Options Boot Camp 353: Dividend Adjustments, Football Binaries and Tasty Malört

In this episode, our hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli dive into listener questions and hot topics shaping the options market. They break down a recent VIX trade, discuss the fascinating and volatile world of a popular new options stock, and answer a question about the increasing prevalence of exotic "event markets" on brokerage platforms.

Timestamps

• 4:21 Mailbag: A review of a recent VIX flash poll. 
• 5:34 The final outcome of the VIX 25 calls.
• 7:18 OPEN stock volatility and listener trades.
• 9:53 Results of a flash poll on trading OPEN.
• 11:00 The question of the week: Are you comfortable buying and holding the SPX right now?
• 13:41 Market Taker Question of the Week: How special cash dividends can lead to strike price adjustments, using an example from Pilgrim's Pride.
• 16:47 Listener question on the possibility of exotic options on major brokerage platforms.
• 21:48 Listener question about the rise of "event markets" (football binaries) on brokerage platforms.