Option Block 309: The Big AAPL Earnings Show
\nTrading Block: Markets reverse most of today\u2019s slide late in the session. Lots of index volatility, but not many buyers. VIX coming off later in the session. Big Apple earnings after the bell, and right in Tosaw\u2019s crosshairs. The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has not appealed a federal court decision that rejected ISE's attempt in the New York courts to challenge S&P Dow Jones Indices\u2019 (SPDJI) rights to control the use of the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average as the basis of index options.
\n\nOdd Block: Puts trade in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM), calls trade in Time Warner Inc. (TWX), and calls trade in Mechel OAO (MTL)
\n\nXpress Block: Nat Gas and the 10-year very busy on the desk. Apple, MasterCard, Caterpillar, F5 Networks and VIX also very active.
\n\nStrategy Block: It\u2019s fruit day! Tosaw also discusses his current position in the Russell.
\n\n\nAround the Block: Apple update, Fed meeting, and President Obama\u2019s State of the Union address.