Option Block 437: Are Oil Puts Too Cheap

Published: June 6, 2015, 12:23 a.m.

Trading Block: A pronounced selloff across the market today. The IMF calls out the Fed - says rates should be not raised until 2016. Goldman is long puts in USO and XLE - saying volatility is just too low.

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Odd Block: Puts trade in Ocwen Financial Group (OCN), puts trade in Intel Corp. (INTC), and Aug calls trade in Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)

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  • Question from Value Investrader: Question for you regarding unusual options activity, when Vol & OI increase, how do we know whether they were bought vs sold?
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  • Question from Tom_Inc: What is a good intraday options trading strategy for SPY?
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Around the Block: Greek deadline coming up. Non-farm payrolls. Fed Watch: June.