Option Block 593: Can You Trade Options On The Superbowl
Trading Block: Earnings Today
- Before the bell - Hasbro
- After the bell - CBOE Holdings, Twenty-First Century Fox
But there is more than just earnings. OCC announces Total Cleared Contract Volume was down 9% in January. The Snapchat IPO looms ahead.
Odd Block: Calls trade in S&P 500 VIX Short Term (VXX), puts trade in T-Mobile Inc (TMUS), alls trade in TrueCar Inc (TRUE).
Mail Block: Options #QuestionOfTheWeek
Time for another Earnings #StraddleBattle : Which stock will outperform its straddle by the largest margin?
- 35% - Apple (AAPL) (ACTUAL WINNER)
- 13% - Facebook (FB)
- 39% - Amazon (AMZN)
- 13% - Chipotle (CMG)
Options #QuestionOfTheWeek - With so many different #Options expiration cycles available (weekly, etc) - which duration do you prefer?
- Longer than 1 month
- Monthly
- Weekly
- Daily/Intra-day
Listener question:
- Question from In-to-it - Why can I not trade options on the Super Bowl?
Around the Block: Earnings!
- Tuesday: General Motors, Walt Disney Company, Take Two Interactive
- Wednesday: GrubHub, Time Warner
- Thursday: Twitter, Coca-Cola, Dunkin Brands Group, Activision, Nvidia, Zinga
This Week in the Market:
- Feb 7: International Trade
- Feb 9: Jobless Claims
- Feb 10: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment
- Feb 10: Treasury Budget
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