Option Block 234: Debunking the Expiration Graph Myth
\nTrading Block: Ford was off to the races again, in a very mixed market.\xa0 Vol was mixed as well. Money is coming out of Asia into the U.S. market. Microsoft was down in a big way.
\nOdd Block: Calls trade in Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), big puts trade in Cell Therapeutics (CTIC), calls trade in ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd (IMUC), and calls trade in iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ).
\nXpress Block: Activity in Chipotle, Priceline, and Facebook. Apple was all over the place today.
\nStrategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses his pet peeve, the expiration graph, and how it has dominated options education and retail trading.
\nAround the Block: Earnings-palooza on the horizon: Microsoft, Chipotle, Citi Group, Google, Bank of America, Intel, Nokia, IBM, Apple, JP Morgan.