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Option Block 489: Biggest Winners and Losers of 2015
Category: Business
Duration: 00:55:28
Publish Date: 2016-01-05 13:55:57
Description:

Trading Block: OCC 2015 cleared contract volume third highest ever at 4.2B. Options traders adding to bullish bets on Europe stocks for 2016. Stocks plunge as Dow tumbles about 420; S&P falls below 2,000.

  • Odd Block “Best of” 2015: Weird trade of the year - 11/30/15 - Put rolls and calls going up in Ascena Retail Group Inc (ASNA)
  • Loser of the year - 6/1/15 - Possible upside Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) butterfly.
  • Most ironic winner of the year - 10/26/15 - Mens Wearhouse (MW) buy call/sell stock.

Strategy Block: Tosaw discusses what to do if you are selling a put and the market goes against you.

Around the Block: This Week in the Market.

  • The market kicks off its first week of 2016 with several economic reports including Fed minutes on Wednesday and the jobs report on Friday.
  • Jan 4: Construction Spending
  • Jan 6: International Trade, Factory Orders and FOMC Minutes
  • Jan 7: Jobless Claims
  • Jan 8: Unemployment
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