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Podcast: The Option Block
Episode: Option Block 600: SNAP Straddles and Earnings Bets
Description: Trading Block: OCC announced that total cleared contract volume in February was 333,411,251 contracts, 1% from February 2016 volume. Index options volume was up 11% with 39,247,030 contracts in February. An escalating broker price war has begun. Odd Block: Puts trade in iShares Iboxx $High Yield Corp (HYG), calls trade in NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) and calls trade in Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS). Mail Block: Options #QuestionOfTheWeek #Oscars Edition. #WarrenBeatty screwed up Best Picture. What's your biggest #Options screwup? 37% - Held onto shorts too long 37% - Time Decay killed me 11% - Gamma Exploded In My Face 15...