Trading Block: A mixed day today after a crazy week.

Most active today:

• SPY - 1.62M (ADV 3.44M)
• VIX - 332k (603k ADV)

Earnings Highlights:

• Monday - Stitch Fix
• Tuesday - Dave & Busters, American Eagle Outfitters
• Wednesday - Vera Bradley, Peak Resorts
• Thursday - Costco, Adobe

And, Apple falls after Chinese court bans sale of most iPhones

Odd Block: Tesla put summary, put breakdown in General Electric Company (GE), call sale in Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC), and call love in Liveramp Holdings Inc (RAMP)

Mail Block: Options question of the week

Everyone loves trading $AAPL #Options. So the #OpenInterest is always very high. But a few interesting #Options dominate the rest. What do you think is the largest open position in $AAPL right now? No cheating - try to use your #SpideySense.

• Jan 2020 200 Call
• Jan 250 Call
• Dec 180 Put
• Jan 100 Put

Listener questions and comments: Comment from Austyn41: Good shows today. The experienced and animated host makes it very entertaining and interesting to listen to.

• Question from Bjorn L. - You still liking apple 150 puts here?
• Comment from Mark Brant - Bought AAPL 8d/15d Calendar Straddle for $1.40! On a nice streak with this strategy. Multi bagger profit potential if you get lucky. I have come to favor +EV plays that have big upside but uncertainty per trade.
• Question from Max Lee - What do you think about stock replacement in SPY here? How far out would you go?

Around the Block/This Week in the Markets:

• Dec 14 - Retail Sales, Industrial Production