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Option Block 468: Bernanke vs. Skeletor

Published: Oct. 6, 2015, 9:13 p.m.

Trading Block: The streak is broken - VIX Cash finally breaks 20! "More execs should have gone to jail after financial crisis" Bernanke says. Stocks jump as expectations ease of U.S. rate hike; oil gains. The London Metal Exchange (LME) introduces measures to grow options trading on exchange.

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Odd Block: Puts trade in Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB), calls trade in Conoco Phillips (COP), and calls and puts trade in Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl. (VRX)

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Strategy Block: Tosaw discusses dealing with covered calls that are going against you.

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Around the Block: Alcoa, PepsiCo kick off Q3 earnings season.