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| TIME (ET) | REPORT | PERIOD | FORECAST | PREVIOUS | | MONDAY, JULY 17 | | 8:30 AM | Empire state index | July | -- | 19.8 | | TUESDAY, JULY 18 | | 8:30 AM | Import prices | June | -- | -0.30% | | 10:00 AM | Home builders' index | July | -- | 67 | | WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 | | 8:30 AM | Housing starts | June | 1.073mln | 1.092mln | | 8:30 AM | Building permits | June | -- | 1.168mln | | THURSDAY, JULY 20 | | 8:30 AM | Weekly jobless claims | 15-Jul | 245,000 | 247,000Â | | 8:30 AM | Philly Fed | July | -- | 27.6 | | 10:00 AM | Leading economic indicators | June | -- | 0.30% |
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 Options Insider Radio Network Episodes you may have missed from Options Insider Radio last week Option Block 635: TSLA Puts, VIX Calls, No Love For APRN Posted July 14th, 2017 Trading Block: Amazon Prime Day today. Lots of closing VIX puts. Waiting on what Yellen may say. Odd Block: TSLA options tracker - 145 "catastrophe" puts hit the tape today, 20 more Jan 2018 20 puts also trade today. APRN first week review - paper buys 1080 Aug 9 calls for $0.40. Crazy tree or put spread in iShares MCSI Taiwan Index (EWT). Strategy Block: A double strategy today! A put roll down trade in silver and a modified collar trade in XLF. Mail Block: Options question of the week. $APRN #options are live! Aug 8 calls top the charts so far. With $APRN at $8.15 Aug 8 calls are $.65-$.75. Would you rather? 28% - Buy Aug 8 Call for $.75 33% - Sell Aug 8 Call for $.65 6% - Buy $APRN Stock for $8.15 33% - Rather Eat $APRN's Food Listener Question from Darqane: Assigned on short SPX puts means getting long the underlying? But how does that work if it is cash settled? Around the Block: This Week in the Market: Jul 14: Consumer Price Index, Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment Earnings This Week: Friday - Wells Fargo, Citi, and JP Morgan  Options Playbook Radio 166: IBM Bull Put Spread Posted July 13th, 2017 For the last few episodes, we were reviewing skip-strike butterflies in GOOGL. You can find this on page 87 of The Options Playbook. This is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, in on the Amazon Kindle edition. In this episode: A review of the last few weeks of strategies in GOOGL Looking at IBM, which will announce earnings on July 18 Remember: earnings add a bit of volatility to the underlying Where is the IV? Having a neutral to bullish outlook Going out further in time. Why? Time is on your side Picking the expiration Picking the strikes What will this cost? What is the maximum risk? Reward? Do you have a question that you want featured on an upcoming episode of Options Playbook Radio? Send Brian an email at: theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com.  Option Block 634: APRN Calls Not So Tasty Posted July 11th, 2017 Trading Block: Blue Apron options to list on CBOE exchanges on Monday. "Amazon Prime Day" is today. A plan for new trading pit triggers a feud in the U.S. options market. Odd Block: TSLA Options Tracker - 51 more "catastrophe" puts hit the tape today. Puts roll in L Brands Inc. (LB) Puts trade in Gap Inc. (GPS) Mail Block: Listeners weigh in Options question of the week: Blue Apron $APRN is down over 10% from its #IPO price. Assuming #Options were listed, what trade would you make? Buy Dec 10 Call for $1 Buy Dec 9 Put for $1 Sell Dec 10 Call for $1 Not Touching $APRN Listener questions and comments: Question from Tomlyn - What the heck does StoppedIM mean? - From IB Website: SPIM Transaction was the execution of an order which was "stopped" at a price that did not constitute a Trade-Through on another market at the time of the stop. Process like a normal transaction except don't update "last". Comment from PBiggers - Costco could not get filled to close, then this happens! Need a bounce next week. Question from Alfieg - Interesting article in Barron's. Any truth to it? How to Tame Volatility? Nix VIX and Buy CBOE. Around the Block: This Week in the Market Jul 11: JOLTS Jul 12: Beige Book, OPEC monthly crude oil report. Jul 13: Jobless Claims, Treasury Budget Jul 14: Consumer Price Index, Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment Earnings This Week: Thursday - Delta Airlines Friday - Wells Fargo, Citi, and JP Morgan  This Week in Futures Options 59: Breaking Down your Favorites - Crude, Gold and...Bitcoin. Posted July 10th, 2017 Topics this week include: Crude Gold Reuters takes a page from TWIFO Silver Being jaunty Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Options question of the week. Let's get back to basics. #Options are great way to get long (bullish) exposure to stocks & futures. What's your fav way to go long? Long Call/Call Spread Short Put/Put Spread Stock(Future) Replacement Bullish Risk Reversal ANOTHER Options question of the week: Everyone is talking about #Bitcoin #Volatility these days. Where do you stand on #Bitcoin after last week's aggressive downturn? 19% - Too Volatile - I'm out 09% - I'm still bullish 41% - I want #Bitcoin #Options 31% - I'm sick of #Bitcoin Listener questions and comments: Question from Ely - Are collars generally easier to put on in futures options due to the different skew than equity options? Comment from JBiggs - I think lumber is probably the craziest. Who actually trades that stuff outside of hurricane season? Question from KBX32 - What is the cheapest way to hedge my portfolio with futures options?  Volatility Views 262: Crazy Nuke Vol Plus, VIX vs. VXN Posted July 10th, 2017 Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective. The VIX juice is loose OCC cleared futures volume in June reached 13,194,530 contracts, a 16% increase from June 2016. One of the most popular - and controversial - trades in the stock market (XIV) is showing no signs of slowing down. MRA attributes the spiking popularity to the participation of mom and pop investors. Russell's Weekly Rundown: VIX Options: ADV - 691k, Total 8.8M (7m calls, 1.8m puts) Apple, Facebook Among Techs Facing Huge Volatility Volatility Voicemail: Listeners take over Options question of the week:: Blue Apron $APRN is down over 10% from its #IPO price. Assuming #Options were listed, what trade would you make? Buy Dec 10 Call for $1 Buy Dec 9 Put for $1 Sell Dec 10 Call for $1 Not Touching $APRN Listener questions and comments Question from Avery Thompkins - Heard you guys debating theoretical low for XIV. I am down with 5. That makes sense. What about the other side? How high can it get? Is 1,000 in the conversation? Comment from Safari Dad - A day without volatility is a day without sunshine Question from Vtrader168 - While VIX is at historical low, but Nov VIX future still stay high at 16.20. Nov VIX was ~15.7 on 5/1 and 5/2. So the term structure is relatively steep. Any implication? Crystal Ball: Your prognostication headquarters This week: Mark L. - 9.85 Mark S. - 10.05 Russell - 10.23  Where to Find Options Insider Radio? Do you know all the ways you can access Options Insider Radio          Â
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