Option Block 780: XOP Calls, TSLA Puts and Bison Balls

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