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Download Option Block 658: Tree Blights and Skew Funds

Trading Block: UPS and FedEx stocks fall as Amazon moves further into delivery space. CBOE Holdings plans listing of Roku (ROKU) options with an expected start date of October 6.

Odd Block: More TSLA ?Catastrophe” puts. 8/28 – Ratio risk reversal in Dollar General (DG). 8/28 – Nickel put palooza in (PSTG). 8/17 – Call frenzy in (XLU).

Strategy Block: Tosaw discusses interest rates and a new fund through RCM.

Mail Block: Listeners have their say

Options question of the week: Everyone’s got electric cars on the brain. How are you playing the shift to electric in your #Options trading? $TSLA $GM

  • Sell $TSLA Puts/Buy Calls
  • Sell $GM Puts/Buy Calls
  • Electric Cars Are A Fad!
  • Other – Reply/DM w/Choice

Listener qusetions and comments: What’s on your mind?

  • Question from Yieldhawk -?@Options is it true that MM’s give each other signals tough pre specified order size?
  • Question from Nelly2 – Just so I?m clear on the spread assignment thing. If I?m in SPX then I just get cash if the index closes inside my spread. But if I?m in a stock then I get the stock?

Around the Block: What might happen to move the market?