OIR Interviews:  Plugging the Options Data Fire Hose with Nasdaq Mark is joined on this episode by: Oliver Albers, SVP and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Information Services, Nasdaq Mark and Oliver discuss:  - What is The Nasdaq Smart Options Feed? - Does it really reduce options bandwidth needs by 80%? - Why has no one done this before? - Who is the target audience for this data feed? - What are advisors and retail traders saying about options data? - How does someone get access to this feed? - Why did Nasdaq buy Quandl? - And much more...

TWIFO 177:  HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL  GUEST: RICK ROSENTHAL - DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FTSE RUSSELL INDICES - Cboe WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? EQUITIES TRADE WAR OPTIMISM LIFTING MARKETS, CRUSHING VOLATILITY VIX: 13.75 - UP 1.35 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 95.75 - UP 6.75 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 16.75 - UNCHD FROM LAST WEEK  VIX/RVX SPREAD: 3 - MUCH TIGHTER THAN LAST WEEK FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK (FULL EPISODE) QUESTION FROM LIKEME: How do I create the movers and shakers report that starts the show each week. Also - can I get some burgers?  COMMENT FROM INGENUOUS: I love the network and twifo is my favorite show. I tune in every week. No one else talks small cap vol let alone crude and metals vol. It’s a must-listen! QUESTION FROM NICO: Why does eurodollar trade so many options? QUESTION FROM HOYLER: How far out can I trade russell 2000 options? How is liquidity beyond one year? QUESTION FROM ADAM SAM: Hello, I have been using futures options recently to stay in trades longer. My main trade is to sell the opposite of the direction that I think the future is going. So if I think it is going up I sell puts. I used to sell calls further otm as a hedge. This decreases my profit significantly when I am right. Would it be better to buy further otm puts as a hedge with same expiration date or go further in the future for hedging? Thank You for your input. QUESTION FROM DLISTER: Since atm implied volatility is structurally higher in russell 2000 does that mean I’m getting better returns for covered calls in small caps than in spy? QUESTION FROM MICHAEL SHEEN: How about some gp/usd with all the brexit nonsense going on?  5 STAR REVIEW By Rocket Labs: Great show, dynamic and educational! Greatly enjoy listening to your guys show, I am just getting into trading futures and am finding your show educational as well as entertaining! Keep up the great work :) COMMENT FROM KEANU3: I greatly appreciate your information on the dairy markets. We need more info on these marketplaces. Please continue.  QUESTION FROM JACTAN: What’s more volatile these days- WTI or nat gas? QUESTION FROM GLIO: What about a product complex report where you break down the most active options in each complex. So an Ags compex report then a Metals complex report and so on.  QUESTION FROM BELOW: Can you provide any information on upcoming russell volatility products?

OB 855: What is The Eye of Sauron? HOST:  MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT:   TREY JARRELL FROM FIDELITY’S TRADING STRATEGY DESK TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT VIX: 13.75 -  UP .75 VVIX: 95.75 - UP 3.75 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 18.65 - DOWN .15 FROM LAST SHOW  FIDELITY REVIEW?:  Disney, Wal Mart, and Cisco   ODD BLOCK LPLA CALL OVERWRITE ITCI PUT LOVE CGC POST EARNINGS CALL OVERWRITE MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM STEMENT: What are the top 5 days in market history? QUESTION FROM DEVANIKH IN RESPONSE TO HEADLINE THAT DEAN FOODS GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY: I have 2800 shares with over $1500 loss. Is this going to $0.0? Please advise. QUESTION FROM TODD CHARLES: What is your eye of sauron? How do you find your unusual activity? 

OPR 286: Time for a DIS Fig Leaf Trade On today's episode, we look back at the performance of last week's ROKU straddle trade. Then we celebrate the launch of Disney Plus with a fig leaf trade (or leveraged covered call) in DIS. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected].

The Crypto Rundown 38: Let's Get Technical HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: Jon Pearlstone, CryptoPatterns.net   BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT BITCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE BITCOIN TECHNICAL ANALYSIS BITCOIN VS. GOLD THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY AND MORE ALTCOIN TECHNICAL ANALYSIS CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT DOES TECHNICAL ANALSYSIS REALLY WORK FOR ALTCOIN? IS THIS A GOOD TIME FOR BULLISH RISK REVERSALS IN BITCOIN? AND MORE...

 OB 854: Unusual Activity Review Plus Call Diagonals HOST:  MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT:  Konstantin Vrandopulo, Trading Strategy Desk, Fidelity Brokerage Services  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT HAPPY SINGLES AND VETERANS DAYS! ODD BLOCK ECA CALL PALOOZA REVIEW CLOUDERA CALL LOVE REVIEW NEPT LINE-IN-THE-SAND PUTS STRATEGY BLOCK OVERVIEW OF CALL DIAGONAL SPREADS AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK: NVDA and WMT earnings, Economic data starting Wednesday including CPI, Jobless Claims, Retail Sales  

Volatility Views 376: Bermuda by Way of Chicago HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT:  John Smollen, The MIAX Exchange Group T3 HOT SEAT: SIMON HO, T3 INDEX VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), the parent holding company of the MIAX®, MIAX PEARL® and MIAX Emerald™ options exchanges (the MIAX Exchange Group™), and the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) today announced that MIH has acquired a controlling interest in the BSX. The controlling interest aligns directly with MIH's corporate strategy and allows the company to expand its world-class technology, derivatives trading and regulatory expertise. TRADE WAR OPTIMISM BOOSTING MARKETS MOST OF THIS WEEK VOL MIXED TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 13.75 - UP .25 FROM  LAST SHOW  VIX CASH: 12.5 -  UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 89 -UP NEARLY 4 PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VIX FUTURES CURVE: STILL IN CONTANGO  SPIKES FUTURES: RESPONSE FROM FIA ATTENDEES TO SPIKES FUTURES EARNINGS VOLATILITY: DIS HOT VOLATILITY TRADES  VIX OPTIONS VXX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM CURRANT: Do the zero commissions for options also extend to vol products like VIX and spikes? QUESTION FROM ELI: Does T3 have any models it can share depicting how viking future would look right now vs. traditional VIX futures term structure? QUESTION FROM LAWRENCE T.:  Lots of talk in energy space about how institutional hedging has shifted from back months to front calendar year for producers. Do we ever envision something similar happening in the volatility space with insurance companies moving from leaps into shorter-duration hedges for their vol exposure? CRYSTAL BALL  WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?  MARK: 12.25   MEATBALL: 11.75  SIMON: 13, 13.25  

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? WTI POTENTIAL TRADE WAR END GIVES LIFT TO CRUDE THE RETURN OF GLOBAL DEMAND DRIVING UP PRICES CRUDE PRODUCTION SHIFTING TO SHORTER TERM? NAT GAS Ready For NatGas' Biggest Bull Market This Year? The biggest bull market of the year in natural gas is shaping up, with huge stakes riding on an intense freeze forecast in the eastern two-thirds of the United States — the country’s most-closely watched heating market. EQUITIES TRADE WAR OPTIMISM LIFTING MARKETS, CRUSHING VOLATILITY VIX 12.4 - DOWN 1 VVIX: 89 - UP 1 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 16.70 - DOWN .7 FROM LAST WEEK  VIX/RVX SPREAD - 4.3 - EVEN WIDER THAN LAST WEEK FX EURODOLLAR OPTIONS FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM LLJ: What are the tickers for the russell 2000 buywrite indices? QUESTION FROM YTI97: Are the puts in rut options more bid than the similar term puts in s&p?

Mark is joined on this episode by:  Mike Wisnefski, CEO of MaterialsXchange (MX) Mark and Mike discuss:  What MaterialsXchange is. Why they chose to list wood products. The products that you can currently trade. The response from the lumber trading community. Their plans to list other materials products. What the value is of bringing transparency to the opaque world of lumber market data. And much more..

OB 853: Mysterious Puts and Infinite Covered Calls HOST:  MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT:  Colin Songer, Active Trader Strategy Desk  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT TRADE WAR OPTIMISM CONTINUES TO BOOST MARKET VIX 12.4 - DOWN .5 VVIX: 89 - UP 1 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 19 - UNCHD FROM LAST  MOST ACTIVE INDICES MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS  OTHER TRADING BLOCK DISCUSSION TOPICS Monday - Uber, Shake Shack, Hertz, Marriott, Groupon Tuesday - Chesapeake Energy, Allergan, Tapestry, Weight Watchers, Match Wednesday -   CVS Health, Roku, Qualcomm, fitbit, Wynn Thursday - Teva, Cardinal Health, AMC Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Activision/Blizzard, Yelp Friday - Duke Energy ODD BLOCK SEGMENT MEGA SPRINT CALL LOVE TEVA PUT LOVE KOHL’S CORP PUT LOVE MAIL BLOCK  QUESTION FROM deletethisaccount1: I have a quick question for you, if your option contract becomes in the money and worth something can you sell it on friday of expiration? The example is a paper trade i did with sirius xm and had bought 6.5 calls at .07 (x10) and on earnings it was worth .23 (er was on thursday). on paper i sold but it went up another ten cents on friday. Would i have been able to sell that as long as there was a bid? QUESTION FROM NATCH: You guys see the infinite money covered call “glitch” on RobinHood?  AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?  Trade deal, uber post lock up, spx at all time highs, silver and gold will be interesting to watch  

OPR 285: Slinging High Noon Straddles On ROKU Today we kick things up a notch with "High Noon" straddles on perennial high-flyer ROKU. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected].

TCR 37: Taking A Deep Dive Into Crypto Analytics with Skew HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT Guest:  Emmanuel Goh, co-founder of skew It seems like a lot has happened since your last appearance on March 25. Congratulations on raising new funding. You also bought skew.com.  What’s new on the analytics side? What are the most popular analytics at skew these days?  We have been using the platform for a while and we’re still finding new things. Tell us about the spreads tab, liquidity tab and the heatmaps. Have you seen a big uptick in interest since the worm turned in Q1? Is the insights tab coming soon? Will you offer a premium version soon? Is data the end game for profitability? And more. BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT QUIETER WEEK FOR CRYPTO - ALMOST UNCHD ON THE WEEK. DOWN ABOUT $65. ONLY ABOUT $450 RANGE BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: UNCHD AT 75.5%  BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT MILD VOLUME WEEK OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK MARCH CALL VERTICAL? MARCH 12000/16000 CALL SPREAD - PAPER BOUGHT? BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE FAR LESS BACKWARD THAN LAST WEEK BTC CALL/PUT RATIO BACK UP TO 64.3% FROM 40%  CALLS BACK IN CHARGE BTC OPEN INTEREST KEEPS GROWING UP TO $555M FROM $514M  CME BTC FUTURES LIGHT VOLUME DAY/WEEK THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH:  UP $8 THIS WEEK XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD - WHAT’S NEXT IN THE SECURITIES CASE AGAINST RIPPLE OVER XRP LTC - UP APPROX. $5 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - DOWN APPROX. $25 FROM LAST WEEK CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM ELLIOT: Does skew offer metrics from bitmex options or only deribit? QUESTION FROM BGTFG: Does sk3w have bakkt data? QUESTION FROM TALSO: Best place for altcoin stats and analytics? QUESTION FROM 560L: If bitcoin eventually becomes the alternate currency that everyone hopes do you think the skew will line up like the S&P 500 skew? Funds will sell calls and buy puts in large numbers. Thank you for this fine program. We need more content on crypto derivatives out there.

OB 852: Funky Puts, Ratio Rolldowns and More HOST:  MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT:  KONSTANTIN VRANDOPULO, TRADING STRATEGY DESK, FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT TRADE WAR OPTIMISM CONTINUES TO BOOST MARKET - MCDONALD’S DRAGGING ON DOW BUT STILL THREATENING RECORD HIGH  VIX 12.95 - DOWN .4 VVIX: 88 - UP 1.5 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 19 - DOWN 1PT FROM LAST SHOW  FIDELITY REVIEW?:   AAPL/ MCD/ BABA/ SPY  ODD BLOCK REVIEWING MT CALL LOVE FROM LAST WEEK MNK PUT LOVE KNX CALL OVERWRITE STRATEGY BLOCK Discussing a 1x2 Ratio Rolldown. AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? Roku and DIS earnings, International trade report on Nov 5th, and Jobless claims on 7th

VV 375: We've Seen Stupider Stupids HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new records after October jobs numbers beat expectations SPIKES: 13.50 - UNCHD FROM  LAST SHOW  VIX CASH: 12.5 - DOWN .5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 85.2 - UP 1.2 FROM LAST SHOW VIX FUTURES CURVE: STILL IN CONTANGO  SPIKES FUTURES EARNINGS VOLATILITY HOT VOLATILITY TRADES  VIX OPTION VXX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM HEATHER: Since you guys don’t like TVIX what else do you recommend? QUESTION FROM ELI: Is there one strategy that is the silver bullet in vxx that works over the others. Should I really just buy 1yr plus puts and then set it and forget it? Seems like anything much shorter term is a bit of a crap shoot.  QUESTION FROM 78RT: What’s the real set-it-and-forget-it vol trade? VXX long-term puts? QUESTION FROM OPTIONSGAME: What kind of IV should we expect from CMEGroup options on bitcoin futures? CRYSTAL BALL  WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK? MARK:  12.55 MEATBALL -  13.07

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? RATES FED CUTS RATES FOR THIRD TIME THIS YEAR   FED CUT BY A QUARTER POINT WAS EXPECTED BY THE MARKET - FEDWATCH TOOL WAS AT 95% QUESTION FROM NEIL: What is fedwatch saying now about cut in Dec? QUESTION FROM NTILL: Did you guy see the recent issue with eurodollar quotes? Maybe this is what’s driving some of the volume in the options lately? RE: THIS STORY - Futures Exchange Reins In Runaway Trading Algorithms   EQUITIES DOUBTS ON THE TRADE DEAL SPOOK THE MARKET IN THE WAKE OF FED DECISION VIX 13.35 - UP .35 VVIX: 86.5- UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 19.95 - NEARLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW  RVX: 17.40 - DOWN .3 FROM LAST WEEK  VIX/RVX SPREAD - 4.05 - SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN LAST WEEK WTI Oil falls 1% as US inventory rises NAT GAS Natural Gas Experts: 'Follow The Money, Forget The Cold'  METALS Gold futures climb above $1,500 to log highest finish in 5 weeks FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM JAKE: Why do products like dairy and iron ore that move quite a bit have such light or nonexistent options volume? QUESTION FROM LILEANTHAL: What’s the answer as to why weekly WTI options don’t trade? QUESTION FROM BEAMS: I think the long-term russell 2000 put trader is a seller taking advantage of inflated put skew to generate higher premiums than comparable spy strikes. Thoughts? QUESTION FROM ELTIM: Do you buy that metals only selloff when the calls are bid?

HOST:  MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT:  TREY JARRELL, TRADING STRATEGY DESK, FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT DOUBTS ON THE TRADE DEAL SPOOK THE MARKET    VIX 13.35 - UP .35 VVIX: 86.5- UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 19.95 - NEARLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW  FIDELITY REVIEW?: AAPL, FB, TWLO EARNINGS SEASON IS BACK BABY!!! Monday - AT&T, Spotify TODAY AFTER THE BELL: Hexo, Beyond Meat, Alphabet, TMobile Tuesday - Shopify, Merck, GrubHub, Pfizer, GM, AMD, Herbalife Nutrition Wednesday - GE, Sony, CME Group, Apple, FB, Lyft, Etsy, Starbucks           Thursday - WWE, Funko, Pinterest, Marathon, Abiomed Friday - Alibaba, Chevron, ExxonMobil, abbvie  ODD BLOCK SAND CALL LOVE VAL CALL OVERWRITE MT CALL LOVE MAIL BLOCK FIDELITY QUESTION OF THE WEEK: I bought calls on AAPL/FB today and am losing money even though the stock is up, what’s happening? QUESTION FROM CANONNIER:  Do you think the elimination of commissions will change the way people trade options? COMMENT FROM KLEE: Happy Halloween to the OB All Stars. Never miss a show.  AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? - BABA and ABBV

OPR 284: Boeing Review Plus Getting Bullish In SPY Today we look back on the performance of our Boeing trade and then explore ways to get bullish in SPY using long calls.  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected]. 

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, PRINCIPAL, OPTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CO-HOST: CHRIS HAUSMAN, PORTFOLIO MANAGER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF RISK, SWAN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS THE BUZZ THOUGHTS ON CURRENT MARKET/VOLATILITY CONDITIONS EARNINGS VOLATILITY: EARNINGS SEASON IS BACK MATT’S RECENT APPEARANCE AT THE DALLAS ALTS CONFERENCE FREE TRADING SHAKES UP THE BROKERAGE/OPTIONS WORLD ZERO COMMISSIONS AND ADVISORS OPTIONS 101:  EXPENSIVE COMMISSION TRADES   INSPIRED BY THIS QUESTION FROM ROBERT: Now that commissions are gone are there any trades that are back on the table that would have previously been just too expensive BUTTERFLY IRON BUTTERFLY IRON CONDOR   OFFICE HOURS  QUESTION FROM Erik Norstedt: Hi Mark, Great show! With some of the major brokers offering no trading fees do you think this will lead to an increase in volatility since traders can trade more? QUESTION FROM PICODEGAULLO: Has matt from orats ever thought about putting out some sort of tradeable earnings vol product? I for one would use it.  QUESTION FROM MALLE: Are the swan crew planning to expand drs to crypto when the options list in Q1?

TCR 36: CHINA....WTH? HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT CHINA TALKS UP BLOCKCHAIN - President Xi Says China Should ‘Seize Opportunity’ to Adopt BlockchainCRYPTO UP OVER $1200 FROM LAST SHOW - MASSIVE NEARLY $3K POINT RANGE ON THE WEEK: HIGH OF THE WEEK: $10,071 ON FRIDAY 10/25 - 1MTH HIGH LOW OF THE WEEK: $7363 ON THURS 10/24 BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: HIGHER AT 75.4% FROM 60% 30 DAY IMPLIED HIT A RECENT LOW OF 55% LAST WEEK THEN SURGED UP TO 95% RIGHT NOW HOVERING AT ABOUT 83.5% BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT STRONG VOLUME WEEK 10/24 - 123M 10/25 - 75M 10/27 - 44.6M OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK DEC OTM PUT STUPID? BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE SUPER BACKWARD IN FRONT CONTRACT BTC CALL/PUT RATIO DOWN TO 40% FROM 58.5% BTC OPEN INTEREST UP TO $514M FROM $443M CME BTC FUTURES STRONG VOLUME DAY/WEEK THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH: DOWN $4 THIS WEEK HUGE RANGE THIS WEEK HIT $158 ON 10/23 HIT $194 ON 10/25 RIPPLE XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD  LTC UP APPROX. $2 FROM LAST WEEK LOW OF $48.5 HIGH OF $62.22 BITCOIN CASH UP OVER $40 FROM LAST WEEK LOW OF APPROX. $205 HIGH OF NEARLY $277 CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT COMMENT FROM ART: Dude China wtf?! QUESTION FROM TGINCHK: Why is the crypto market losing its mind over china this week? How the heck can China adopt blockchain when their entire approach is contrary to the open ethos of crypto? QUESTION FROM DELETOR: Any talk of Bakkt options? QUESTION FROM NEXTGEN: Will the Bakkt consumer app turn the page on the volume?  

OB 850: The Greatest Day In Market History HOST:  MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT:  The Last Emperor Konstantin Vrandopulo, Trading Strategy Desk, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT THE RALLY CONTINUES - HAPPY BEST DAY IN MARKET HISTORY - From a statistical standpoint, Oct. 28 is the day that, on average, has produced the best gain for the S&P 500 over the past seven decades. VIX 13 VVIX: 86.5- VXX: 19.95 FIDELITY REVIEW: MSFT/ TSLA/ AMD/ BAC EARNINGS SEASON IS BACK BABY!!! Monday - AT&T, Spotify TODAY AFTER THE BELL: Hexo, Beyond Meat, Alphabet, TMobile Tuesday - Shopify, Merck, GrubHub, Pfizer, GM, AMD, Herbalife Nutrition Wednesday - GE, Sony, CME Group, Apple, FB, Lyft, Etsy, Starbucks           Thursday - WWE, Funko, Pinterest, Marathon, Abiomed Friday - Alibaba, Chevron, ExxonMobil, abbvie   ODD BLOCK LETS SEE HOW THOSE JNPR EARNINGS PUTS WORKED OUT GLW LINE-IN-THE-SAND PUTS IROBOT POST-EARNINGS PUT LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK LET’S TALK ABOUT COLLARS AROUND THE BLOCK ANDREW/MARK - WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? MIKE - WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?   FIDELITY HOT SEAT - Alphabet and FB earnings, Fed on Wednesday  

VV 374: The Great Earnings Volatility Breakdown HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, ORATS  VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT EARNINGS/TRADE WAR/BREXIT OPTIMISM IS BACK SPIKES: 13.50 - DOWN 1.1 FROM  LAST SHOW  VIX CASH: 13.0 - DOWN 1.6 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 84 - DOWN 6 PTS FROM LAST SHOW VIX FUTURES CURVE: STILL IN CONTANGO  SPIKES FUTURES EARNINGS VOLATILITY HOT VOLATILITY TRADES  SPIKES OPTIONS VIX OPTION VXX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM PATRIC:  If I want to buy an option during earnings season should I buy it early or right before the announcement? QUESTION FROM DISL: Does VIX really have a skew? CRYSTAL BALL  WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK? MARK:  13.55 MEATBALL -  12.67 MATT - 12

What is technical analysis and how can it be used to establish directional options strategies? Join host Ed Modla and Dan Gramza, President of Gramza Capital Management, as they discuss market structure, analysis of price movements and ways to put it together with an options strategy. Later, in Tools, Resources and Good Reads, Ed shares an OIC tool that may help you evaluate market moves.

 TWIFO 174: Dairy Action And Mysterious Metals Skew HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOT SEAT GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, TABB GROUP   WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? DAIRY MARKET Things are rocking in the dairy market.  EQUITIES MARKET BACK IN RALLY MODE.  VIX: 13.8 - DOWN .5PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 86.5- DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 20.6 - DOWN .2 FROM LAST SHOW  RVX: 17.68 - ALMOST UNCHD FROM LAST WEEK  VIX/RVX SPREAD: 3.9 - SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN LAST WEEK CRUDE OIL ? METALS Gold and Silver Options Pointing to a Pullback? by Erik Norland CRYPTO ? FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM TIM: Can we get some FX heading into Brexit? QUESTION FROM NILES: What is fedwatch telling us ahead of fomc? Any surprises? QUESTION FROM TLLET: Does a high call skew always mean rally ahead?

OB 849: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCUMBAGGERY HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: COLIN SONGER, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK    TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MARKETS RALLYING AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK - MARKET SHRUGGING OFF BAD DURABLE GOODS DATA VIX: 13.8 - DOWN .5PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 86.5- DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 20.6 - DOWN .2 FROM LAST SHOW   FIDELITY REVIEW?: TSLA, TWTR, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN ODD BLOCK TWTR EARNINGS PUTS AND CALLS JNPR EARNINGS PUTS TPR CALL LOVE   MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM KAREIM M. ABBOUDA @KMABBOUDA: @Options Why do they say "all-time-high" in apple when its less than half-way up towards all time high of $705.04 on the 28th of September 2012 COMMENT FROM Smart Option Seller @smartoptseller: If you're an options trading junkie like me, you should listen to The Options Insider @Options podcast. Great stuff! #options #optionstrading QUESTION FROM stocktodaycashtomorrow: Can you please explain how to calculate potential profit with options? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?    AMZN earnings, start eyeing fed decision on the 30th, SPX making a decision and break away from 3k, Brexit, and earnings earnings earnings

OPR 283: Taking Flight Again With BA Iron Time Flies Today we will return to the well for another round of fun Iron Time Butterflies in Boeing. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected]. 

OIR Interviews: Talking Trading Floors, Crypto and More with Cboe Mark is joined on this episode by: Arianne Criqui, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Derivatives and Global Client Services, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: What lured Arianne away from Goldman Sachs to work for Cboe. The future of crypto products at Cboe. The rise of the new CBOE trading floor.  The potential to relaunch RVX for the modern era.  What the options industry can do to bring more liquidity providers into the marketplace  And much more...

TCR 35: Going Down Under for Crypto Derivatives HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT GUEST: Grant Colthup, CEO of Mine Digital What is Mine Digital? What sets mine digital apart from other crypto exchanges? What products do you currently offer? What is a retail crypto derivative? Have you seen an uptick in demand over the past six months? What types of trading activity are you seeing these days? How difficult is it to generate demand for crypto derivatives when there isn’t a strong established derivatives market already in Australia? It seems like Australia is becoming a leader in the crypto space.  Does it surprise you that Australia has emerged as a crypto mecca? Do you think that U.S. will follow suit? AND MORE..     BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT CRYPTO DOWN $160 FROM LAST SHOW - NEARLY $500 POINT RANGE ON THE WEEK BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: UNCHD AT 60%  BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT LIGHT VOLUME WEEK ONLY A FEW DAYS SLIGHTLY ABOVE $30M THIS PAST WEEK OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK BUY 150 OCT 7000 PUTS BUY 100 OCT 9500 CALLS  (LAST WEEK IT WAS SELLING 163 OCT 9500 CALLS) BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY BACKWARD IN FRONT CONTRACT OTHERWISE SIMILAR TO LAST SHOW BTC CALL/PUT RATIO UP TO TO 58.5% FROM 54%  CALLS STILL IN CHARGE - SLIGHTLY BTC OPEN INTEREST UP TO $443M FROM $409M  CME BTC FUTURES LIGHT VOLUME DAY/WEEK THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH:  DOWN $13 THIS WEEK XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD - HAD $.02 RANGE ON THE WEEK LTC - DOWN $2.5 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - UP $4 FROM LAST WEEK CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM RODRIGUEZ: What type of volumes are you seeing for the Bakkt futures so far?

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: TREY JARRELL, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT SO MUCH FOR THE BREXIT DEAL EVERYONE HOPED FOR OVER THE WEEKEND.  VIX 14.25 - UP APPROX. .25PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX 89.5- DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX 20.8 - DOWN .5 FROM LAST SHOW  FIDELITY REVIEW?: TSLA, CMG, MSFT ODD BLOCK SE LINE IN THE SAND PUTS JCI CALL LOVE SMAR LINE IN THE SAND PUTS STRATEGY BLOCK The magic of scaling into and out of covered calls and ratio put spreads. AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?    Earnings - TSLA, CMG

VV 373: The Wheel of Volatility Decisions HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT CO-HOST: JOHN SMOLLEN, MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP. SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST: ERIC METZ, SPIDERROCK ADVISORS  VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT EARNINGS/TRADE WAR/BREXIT OPTIMISM HAS STALLED SPIKES: 14.60 - DOWN 1.9 FROM  LAST SHOW  VIX CASH: 14.60 - DOWN 1.8 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 91 - DOWN 4 PTS FROM LAST SHOW VIX FUTURES CURVE: STILL IN CONTANGO  SPIKES FUTURES Volatility Index SPIKES Futures are expected to launch on MGEX on November 18, 2019, subject to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval. SPIKES Futures will be available on MGEX via the CME Globex platform, providing the SPIKES Futures product with significant distribution from day one. HOT VOLATILITY TRADES  SPIKES OPTIONS VIX OPTION VXX EARNINGS VOLATILITY NFLX IBM VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM LL07: I found the comments by Simon Ho on the last episode somewhat alarming. The exchange needs to get approval from regulators to offer tied trades to customers? Can’t a broker simply quote a tied trade using combos? Why do they need regulatory approval for tied trades after the options are already approved? What am I missing? QUESTION FROM ENCARTO: Am I better off buying a $SPY put or a $VIX call to hedge my portfolio? COMMENT FROM TOM BRENTON: I think the upcoming spikes futures will be interesting. Looking forward to trading them against the options.  CRYSTAL BALL  WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK? MARK: 14.65 MEATBALL: 13.85 ERIC: 14.80

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOT SEAT GUEST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? RATES Eurodollar EQUITIES   MARKET BACK IN RALLY MODE.  VIX: 13.90 - DOWN 1.1PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 92.5- DOWN 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 17.75 - DOWN 4.15 FROM LAST WEEK    VIX/RVX SPREAD: 3.8 - NEARLY A POINT WIDER THAN LAST WEEK NAT GAS AGS Wheat Oats Corn CRYPTO FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM TWENTY9: Why is physically deliverable crypto such a big deal? QUESTION FROM DWITE: Have you guys talked about iron ore on the show? If not can you add it to the rotation since it’s moving. Thanks so much.  QUESTION FROM CHUCK MENDEZ: Why do you think there’s so much downside put paper in russell 2000? QUESTION FROM ELE5: Why are there no more rvx options? 

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: COLIN SONGER, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT TENTATIVE BREXIT DEAL BOLSTERING MARKETS TODAY VIX 13.90 - DOWN 1.1PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 92.5- DOWN 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 21.3 - DOWN 1.2 FROM LAST SHOW - HIT A HIGH OF 26.84 EARLIER THIS WEEK FIDELITY REVIEW?: NFLX, ROKU, IBM, HEPA, CRON   ODD BLOCK MNK PUT LOVE CFG CALL OVERWRITE ZIOP CALL LOVE   MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM FIDELITY CUSTOMER: Should you buy a put spread to hedge a portfolio?   AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?    Earnings, start eyeing fed decision on the 30th

OPR 282: Join the Streaming Wars With Roku Iron Butterflies Today we will explore trading iron butterflies in Roku...but with a time twist. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected]. 

OIR Interviews: Talking Volatility, Fragmentation, CAT and More with Dash Technologies Mark is joined on this episode by:  Glenn Lesko, Chief Growth Officer - Dash Technologies Mark and Glenn discuss:  The latest updates at Dash Technologies Thoughts on the current state of options fragmentation Auctions - bane or boon? The state of the CAT The impact of current volatility on the options market The impact of zero commissions on the options market And much more...  

OIR Interviews: Talking Risk, Commissions and Crypto Widgets with Sterling Trading Tech Mark is joined on this episode by: Jim Nevotti, President - Sterling Trading Tech Andrew Actman, Head of Business Development -Sterling Trading Tech Mark, Andrew and Jim discuss: The latest developments on the Sterling Risk platform.  The impact of zero commissions on the options brokerage space.  The latest upgrades to Sterling Vol Trader - FKA Livevol.  How do you find new prop shops customers in 2019? What is in Sterling's new Crypto Widget? Are we poised for a new round of acquisitions in the options brokerage space? And much more...

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT   GUEST: Juthica Chou, COO and co-founder of LedgerX   BACKGROUND? WHAT IS LEDGERX? YOU OFFER BITCOIN SWAPS AND OPTIONS - TELL US ABOUT THOSE WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING FOR THE OPTIONS? HOW FAR OUT CAN YOU TRADE THE OPTIONS? WHAT TYPE OF LIQUIDITY/MARKETS ARE YOU SEEING? ARE YOU APPROVED FOR U.S. CUSTOMERS TO TRADE OPTIONS? WHO IS PROVIDING THE LIQUIDITY FOR YOUR OPTIONS? AND MORE..     BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT   CRYPTO ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW - UP ABOUT $50 FROM LAST SHOW   BTC VOLATILITY   30 DAY REALIZED: UP TO 60% FROM 54%    BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT   LIGHT VOLUME WEEK ONLY ONE DAY ABOVE $30M THIS PAST WEEK   OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK   BUY 300 MAR 4000 PUTS SELL 163 OCT 9500 CALLS   BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE   SIMILAR TO LAST SHOW   BTC CALL/PUT RATIO   DOWN TO 54% FROM 57% LAST WEEK  CALLS STILL IN CHARGE - SLIGHTLY   BTC OPEN INTEREST   UP TO $409M FROM $371M   CME BTC FUTURES   VERY QUIET DAY BUT DECENT VOLUME WEEK    THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT   ETH: UP $5 THIS WEEK RIPPLE - GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE AGAIN THIS WEEK UP NEARLY $.02 LTC - DOWN $1.5 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - DOWN $9 FROM LAST WEEK    

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: KONSTANTIN VRANDOPULO, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MARKET TRYING TO DIGEST WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE TRADE WAR VIX 15 - DOWN 3PTS FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 96- DOWN 4 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 22.5 - DOWN 2 FROM LAST SHOW - HIT A HIGH OF 26.84 EARLIER THIS WEEK FIDELITY REVIEW?: AAPL/ SES (breakdown of adjusted options)  / TSLA (technicals and options activity)  ODD BLOCK NOV CALL LOVE IN ALXN APA CALL LOVE TLRD PUT LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK UNCLE MIKE HOLDS COURT ON THE PERILS OF OVERTRADING AND THE BENEFITS OF CASH AS A POSITION IN VOLATILE MARKETS.  AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?   NFLX, JPM, UNH earnings and Retail Sales on 10/16/19

VV 372: Crazy Rolls and Pathetic Rallies HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT CO-HOSTS: John Smollen - Executive Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Products and Strategic Relations - MIAX Exchange Group. SIMON HO, CEO, T3 INDEX  VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE MARKET AGAIN  - MARKETS FIRMLY IN RALLY MODE AS TRADE WAR OPTIMISM AND FED BALANCE SHEET LOVE DRIVING UP MARKETS SPIKES 16.5  VIX CASH 16.40 VVIX 95   WHICH VOLATILITY TRADES, TRENDS OR DEVELOPMENTS CAUGHT YOUR EYE THIS WEEK? HOT VOLATILITY TRADES  SPIKES OPTIONS VIX OPTION VXX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM Erik Norstedt: Hi Mark, Great show! With some of the major brokers offering no trading fees do you think this will lead to an increase in volatility since traders can trade more? QUESTION FROM TALOS: Do they have the specs yet for the spikes future? RELATED QUESTION FROM LH65: How far out will I be able to trade spike futures? How do you expect the term structure to shape up. Thx for this program. You guys are the best. CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK? MARK:  16.65 ANDREW: 14.92   SIMON: 16.2    

HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group CME HOT SEAT GUEST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? Seven Themes to Ponder as We Head for 2020 by Bluford Putnam  RATES EQUITIES MARKET BACK IN RALLY MODE.  VIX BACK OVER A 20 HANDLE ON TUES - HIGH OF 20.30 on WEDS.  VIX: 18 - UP 1 PT FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 100- UP 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 21.90 - UNCHD FROM LAST WEEK VIX/RVX SPREAD: 2.9 - MUCH TIGHTER THAN LAST WEEK NAT GAS  Natural-Gas Producers Hard Hit by Tanking Prices METALS Is Gold About to Outperform Equities? By Erik Norland October 1, 2019  FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM Barrett Wade @BarrettWade3 - Hey there. Do you guys have a rule of thumb to keep from overpaying for an option? QUESTION FROM TOMLIAM: Are commodity names where the call skew is very high good candidates for covered call writing?

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: TREY JARRELL, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT WELCOME TO THE GAME - FIDELITY JOINS THE ZERO FEE BANDWAGON. DOES THAT INCLUDE OPTIONS? MARKET BACK IN RALLY MODE.  VIX BACK OVER A 20 HANDLE ON TUES - HIGH OF 20.30 on WEDS.  VIX 18 - UP 1 PT FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 100- UP 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 24.5 - UP .5 FROM LAST SHOW - HIT A HIGH OF 26.84 EARLIER THIS WEEK   ODD BLOCK PUMP LITS PUTS DAL NOV CALL VERTICAL ECA CALL PALOOZA MAIL BLOCK FIDELITY CUSTOMER QUESTION: If I want to buy options for an earnings play, should I buy now or wait?  AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?  

OPR 281: Trading Volatility With SPX Butterflies Today we will explore trading volatility using butterflies in SPX.  You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition.  Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected]. 

OIR Interviews: Talking Options and OTC ADRs with INTL FCStone Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Robert Boylan, MD Institutional Equities & Derivatives - INTL FCStone Mark and Robert discuss: What is INTL FCStone? Are they really "the largest financial institution you've never heard of?" The wild world of OTC ADR trading.  INTL FC Stone's plans to launch a new electronic options offering. Are they planning to enter the crypto markets? How does the firm view the recent commission wars unfolding in the brokerage space? And much more...   

OIR Interviews: Talking Crypto, Cons and Derivatives with Tabb Group On this episode, Mark is joined by the new(ish) CEO of Tabb Group Bruce Morris. Mark and Bruce discuss: What is Tabb Group? How did Bruce transition from the world of financial media to research? Is crypto the next big area of research for Tabb Group? What's the difference between a Con and a Festival? Which derivatives markets are currently the most compelling for Tabb's clients? And much more...  

TCR 33: Crashing the Crypto Party With Distributed Clearing HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT GUEST: Darshan Vaidya, CEO and Founder, X-Margin BACKGROUND? WHAT IS XMARGIN? CAN THE CRYPTO MARKET HANDLE CENTRAL CLEARING? WHY IS OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT STILL SO LIGHT? AND MORE.. BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT BTC ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW - BUT IT HAD A CRAZY WEEK Bitcoin Is 2019’s Best-Performing Asset, Even After Recent Price Downturn BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: UNCHD AROUND 54% FROM 56% LAST WEEK BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT LIGHT VOLUME WEEK ONLY ONE DAY ABOVE $30M THIS PAST WEEK OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK BUY 500 MAR 16,000 CALLS SELL 250 MARCH 12000 CALLS BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO LAST SHOW BTC CALL/PUT RATIO CALLS BACK UP TO 57% FROM 47% THIS WEEK BTC OPEN INTEREST OI UP FROM $352M TO $371M CME BTC FUTURES LIGHT VOLUME WEEK - MOST DAYS BELOW 2000 CONTRACTS   THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH: UP $3 THIS WEEK RIPPLE - GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE AGAIN THIS WEEK UP NEARLY $.02 LTC - UP $2 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - UP $8 LAST WEEK CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM ALLIANZ: Are the same firms making markets in regular options like SIG also making the markets on deribit and other crypto markets? QUESTION FROM CHARLES: Why do you think btc options volume remains lite despight big swings in the spot QUESTION FROM JLEE: Can we proclaim it now that Bakkt was the nail in the crypto coffin?      

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: KONSTANTIN VRANDOPULO, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT  MARKET UNCHD AFTER A WEIRD WEEK  MASSIVE SELLOFF ON WEDS. LARGEST SINCE 8/23.  VIX BACK OVER A 20 HANDLE ON WEDS. HIGH OF 21.40 on WEDS. VIX 17 - DOWN NEARLY 3 FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 96.5 - DOWN 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 24 - DOWN 2 FROM LAST SHOW FIDELITY REVIEW: AAPL, NVDA, AMD, UBER ODD BLOCK HIGH OPTIONS VOLUME IN WWE RIG PUTS ETRN LONGER TERM CALL LOVE OPK PUTS STRATEGY BLOCK Refresher on different risk/reward approaches  - Straddles and Strangles vs. Iron Flies and Condors AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?   DPZ and DAL earnings, J. Powell speaks Tuesday and Wednesday with FOMC minutes and CPI releases around the corner

Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, Option Pit VOLATILITY REVIEW Update on the latest trades, trends and developments in the world of volatility including: ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE MARKET AGAIN   VIX cash, Spikes,VIX Futures and VVIX overview.  Spikes options breakdown - 18- UNCHD. FROM  LAST SHOW  VIX cash - 17.75 - UP .25 FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX - 96 - DOWN NEARLY 8 PTS FROM LAST SHOW   VIX Futures Curve - STILL IN CONTANGO And much more… VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM TINTIN:Why do you the market isn’t pricing in more volatility as a result of the saudi oil attacks?  COMMENT FROM SIDELOASD:  I found that vxst/vix ratio discussed on last show extremely interesting. Thank you. QUESTION FROM JERRY BANKS: Do you have any insight into whether cboe will ever bring back rvx? I miss that product.  THE CRYSTAL BALL Where will VIX/SPIKES be next week? MARK: 16.65 MEATBALL: 15.79 

HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group CO-HOST: Sean Smith, MD - Derivatives Licensing, FTSE Russell   CME HOT SEAT GUEST: Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities & Options Products at CME Group WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? EQUITIES   VIX BACK OVER A 20 HANDLE ON WEDS. HIGH OF 21.40 on WEDS.  VIX 19.5 - UP 3. FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 100 - UP 1 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 26 - UP 2.3 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 21.90 - UP .9 PTS FROM LAST WEEK  VIX/RVX SPREAD - 2.4 - MUCH TIGHTER THAN LAST WEEK SEAN - ANY INTERESTING RUSSELL DEVELOPMENTS/STUDIES? RUSSELL 2000 FOCUS PANEL - ANY TAKEAWAYS ANY INTEREST FROM EUROPEAN CLIENTELE ON U.S. SMALLCAP STOCKS? SOME INTERESTING NUGGETS FROM CBOE ON RVX       Research by Blu Putnam - Seven Themes to Ponder as We Head for 2020 CRUDE Rogue Oil Trader Causes $320 Million Loss at Mitsubishi Corp. Unit METALS Research by Erik Norland - Is Gold About to Outperform Equities? FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM EL DOCTORO: It seems like when a company from the Russell1000 moves into the Russell2000, its stock price rises. True? If so, why?  What happens when a stock moves the opposite way? Futures Options and STA Interview with Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities & Options Products at CME Group, at the Security Traders Association Market Structure Conference in Washington DC.

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: COLIN SONGER, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK  TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MASSIVE SELLOFF ON WEDS. LARGEST SINCE 8/23.  VIX BACK OVER A 20 HANDLE ON WEDS. HIGH OF 21.40 on WEDS.  VIX 19.75 - UP 3.25 FROM LAST SHOW  VVIX: 100 - UP 1 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 26 - UP 2.3 FROM LAST SHOW FIDELITY REVIEW: TSLA, AAPL, TVIX, AMZN, SPY   ODD BLOCK CHECKING IN ON ETRN SEP CALL LOVE REVIEWING SIZE CALL PALOOZA IN SIRIUS XM LOOKING AT GOPRO CALL PALOOZA MAIL BLOCK COMMENT FROM Robert Rouse VIA YOUTUBE: Thanks guys. I'm listening every day. And looking up the stuff I don’t understand COMMENT FROM NINJY: Looks like Brian won the crystal ball this week. QUESTION FROM JERRY: Is fidelity going free to play like the rest of the big brokers? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT’S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?  employment situation, SPX going to meet up with 200 ma

OPR 280: Lay Down Until The Urge Passes On today's episode, we answer your listener questions about strange calendar strategies, short-term options trading, after-hours options trading and more. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at [email protected], or to the Options Insider at [email protected].