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Option Block 734: Talking AAPL, TSLA, VIX and More

Jul 31, 2018

Trading Block: The week in trading (so far)

  • Social media tech stocks are taking a bath

Earnings:

  • Tuesday - Apple
  • Wednesday - Tesla
  • Thursday - Activision/Blizzard, Shake Shack, Blue Apron, Go Pro
  • Friday - CBOE

Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 Puts in Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), line-in-the-sand puts in Adient PLC (ADNT), and put sweeps in AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS).

Mail Block: Options question of the week

EarningsSeason is still in full swing. Which names will dominate your options trading this week?

  • Apple, $AAPL
  • Tesla, $TSLA
  • GoPro, $GPRO
  • CBOE, $CBOE

Listener comments:

  • Comment from Value Dissenter -Tesla. Yay puts.
  • Question from Ellen - When would you buy those $TSLA Jan 50 puts?
  • Question from LOO7 -I think the market is top heavy here. What should I be looking at in terms of options trades? I mostly own spy in my portfolio. Straight 5% OTM puts or something else?

Around the Block: What's on the radar for the rest of the week?