Option Block 665: Debating Hobbitry; Plus Apple and Tesla

Published: Nov. 3, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

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Trading Block: Earnings season review:

  • Apple after the bell. ATM straddle - $7.25, approx. 4.3%
  • Facebook and Tesla

Odd Block: Options tracker in Tesla Inc. (TSLA), call-palooza ahead of earnings in Pandora Media Inc (P), and size upside buywrite in Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses tax savings.

Mail Block: Options question of the week

Bitcoin just blew past $100B in "market cap." If #Options were available how would you trade them?

  • 52% - Buy Calls/Call Spreads
  • 20% - Buy Puts/Put Spreads
  • 19% - Sell Covered Calls
  • 9% - Other/Hate #Crypto

Around the Block: RCM webinar on Wednesday, November 8th, 12:00 CST - How to Webinar: Trading Options on Stocks & Futures.

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