Trading Block/Earnings highlights from the week:

• Tuesday - Salesforce
• Wednesday - Box
• Thursday - TD, GameStop, HP
• Clothing Retailers: Burlington, Chico's, J Jill, Guess, Express, Abercrombie & Fitch

Plus,

• Oil sells off - WTI Crude back in the $40 handle.
• Bitcoin getting crushed - BTC threatening 4000

Odd Block: Tesla put summary, Dec lifts puts in (VOD), opening put love in (AEO), and opening call love in (IQV)

Mail Block/Options question of the week

AAPL continues to take a beating - recently dropping below $175. We know many of you LOVE to trade AAPL and this selloff creates opportunities. Looking ahead to Jan 2019 expiration- which trade would you prefer to make in AAPL right now?

• Sell Jan 150P for $1.65
• Buy Jan 150P for $1.65
• Sell Jan 200C for $1
• Buy Jan 200C for $1

Listener questions and comments

• Question from Leot - Is Apple a good candidate for stock substitution here? If so how would you set it up?
• Question from Burns - Is buying a call actually the best way to get long stock in this market?

Around The Block/This Week in the Markets

• Nov 29: Jobless Claims, Personal Income and Outlays