Option Block 576: The Ducky of Maine

Published: Nov. 29, 2016, 8:04 p.m.

Trading Block: Jobs report and the Fed set the holiday table this week. Opinion: How the "Trump bump" to the U.S. economy could fall flat?

Odd Block: Calls trade in VALE SA (VALE), calls and puts trade in SPDR S&P Oil and Gas Exp (XOP) and calls trade in ArcelorMittal SA (MT)

Mail Block/Options#QuestionOfTheWeek:

Commodities are capturing a lot of attention and generating a lot of #Volatility. What is your option of choice?

  • $GLD / Comex Gold
  • $USO / $WTI
  • $TLT / ED / 10YR
  • EUR/USD, GPB/USD

Listener questions: Listeners have their say

  • Question from Marco - Trading on election night was horses**t! What can an options trader do when the futures are plummeting but the options are not open? So frustrating.
  • Question from Chris Brecher - Is legal pot driving squeeze in $DRYS? Debating now on. Maybe if I was high, I would have believed all the bull flags on the way up:)

Around the Block/Earnings Highlights:

  • Tuesday - Tiffany & Co.
  • Thursday - TD Ameritrade, Krogers, Lands End, Dollar General