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), and put sweeps in AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS).

Mail Block: Options question of the week

EarningsSeason is still in full swing. Which names will dominate your options trading this week?

• Apple, $AAPL
• Tesla, $TSLA
• GoPro, $GPRO
• CBOE, $CBOE

Listener comments:

• Comment from Value Dissenter -Tesla. Yay puts.
• Question from Ellen - When would you buy those $TSLA Jan 50 puts?
• Question from LOO7 -I think the market is top heavy here. What should I be looking at in terms of options trades? I mostly own spy in my portfolio. Straight 5% OTM puts or something else?

Around the Block: What's on the radar for the rest of the week?