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Podcast: The Option Block
Episode: Option Block 690: Debating XIV and SVXY
Description: Trading Block: A review of the week to date. VIX back up over 30 S&P is back in selloff mode despite decent earnings. We are all now living in a post VIX/Monday selloff world. Everyone is attacking the "Frankenproducts" like XIV and SVXY. VXX was briefly back above its post-split levels. Earnings are getting lost in the macro maelstrom - TSLA, CMG, TWTR, SNAP, ETC Earnings Highlights: NVDA: ATM Straddle - $18, approx. 8% ATVI: ATM Straddle - $5.50, approx. 8% CBOE stock is getting crushed. Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 "catastrophe"puts in Tesla Motors (TSLA); Unloading Mar 30 calls in...