Trading Block: The markets were aimless today except for Apple carrying the NASDAQ. It's a weekday, so Apple must be up 1%. Vol rundown. The mainstream media finally starts to pick up on what we've been saying about VIX, VXX and the TVIX all along, "Curious Case of VIX and VIX Products."Odd Block: Activity review from March 8: Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL). Unusual activity today in: Wellcare Health Plans Inc. (WCG).Xpress Block: Newcomer Anitra DuPart jumps into the OX hot seat and today's customer activity at optionsXpress. Jobless claims and an Apple rally gave a little bounce to the market. Bed, Bath & Beyond (BBY) came out with earnings today, profits up 32%.Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw sits down and discusses some valuable life lessons. First, you must have trust when working with a business partner, financial planner, etc. – even Bernie Madoff has a clean record. Second, you must understand the important of financial education. Around the Block: Watching the weekend, it hasn't really come out yet. The endless European crisis continues, but switches the Spain.

It's become really popular in the financial media to rail against the complexity of financial products. For products offered to the public, those complaints seem justified.

Trading Block: Lots of upside on the day: Dow, S&P, NASDAQ, and VIX. The many masters of VIX. Andrew and the love of fundamental indicators. Doing stuff – NASDAQ-style. Yes, they're launching ANOTHER options platform. More fragmentation! More issues with spreading! More quotes! The more the merrier? Um, not so much. The gang also discusses myriad ways to improve the market, including regulation, margin, managing risk, and doing stuff. Odd Block: Unusual activity in Gap, Inc. (GPS), Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA), and TJX Compaines, Inc. (TJX).Xpress Block: Groupon restates earnings from last quarter, sparking several calls to the trading desk. Around the Block: Shortened trading week this week, so make sure you price the weekend out accordingly. Andrew is thinking that volatility will come in a little. Webinars are on the calendar for KYO in April and May. Non-farm payrolls are still coming out on Friday, despite the market being closed.

Trading Block: Vol rundown – despite little movement, there is quite a bit of intraday volatility in the vol products. RIMM, COSI & TIBX earnings after the bell. Obama looks to end oil subsidies. Europe still weighing in on the broad market. Best Buy slashing stores nationwide. The BATS debacle continues after they cancelled their IPO. ZNGA buys app developer for $180M plus $30M retention bonuses. Odd Block: Wednesday activity review: Groupon, Inc. (GRPN). Monday activity review: Red Hat, Inc. (RHT). Last but not least, unusual activity in TIBCO Software Inc. (TIBX). Xpress Block: Tim Navabi discusses getting quotes when trading – always have a plan B for getting a quote. Also, learn how to get out of a trade if you make a mistake.Around the Block: Taking another look at today's earnings. Andrew tells a hallowing tale about making sure to cover your errors. Keeping an eye on XLV and oil upside. The end of the quarter looms ahead.

Trading Block: BATS debacle: All IPO trades busted as a matching engine encountered a software bug. The range of symbols, of course, included Apple. If you are executed on a limit order what do you do after your trade is busted? It's analogous to pin risk. CBOE suing ISE over 10x SPY contracts — the no-brainer news of the week. The crushing of TVIX continues — it is bound to reverse split. Odd Block: Unusual activity in Red Hat, Inc. (RHT). Xpress Block: After the dust settled on customer fallout from BATS/APPL debacle and recent TVIX drama, Lions Gate Films (LGF) saw an increase in options contracts in front of the new movie release "The Hunger Games."Around the Block: Keeping an eye on crude oil, if and/or when gas hit $5/gallon is when we'll see things grind to a halt. Corporate earning in a few weeks. Looking for something to push to market before the summer doldrums.

Trading Block: The market felt the weight of manufacturing issues in Germany, France and, most importantly, China. Chinese manufacturing shrank for the fifth straight month. Dollar General earnings before the bell today — a Tosaw favorite. Also, the TVIX train wreck continues. Odd Block: Unusual activity in LULU again! Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (LULU).Xpress Block: Tim Navabi holds down the OX seat in today’s show and discusses TVIX and the recent increase of customer concerns/questions.Strategy Block: Mike Tosaw talk Apple: collars, covered calls, and other trade strategies.Around the Block: Expecting moves in GLD, bonds and oil. Where can USO go given political issues in Iran? Upcoming economic calendar: Earnings – RIMM & COSI 3/29.

Trading Block: VIX on the rebound – the weekend coming back into the VIX, but the futures themselves were down today. A rundown from RMC. A rundown from FIA Boca.OddBlock: Friday review: Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (LU), an activity review from Feb. 27: United Technologies Corp. (UTX)Xpress Block: Holding down the OX desk, John Grigus discusses the increase in volume that's been seen recently. Also JP Morgan dividends, a lot of OTM calls going out to June/July. The interest rate futures got pummeled.Around the Block: Economic Calendar: This week starts with and ends with housing. DG on 3/22

Trading Block: A lot of excitement on the trading desk today following the largest move of the year so far. What factors contributed to this swing in to the upside? What was the rise in Vol that we show intraday? The Fed has hinted that it may start raising interest rates starting in 2014 – what effects might we see in the housing market?Xpress Block: John Grigus discusses Barron's 17th annual ranking of online brokers. OX received the 2nd highest score for customer service and education! This week starts the outbound calling for ETF dividends. Strategy Block: Mark Sebastian discusses some of the weird stuff he's being seeing the option order flow. Including the VIX and the Apple "bubble". Around the Block: Keeping an eye on oil prices – the DOE/EIA comes out at 9:35am CDT tomorrow. Initial claims on Thursday, looking to see if it continues in downward trend. PPI and CPI later this week. There doesn't seem to be any reason why this current rally shouldn't continue.

Trading Block: With Greek deadline looming, will we get a vol pop or further vol implosion? CBOE is being investigated by the SEC, and its Chief Regulatory Officer put "on leave." TVIX is starting to couple back again, and volume in UVXY has helped alleviate that of TVIX. The new iPad is not exactly setting the market on fire or the hottest thing since sliced bread? Where is Apple vol in the wake of this announcement? Odd Block: Usual activity in Starbucks Corp. (SBUX), D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI), and Carnival Corp. (CCL). Xpress Block: Tim Navabi discusses advice for working with your broker, and the process that goes into a broker override. Around the Block: Non-farms is the big event tomorrow that everyone will be watching. Keeping an eye on Greece.

Trading Block: China lowers annual growth target by half a percent, enough to send the bears into an uproar. Apple sells-off. Yelp has quite the surge to the upside, following the launch of its IPO. Metals/commodity rundown.Odd Block: Unusual activity in Pandora (P) and Baker Hughes, Inc. (BHI).Xpress Block: John Grigus talks about the Apple sell-off. A lot of calls in silver recently. Around the Block: Non-Farms. Pandora earnings tomorrow.

Trading Block: VIX moving back to the north again. Mr. Buffett says everything is cheap — houses, stocks, etc. Is he correctly predicting the bottom of the housing market? Metals/commodity rundown – oil giving back recent gains.Odd Block: Unusual activity in United Technologies Corp. (UTX), and Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC). Xpress Block: John Grigus discusses the next big IPO ? Yelp. OX's 1099s are finished and going out today.Around the Block: Watching the market for the Buffett effect. Also, keeping an eye on Caterpillar. Priceline earnings released, stock up about $30. Jobless Claims 3/1.

Trading Block: The VIX cash limbo strikes again – how low can it go? Greek deal in place since the last show. A lot of movement has continued in oil over the past few sessions. Sears posts huge Q4 loss, yet stock up 20% on news of spinning off assets. Tons of activity in SHLD options — 23k ADV vs over 100k today.Odd Block: Unusual activity for Odd Block newcomer TRW Automotive Holdings (TRW)Listener Mail: U.S. Index OptionsAround the Block: Getting close to some moving averages in silver, we could see some more upside ahead. Earnings season is slowing down since its heyday a few weeks ago.