Options Bootcamp 56: Options Trade Tags Demystified

Basic Training: Today’s guest is Andrew Giovinazzi, of Option Pit, Option Block, and Options Oddities fame.

Mark, Dan and Andrew discuss options trade tags, including:

• Regular
• Spread
• Block Trade
• Inter-market Sweep
• Combo
• Cancel
• SoldLast
• Price Variation
• Buy Write

Mail Call: Listener questions and comments

• Question from Vegan - What oil products do airlines use to hedge their crude exposure?
• Question from Alan - Why is rolling a position so prominent? Is that not just averaging into a losing trade?
• Question from Angus - Maybe this is a basic question, but where do the names call and put come from? What about straddle and strangle?