Option Block 544: The Great Options Broker Debate: Commissions Vs. Platform

Trading Block: Earnings today include: AMC Entertainment Holdings, Loews Corporation (before), and Dunn & Bradstreet, General Growth Properties (after). U.S. stocks pressured as oil losses mount. Crude back below $40. BATS to launch "BAM" Options Auctions, offering competitive price improvement opportunity. Odd Block: Calls selling and buying in MetLife (MET), calls selling in FDC First Data Corp (FDC), and LEAPS put buying in Trina Solar Limited (TSL). Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses portfolio margining Options Question of the Week: What is most important to you when choosing an options broker? Commissions Platform Features Support/Service Educational Offerings Around the Block: Earnings Highlights for the Week. Tuesday: Avis Budget Group, CVS Health Corporation, Ecolab, Electronic Arts, Etsy, Fitbit, Intercontinental Hotels Group, La Quinta, Pfizer, Potbelly Corporation, Royal Caribbean Cruises Wednesday: Cedar Fair, Crocs, GoDaddy, Herbalife, Intercontinental Exchange, Office Depot, Tesla Motors, Time Warner, Twenty-First Century Fox Thursday: Activision Blizzard, Almo Group, AMC Networks, Bats Global Markets, HH Gregg, Icahn Enterprises, LinkedIn Corporation, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, MGM Resorts International, Nokia Corporation, Starwood Property Trust, Time Inc, Weight Watchers International, Zillow Friday: Virgin America