Option Block 364: Dollar General Madness Continues

Trading Block: Rally ho on the street today! German 10-year realized vol was 100%!

The social media trio - FB, LKDN and TWTR mixed today.

 

Odd Block: Unusual options activity in DG, AMSC, EGHT, and TASR.

 

Xpress Block: Schwab tools: The 4-legged trade ticket is coming to Schwab the first-second week of September.

 

Mail Block: Question from Ted Schwartz

• Hi, I'm working my way through the Options Boot Camp and Option Block, learning lots of good stuff.  I was wondering what kind of options strategies exist to hedge my 401K mutual funds gains?  Would it be practical to use protective puts on some indexes, etc. to offset my risk of fund losses? Thanks!

 

 

Around the Block: What can we expect from Yellen and the Fed?