What Zone is VIX in Today? Could it be the danger zone?

Listen to Option Block 715: What Zone is VIX in Today?

Trading Block: Earnings!

  • Tuesday – Home Depot
  • Wednesday – Cisco, Macy’s
  • Thursday – Walmart, Applied Materials, JC Penney, Nordstrom
  • Friday – John Deere

Odd Block: Crazy call palooza in Caesars Entertainment Corp (CZR). Bullish risk reversal in QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses what skew is.

Mail Block: Options question of the week

CME Group just announced a new Ether index this week – expanding the universe of Crypto indices. But, at the end of the day, we all want more tradeable products. Which derivatives product would you like to see next in the Crypto space? Bitcoin Ether Ripple LightCoin

  • 73% – Bitcoin Options
  • 13% – Ether Futures
  • 7% – Ripple Futures
  • 7% – LightCoin Futures

Listner comment:

  • Shared from Sonic Merlin – My Monday SPY puts.

Around the Block/Economic Reports:

  • May 15 – Retail Sales, Business Inventories, Treasury International Capital
  • May 16 – Housing Starts, Industrial Production
  • May 17 – Jobless Claims