Option Block 593: Can You Trade Options On The Superbowl

Trading Block: Earnings Today Before the bell - Hasbro After the bell - CBOE Holdings, Twenty-First Century Fox But there is more than just earnings. OCC announces Total Cleared Contract Volume was down 9% in January. The Snapchat IPO looms ahead. Odd Block: Calls trade in S&P 500 VIX Short Term (VXX), puts trade in T-Mobile Inc (TMUS), alls trade in TrueCar Inc (TRUE). Mail Block: Options #QuestionOfTheWeek Time for another Earnings #StraddleBattle : Which stock will outperform its straddle by the largest margin? 35% - Apple (AAPL) (ACTUAL WINNER) 13% - Facebook (FB) 39% - Amazon (AMZN) 13% - Chipotle (CMG) Options #QuestionOfTheWeek - With so many different #Options expiration cycles available (weekly, etc) - which duration do you prefer? Longer than 1 month Monthly Weekly Daily/Intra-day Listener question: Question from In-to-it - Why can I not trade options on the Super Bowl? Around the Block: Earnings! Tuesday: General Motors, Walt Disney Company, Take Two Interactive Wednesday: GrubHub, Time Warner Thursday: Twitter, Coca-Cola, Dunkin Brands Group, Activision, Nvidia, Zinga This Week in the Market: Feb 7: International Trade Feb 9: Jobless Claims Feb 10: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment Feb 10: Treasury Budget