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Option Block 675: Talking Skew, VIX, TSLA, Bitcoin, Taxes and More
Category: Business
Duration: 01:00:49
Publish Date: 2017-12-08 13:30:21
Description:

Trading Block: Someone has the gall to downgrade Tesla, but the stock still rallies. OCC Cleared contract volume increased 1% in November. It was the highest November ever for options volume.

Odd Block: Jan 2019 50 "Catastrophe" puts in Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) Paper doubling down in (JBLU). Calls trade in Union Pacific Corp (UNP). Puts trade in Amgen, Inc. (AMGN).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses how to trade skew.

Mail Block: Options question of the week.

The war for Bitcoin Derivatives is heating up again. CME Group is launching futures on 12/18. CBOE just announced a 12/10 launch date. Not enough? Nasdaq also announced futures w/ for a planned Q2 2018 launch. With so many choices-How will you trade Bitcoin in 2018?

  • CBOE Futures 12/10
  • CME Futures 12/18
  • Nasdaq Futures Q2 2018
  • "Old School" Bitcoin

Listener Question:

  • Question from Scott Somer -How would movement to treat capital gains to FIFO for the underlying stocks be good or bad for the options market?

Around the Block/Economic Reports:

  • Dec 7: Jobless Claims
  • Dec 8: Unemployment, Consumer Sentiment
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