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Option Block 280: Pre-Shutdown Put Bonanza
\\nTrading Block: Shutdown fears hanging over the market. Vol surging back into the marketplace, but Bloomberg says realized vol is nonexistent.\\xa0
\\nOdd Block: Calls trade in Northstar Reality Finance Corp. (NRF), calls trade in YPF SA (YPF), and puts trade in Intrexon Corp (XON)
\\nXpress Block: How has the potential of a shutdown affected OX customers? More trading patterns!
\\nStrategy Block: A risk management and annuities rant.\\xa0
\\n\\nAround the Block: The big deadline approaches.
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