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Option Block 677: Bitcoin Is Destroying the World
Category: Business
Duration: 00:56:45
Publish Date: 2017-12-15 14:52:39
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Trading Block: Volume is a little lighter in XBT now. Taleb is not a fan of Bitcoin, at least not without options.

Apparently Bitcoin is destroying the world.

Question of the week: Everyone's caught Bitcoin fever these days. The first "real" futures launched at CBOE. Our question is simple - are you going to trade them this week?

  • Heck Yes!
  • Hell No!
  • I already traded them
  • Sticking w/Coinbase et al

Odd Block: Closing vertical w/ puts in Time Warner Inc. (TWX). Closing upside calls in Symantec Corp. (SYMC). Size ITM put roll in Sanchez Energy Corp. (SN)

Mail Block: Options question of the week

Options during earnings is a coin flip. But you know you love to do it. What's your earnings options MO?

  • Buy Calls/Call Spreads
  • Buy Puts/Put Spreads
  • Sell Puts/Put Spreads
  • Fly/Iron Fly/Iron Condor

Listener Questions: What's on your minds?

  • Comment from Tom - Let's be honest. If any of us had size bitcoin we would have sold out ages ago and probably be kicking ourselves right now.
  • Question from GiddyFranciscan - Sell in May and go away. What option strategy benefits from the profound market malaise that occurs over the summer?
  • Question from KBX32 - What is the cheapest way to hedge my portfolio with options?

Around the Block/Economic Reports:

  • Dec 15 - Industrial Production
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