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Option Block 460: The Creepy VIX

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The Option Block
Episode • Sep 1, 2015 • 1h 2m

Trading Block: Dow off about 100 points in choppy trade, tries to stay out of correction. Goldman Sachs thinks this volatility index should be much lower:  The VIX is trading like the U.S. is in a recession. If the options market is right, China stock rescue is doomed.


 


Odd Block: Calls trade in UltraShort Euro ProShares (EUO), calls trade in Xerox Corp. (XRX), and calls trade in Arch Coal Inc. (ACI).


Strategy Block: Tosaw gives us an update of the things he has been doing, and why he has been doing them.


Around the Block: Earnings highlights of this week:



  • Tuesday - Ambarella, Dollar Tree, H&R Block

  • Thursday - Ciena, Medtronic

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