Option Block 594: Sports Retail Is Sexy. Who Knew?

Trading Block: Oil prices prop up Wall Street; NASDAQ hits record high. MIAX launches 15th options exchange with MIAX-Pearl. Earnings Today: Before the bell: Coca-Cola, Dunkin Brands Group, Twitter, Viacom After the bell: Activision, Nvidia, Zinga DIS (earnings on Tuesday): Close: $109 - ATM straddle: $3.50, approx. 3.2%; Open: $109.52 - traded as high as $11.42, up 2.2% Other earnings earlier this week: Tuesday:General Motors, Walt Disney Company, Take Two Interactive Wednesday: GrubHub, Time Warner Odd Block: Calls trade in Foot Locker Group (FL), calls trade in Chesapeake Energy Co (CHK) and calls trade in Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (DKS) Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses his recent trades in Chevron. Mail Block: 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 Questions Question from EdwardUhs - Hey guys, what do you think about CMG? (from Mixlr chat on Monday 2/6) Around The Block/This Week in the Market: Quarterly earnings continue to roll in as expected economic reports are very slow up until Friday. Feb 9: Jobless Claims Feb 10: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment, Treasury Budget