Option Block 330: Falklands War Volatility

Trading Block: A mild day on the street. The Russian incursion of Ukraine is still having its effects on the market. CBOE VXST off to a good start. Hedge fund VIX bets on the decline.

Odd Block: Calls go up in Carnival Corp. (CCL), calls trade in Millennial Media (MM), call spreads trade in IAC Interactive Corp (IACI), and puts trade in Dean Foods Co. (DF).

Xpress Block: Happy Tax Day! Market are thin, given this shortened week. Yahoo and Google on the tape at OX.

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike revisits the topic of selling puts in a down market.

Around the Block: A big earnings week! 4/15: SCHW (before) YHOO, INTC; 4/16: BAC (before), GOOG, IBM; 4/17: GS (before), AMD, CMD; 4/21: NFLX.