that's just mike khouw's signature options strategy we'll show you how you can do it too.time to risk less and make more the action begins right now. >>> let's get right to it because autos have been kicking into high gear shares of fiat up 70% in the last few months, ford up 13% all those stocks are on pace for their best annual performance since 2013 could any of these names jump-start your portfolio as we head into the new year let's get in the money right now. dan is taking a look at gm today. >> as of like six months ago, i think detroit automakers were kind of left for dead, trading near their 52-week lows. it was autonomous vehicles, it was electric vehicles, it was just all these technical or technology themes that are playing very well with some of their competitors, with some private companies like uber and waymo, part of alphabet, that sort of thing. all of a sudden, gm stock rallied 30% from september to late october, early november on that point on the show, i was kind of feeling that move, it was too far, too fast. gm has pulled back i think those themes will

holiday tunes sung by the voice of an angel mike khouw "options action" presents the third installmentw's holiday classics experience yuletide favorites like the call calendar >> it's tough environment where you actually get to collect. you do own options but those longer dated ones won't decay as rapidly. >> announcer: the put spread >> often things like put spreads are the way to make the direction play because they don't have the idiosyncratic risks that single stocks do. >> announcer: and the timeless classic, the christmas trade >> the march 22, 2018 christmas trades >> announcer: but wait, there's more order now and get mike's signature creation, what the heck did he just say >> two times the average daily put volume today most affect for the 145 puts traded for a price of 192 options traders are expecting the stockings to fall below 143 by the end of this week. >> announcer: all together in this timeless collection pick up the phone and dial 1-800-risk-less or order online. special delivery charges may apply. >> it is like christmas came early, isn't it? and the gifts keep on co

but bullish calls are the way to go >> producer kris10 is dying to know, what does mike khouw drink on year's eve? >> water and champagne, hopefully you should do both of those. >> i'm long calls in s.p.y. and short out of the money puts. >> xle energy, get long. >> sell call spreads in apple. >> happy >>> my mission is simple -- to make you money i'm here to level the playing field for all investors. there's always a bull market somewhere, and i promise to help you find it. "mad money" starts now hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money. welcome to cramerica other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to make you some money. my job is not just to entertain but educate and teach. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. or tweet me @jimcramer when is a loss a good loss when is it a bad loss? what makes for a

yet i don't own it >>> oracle set to report earnings after the bell tomorrow mike khouw is in austinmore mike >> well above average options activity in oracle today, this is a name that moves 5% on earnings what we did see was a lot of call selling it was the march 55 calls, a block of 7500 of those sold at 55 cents that basically is an indication that options traders are trying to take advantage of the fact that options premiums are elevated and the stock is trading at an all-time high. it's really a bet that it's not going to break out to new all time highs on this particular earnings >> as you notice, mike is not on the death star anymore >> not today we're not talking about "last jedi." he escaped mike, thank you. see you tomorrow >> i liked it. >> for more "options action," 30eck out the full show friday 5: p.m. eastern time of course he would final trades up next well, it's earnings season once again. >>yeah. lot of tech companies are reporting today. and, how's it looking? >>i don't know. there's so many opinions out there, it's hard to make sense of it all. well, victor, do y

sticking with tech, one trader is betting on more games ahead for one of apple's big chip suppliers mike khouw is in austin to break it down. >> reporter: micron technologies has been one of the busiest single stock options we've seen over the last couple of weeks. bullish bets were outnumbers bearish ones by two to one a large sail of april 45 puts, 10,000 of those for an average price of $4.35, a bullish bet that remain above that $45 strike price by at least the $4.35 that they collected, nearly 10% of the stock price. incidentally, this is an interesting trade. when you have options premiums this elevated, you want to sell those premiums and take advantage of it. >> absolutely. guy, who do you think of micron? >> on december 1st, steve was sitting to my right, we said, you know what, it's round trip, the move from earnings, it went from 38 to 50, back to 38, risk/reward sets up well that's what happened, the stock was obviously down today, but in terms of risk/reward right now, the quarter suggests their pricing is still intact, margins still strong you can count on micron right here >> fo

mike khouw is at the plasma to break it down. >> we saw somebody selling 64 1/2 thousand of the 39 strike, and then selling 64 1/2 thousand of the 48 strike puts they're getting long a quarter of a billion dollars of eem, making a bullish bet it will be higher thanks, mike up next, final trades. the moment a fish is pulled out from the water, it's a race against time. and keeping it in the right conditions is the best way to get that fish to your plate safely. bacteria can multiply to high enough levels that even cooking it will not destroy all of them. it's definitely the most important thing in my business. how fresh is the fish? where it comes from? how it gets here. the more i know, the better. sometimes the product arrives and the cold chain has been interrupted, and we need to be able to identify where in the cold chain that occurred. we took our world class network and we developed devices to track environmental conditions. this device allows people to understand what's happening not only with the location of that asset, but also if it's too hot, if it's too cold, if it's been drop