Trading Block: Stocks tumble ahead of Trump inauguration - Dow off 100. Netflix: Another crazy earnings for NFLX. Close = $133.26, straddle = $12.60 / 9.5%. Spiked to $145 in the after-hours, opened at $142 today. How a one-two, Trump-Yellen punch may move interest rates.

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the importance of event risk

Odd Block: Puts trade in 3D Systems Corp (DDD); Calls trade in Avon Products, Inc (AVP); Calls trade in Union Pacific Corp (UNP)

Mail Block/Options QuestionOfTheWeek:

Earnings Season awakens! How do you play earnings using options? Are you an Earnings #Jedi or #Sith?

• Dark Side (Short Premium)
• Light Side (Long Premium)
• No Side - Avoid earnings
• Other (Reply/DM w/ideas)

Listener questions and comments:

• Comment from Scott Francis - Generally most short with puts unless stock has been hammered then you get short squeeze
• Question from Piggyback - Learned about Lightspeed from the last show. Checked out their site and saw $.60 per contract but didn't see a ticket charge. Do they have one? Answer from Kevin:No ticket charge on options. We will tier commissions based on activity, at the lowest activity level we will charge $0.60/contract with $1.00 min. (So a 5 lot is $3.00, a 1 lot will be $1.00.) We can go down to $0.20/contact for active accounts, tiering schedule is on our website. Mention Option Insider when you call Lightspeed we will give them another nickel off the commission.
• Question from Ski -As for the repealing and recall of Obamacare. How do you price LEAPs on spider biotech? Someone bought 340 Jan 2018 55 Puts on XBI. Is this a bet on the repel of Obamacare? If so, are LEAP puts a good way to go?
• Question from Sean - If a trader thought that a price was going down, would a put not have been the best trade in the asian session?

Around the Block:

This Week in the Market -Jan 19: Jobless Claims, Housing Starts

Earnings This Week

• Thursday - Union Pacific - Thursday am; IBM - Thursday pm
• riday General Electric, Procter & Gamble Co.