There was decent but not spectacular volatility last week. The intraday trading ranges for SPY were 4.95, 6.39, 7.78, 9.61 and 5.26. The hi-lo for the week was 14.27. The straddle was a small to medium size winner. The butterfly would have been a home run with the right amount of patience. The CPI Comes out at 8:30am ET on the 13th, with PPI coming out forty-eight hours later.

U.S. Retail Sales comes out at the same time on the 15th, with Industrial Production coming out forty-five minutes later. On the 16th Housing Starts comes out at 8:30am ET, with Consumer Confidence coming out ninety minutes later. The SPY 16May25 565 straddle was offered at 12.50 with the SPY 16May25 560-565-570 call butterfly offered at 0.60. I went with butterfly.

CSCO reports earnings after the close on the 14th. The following day WMT and BABA release earnings before the opening while AMAT releases after the close.

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