Option Block 588: Trump Dump, VIX Pop, NFLX Explosion

Trading Block: Stocks tumble ahead of Trump inauguration - Dow off 100. Netflix: Another crazy earnings for NFLX. Close = $133.26, straddle = $12.60 / 9.5%. Spiked to $145 in the after-hours, opened at $142 today. How a one-two, Trump-Yellen punch may move interest rates. Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the importance of event risk Odd Block: Puts trade in 3D Systems Corp (DDD); Calls trade in Avon Products, Inc (AVP); Calls trade in Union Pacific Corp (UNP) Mail Block/Options QuestionOfTheWeek: Earnings Season awakens! How do you play earnings using options? Are you an Earnings #Jedi or #Sith? Dark Side (Short Premium) Light Side (Long Premium) No Side - Avoid earnings Other (Reply/DM w/ideas) Listener questions and comments: Comment from Scott Francis - Generally most short with puts unless stock has been hammered then you get short squeeze Question from Piggyback - Learned about Lightspeed from the last show. Checked out their site and saw $.60 per contract but didn't see a ticket charge. Do they have one? Answer from Kevin:No ticket charge on options. We will tier commissions based on activity, at the lowest activity level we will charge $0.60/contract with $1.00 min. (So a 5 lot is $3.00, a 1 lot will be $1.00.) We can go down to $0.20/contact for active accounts, tiering schedule is on our website. Mention Option Insider when you call Lightspeed we will give them another nickel off the commission. Question from Ski -As for the repealing and recall of Obamacare. How do you price LEAPs on spider biotech? Someone bought 340 Jan 2018 55 Puts on XBI. Is this a bet on the repel of Obamacare? If so, are LEAP puts a good way to go? Question from Sean - If a trader thought that a price was going down, would a put not have been the best trade in the asian session? Around the Block: This Week in the Market -Jan 19: Jobless Claims, Housing Starts Earnings This Week Thursday - Union Pacific - Thursday am; IBM - Thursday pm riday General Electric, Procter & Gamble Co.