Option Block 349: A Bonafide Covered Strangle

Published: June 24, 2014, 7:44 p.m.

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Option Block 349: A Bonafide Covered Strangle

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Trading Block: Lululemon had a big move today, as did Facebook and Tesla. Is time once again for the Trading Patterns Guessing Game!.

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Odd Block: Put butterflies trade in Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DJX), call sellers trade in AerCap Holidings NV (AER), call and put sellers (covered strangle?) trade in PG&E Corp. (PCG), and same month call rolls trade in Six Flags Entertainment Corp (SIX)

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Xpress Block: What is your take of the covered strangle? Adding names to the IdeaHub.\\xa0

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Strategy Block: Tosaw discusses the enhanced collar strategy.

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Around the Block: How long can the market continue to ignore what happens in Iraq, higher oil prices, etc.? Whoa to the complacent. Where\\u2019s the conviction?

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