Option Block 809: VIX Dies A Little Every Day

TRADING BLOCK

Trade war premium was fleeting.

Most active indices - VIX: 187k, SPY: 1.23M, SPX: 515k

Most active equity options - AAPL, JCI, BAC, TSLA, AMD, NIO, X, SNAP, AMZN, BYND

Earnings:

Tuesday - Momo

Wednesday - Dick's Sporting Goods, Abercrombie & Fitch

Thursday - Uber, Costco & Gap (after bell), Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Burlington, Express (before bell)

Friday - Big Lots

ODD BLOCK

Puts trade in (FOLD)

Hedging in (STLD)

Call love in (HON) - from 4/18

MAIL BLOCK

Question from Mark Brant - What is the Meatball trading right now?

Question from Khan 9 - Is there such a thing as a stock being too cheap to trade options on it?

AROUND THE BLOCK

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