures opened at $15,000 and 890 contracts were traded by 7:15 pm. Total volume Sunday overnight was a reported 3,001 contracts, with nearly 20 trading firms actively participating.
Apparently Bitcoin is destroying the world.
Options Question of the Week: Everyone's caught Bitcoin fever these days. The first "real" futures launched today on CBOE. Our question is simple - are you going to trade them this week?
Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 "catastrophe" puts in Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA). Put-palooza in GameStop Corp. (GME). Call love in Nucor Corporation (NUE). Cheapie call roll in Glu Mobile Inc. (GLUU).
Mail Block: Last week's option question of the week
The war for Bitcoin derivatives is heating up again. CME Group is launching futures on 12/18. CBOE just announced a 12/10 launch date. Not enough? Nasdaq also announced futures with a planned Q2 2018 launch. With so many choices-How will you trade Bitcoin in 2018?
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