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Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Mark Sebastian of Option Pit suggested a bullish options trade in Russell 2000. He thinks higher interest rates are going to help the index to trade higher because it has a lot of small cap and mid cap banks. Sebastian believes the Russell 2000 could be a big...

Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bearish options trade in SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). He wants to buy the June 270/267 put spread for $1. The trade breaks even at $269 or 1.11 percent below the current stock price. If the stock drops to $267 or...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Alon Rosin suggested an options strategy in Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) ahead of earnings. The company is going to report earnings on Thursday and Rosin recommended a put backspread strategy for investors with a long position in the name. For a position of 500,000 shares,...

Kevin Kelly spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bullish options trade in Equinix Inc (NASDAQ: EQIX). He wants to buy the September 400/450 call spread in the name for $15.50. The trade breaks even at $415.50 or 5.41 percent above the current market price. It can maximally make a profit of $34.50....

Chris Kettenmann of Macro Risk Advisors spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bullish options trade in United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO). He's bullish on crude oil into the year end, but he thinks there's going to be some volatility on May 12 when President Trump decides on Iran...

Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) traded notably lower Monday morning in reaction to a disappointing Q1 earnings report, but by the afternoon was trading in positive territory. What Happened Hasbro reported ahead of Monday's open a "terrible" earnings report, Bloomberg's Abigail...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Scott Bauer, the CEO of Prosper Trading Academy, suggested a bullish options trade in Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG). The company is going to report earnings Friday and Bauer is optimistic because of the recent analyst upgrades. He added that the stock is approaching the...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Kevin Kelly, the managing partner at Benchmark, suggested a long position in Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE: SPG). He said the real estate company could have some occupancy issues in the short term, but the management announced they're going to focus on...

Jim Strugger, MKM Holdings derivatives strategist, spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bullish options trade in Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA). The company is going to report earnings on January 30 and Strugger wants to sell the March 105 put and buy the March 125 call in the name for $1.20. He...

Alan Knuckman of Bulls-Eye Option shared with the viewers of Bloomberg Markets his long-term bullish options trade in United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (NYSE: UNG). He wants to buy the January 2020, $5 strike call for $1.75. The trade breaks even at $6.75 or around 19 percent above the current...