Published: May 8, 2018, 4:25 p.m.
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Trading Block: What's moving the options market?
- Options Volume for April: OCC announced that total cleared contract volume in April reached 405,853,179 contracts, a 27% increase from April 2017 volume of 320,547,848 contracts and marking the highest April on record.
Earnings!
- Tuesday - The Walt Disney Company
- Thursday - Nvidia
Odd Block: Bullish paper opening in Coty Inc. (COTY). Rolling calls in Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO). Near ATM earnings calls in Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (FOLD).
Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses when it might be better to use verticals or diagonal/calendars.
Around the Block/Economic Reports:
- May 8: JOLTS
- May 9: PPI
- May 10: Jobless Claims, Consumer Price Index, Treasury Budget
- May 11: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment
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