Feb. 11, 2019
TRADING BLOCK
Earnings Highlights this Week:
Monday - Aurora Cannabis (ACB)
Tuesday - Activision Blizzard
Wednesday - Cisco
Thursday - Nvidia, The Coca-Cola Company, CME Group, Cannabis Growth (CGC), Applied Materials
Friday - PepsiCo
Pot, soda and videogame earnings are on Wall Street’s to-do list - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/weed-soda-and-videogames-are-on-wall-streets-to-do-list-2019-02-09
ODD BLOCK
Size paper trading in SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Explore & Prod. (XOP)
Put palooza in Centurylink Inc (CTL)
Call palooza in Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO)
STRATEGY BLOCK
Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the dangers of over trading.
MAIL BLOCK
#QOTW - $VXX is dead! Long Live $VXXB! There's a (somewhat) new kid on the #Volatility trading block. Are you trading $VXXB #options yet? If not, how are you getting your #Volatility fix these days? $VIX $TVIX $SVXY
- Yes. Jumped into $VXXB
- No. Spreads are too wide
- No. Prefer $TVIX, etc
- No. Prefer $VIX #options
Question from JVacx - Whatever happened to the $TSLA 50 put holders? Did they close out? Did they roll? Are they still slinging puts?
AROUND THE BLOCK
This Week’s Economic Reports
Feb 12: JOLTS
Feb 13: CPI
Feb 14: PPI, Jobless Claims
Feb 15: Retail Sales, Import and Export Prices, Industrial Production, Business Inventories, Consumer Sentiment