betty: thank you so much for that, michael halen. still ahead, options inside.he laggards -- insight. in the dow today. nike, chevron, caterpillar, among those losing ground today. ♪ betty: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm betty liu. stocks are in the red on some light volume today. with hyman is standing by how the options market is trading. julie: joining me is scott bauer, senior markets strategist at trading advantage. joining me from the sea of yellow we got the cboe out in chicago -- joining me from the cboe out in chicago. when you look at the lack of action we have had this week, is there anything that stands out you? are there any pockets of activity that are unusual in what has been a light trading period scott: it has been very selective. you have seen heavy option volume. you've seen stocks in the news for earning, like nike, which i will talk about in a moment, option volume. it's been light across the board, and that's not sincerely a bad thing after the semi-extreme volatility we saw for such a long period of time. things are settling in. we have