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Option Block 786: Europeans Make VIX Slidey and Weak
03/08/2019 14:48

TRADING BLOCK

Most active indices:

VIX - 352k, SPY - 1.65M, SPX - 567k

Most active equity options: LLY, NIO, AAPL, FB, GE, BAC, TSLA, AMD, BAB, MSFT

OCC February volume down 25.9% after strong 2018

 

 

 

ODD BLOCK

Put selling in Kraft Heinz Co (KHC)

Puts trading in General Electric Company (GE)

More puts trading in Kroger Co (KR)

 

 

 

MAIL BLOCK

#QOTW: Everyone in our audience thought 2019's #options volume would eclipse 2018's record volume. But, through February, ADV is down nearly 19% from last year. 2019 is still young so we thought we'd take your pulse again  - will 2019 beat 2018's record  5.1B #options contracts?

- Yes

- No

Question from Tosaw Client - I have a client and listener who asked me an interesting question we can talk about on the show. Why is a call calendar (both above the price of the underlying) more expensive than a put calendar on GOOGL and CRM? This could be a really good discussion.

 

 

 

AROUND THE BLOCK

This Week in the Market:

Mar 8 - Unemployment
Options News Rundown: March 8, 2019
03/08/2019 12:10

Options news you can use for Friday, March 8, 2019.
This Week in Futures Options 142: Russell2000 Volatility Roars to Life
03/08/2019 11:35

Topics this week include:

Crude Oil

Equities/Russell

Ags

Metals/Gold

 

 

 

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

Comment from Options Game  Should be a nice TWIFO on Thursday. Ready to talk about Ags?

Question from FTTP - All the talk about skew is there any way that I can just buy or sell skew? Is it quoted anywhere as a product that I can trade - maybe Ag skew is high this week and I want to sell it, etc?

Question from Mark R. - Which version of QS has the slipping and sliding stuff?

Question from Tomas - Do all brokers offer futures options?

 
 
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