Option Block 82: A Tale of Two Markets
Trading Block:
An overview of Vix performances for the last week. Is everything rosy again? Treasury auction came out very weak. Jobless claims numbers rallied.Odd Block: Unusual activity in Cisco (CSCO), Asiainfo Holdings Inc. (ASIA) and OmniVision Technologies Inc. (OVTI).
Xpress Block: Mr Navabi walks us through what it was like to be at the center of the madness this week at OX.
Mail Block: From Tom S, in Cleveland: Does OX offer IRAs? Can you use naked short puts to leg into long equity positions in an OX IRA account?
Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses a cash and hedge secured, unlevered bull put spread
Around the Block: Not too much in the way of earnings. What’s the outlook for weekend risk?
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