Trading Block: What's moving the options market?

• Options Volume for April: OCC announced that total cleared contract volume in April reached 405,853,179 contracts, a 27% increase from April 2017 volume of 320,547,848 contracts and marking the highest April on record.

Earnings!

• Tuesday - The Walt Disney Company
• Thursday - Nvidia

Odd Block: Bullish paper opening in Coty Inc. (COTY). Rolling calls in Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO). Near ATM earnings calls in Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (FOLD).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses when it might be better to use verticals or diagonal/calendars.

Around the Block/Economic Reports:

• May 8: JOLTS
• May 9: PPI
• May 10: Jobless Claims, Consumer Price Index, Treasury Budget
• May 11: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment