Trading Block: Earnings Today

• Before the bell - Hasbro
• After the bell - CBOE Holdings, Twenty-First Century Fox

But there is more than just earnings. OCC announces Total Cleared Contract Volume was down 9% in January. The Snapchat IPO looms ahead.

Odd Block: Calls trade in S&P 500 VIX Short Term (VXX), puts trade in T-Mobile Inc (TMUS), alls trade in TrueCar Inc (TRUE).

Mail Block: Options #QuestionOfTheWeek

Time for another Earnings #StraddleBattle : Which stock will outperform its straddle by the largest margin?

• 35% - Apple (AAPL) (ACTUAL WINNER)
• 13% - Facebook (FB)
• 39% - Amazon (AMZN)
• 13% - Chipotle (CMG)

Options #QuestionOfTheWeek - With so many different #Options expiration cycles available (weekly, etc) - which duration do you prefer?

• Longer than 1 month
• Monthly
• Weekly
• Daily/Intra-day

Listener question:

• Question from In-to-it - Why can I not trade options on the Super Bowl?

Around the Block: Earnings!

• Tuesday: General Motors, Walt Disney Company, Take Two Interactive
• Wednesday: GrubHub, Time Warner
• Thursday: Twitter, Coca-Cola, Dunkin Brands Group, Activision, Nvidia, Zinga

This Week in the Market:

• Feb 7: International Trade
• Feb 9: Jobless Claims
• Feb 10: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment
• Feb 10: Treasury Budget