BOOM! I’m gonna knock you out.?Apple Volatility and Knockout Collars

Listen to Option Block 757: Apple Volatility and Knockout Collars

Trading Block:?Earnings Highlights for the Week

  • Monday – Sysco, Mylan, Marriott
  • Tuesday – ?Eli Lilly, CVS Health, Gogo, Etsy, Match, Papa John?s
  • Wednesday – Groupon, Roku, Square,
  • Thursday – Dropbox, Walt Disney
  • Apple screwed the pooch:
  • Apple tumbles 7% after earnings on light guidance.
  • Market cap back below $1T

Plus, OCC Sets All Time Monthly Volume Record – OCC Clears Record Monthly Volume in October:
Over 567 million contracts cleared in October, up 48.9 percent compared to 2017

Odd Block: Put summary in Tesla Inc (TSLA), line in the sand puts in (TRU), opening call love in (ZNGA) and call love in (ETM).

Strategy Block: Tosaw discusses the knockout collar strategy

Mail Block: Options question of the week
We always like to take the pulse of our audience. This week we?re checking in on your favorite strategies. What is your go-to options strategy?

  • Butterflies
  • Covered Call/Short Put
  • Verticals -call or put
  • Calendars/Diagonals

Around the Block:?Midterms elections 2018 tomorrow!