Best of This Week in Futures Options
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Nov 24, 2017•57 min
This Week in Futures Options
Gold, crude oil, corn, soybeans and more - with so many tradeable products the futures options market is an intimidating place. How can you possibly keep track of the latest trading activity across so many different products? Don’t worry - we’ve got you covered. Welcome to This Week in Futures Options - the program designed to help active futures options traders stay on top of this ever-changing marketplace. Each week we’ll break down the top trades, hot products, volatility explosions and much more. Whether you’re an experienced veteran or a newcomer looking to separate the wheat from the lean hogs, This Week in Futures Options has the information you can’t find anywhere else...
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This Week in Futures Options 79: Crude and Nat Gas Options Breakdown
This week we are featuring special guest Jeff White, Executive Director of Energy Products. Topics this week include: WTI Options Crude Oil Nat. Gas Winners - Rough Rice, Corn Losers - Lean Hogs, Lumber Futures Options Feedback: Listener Questions and Comments Question from Last J - Hello Mark, Nice and guest - Loving the podcast. I'm new to Crude, and I'm trying to wrap my head around WTI. You said WTI 6-mo calendar spread went backward for the first time in 3 years. So does that mean it's usua...
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 6 min
This Week in Futures Options 77: The Great Bitcoin Bonanza
Bitcoin Madness Strikes the Audience #TWIFO Question of the week: Which options product do you want us to discuss live this Friday 1:30pm CT? Natural Gas Russell 2000 WTI Crude Oil Or...Bitcoin What Is Bitcoin Reference Rate? The CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (“BRR”) is a daily reference rate Of the U.S. Dollar price of one bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m. London time. It is representative of the bitcoin trading activity on Constituent Exchanges and is geared towards resilience and replicability. METHODO...
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 4 min
This Week in Futures Options 76: Talking All Things Crude, Gold, and Bitcoin
Topics this week include: Crude Oil Gold/Metals Wheat/Ags Winners: Live Cattle, RBOB Losers: Rough Rice, Lumber Futures Options Feedback: Options question of the week. Bitcoin just blew past $100B in "market cap." If #Options were available how would you trade them? Buy Calls/Call Spreads Buy Puts/Put Spreads Sell Covered Calls Other/Hate #Crypto Listener questions: Question from Mantauk - What is the actual implied volatility of bitcoin?...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 9 min
This Week in Futures Options 75: A Furious Frenzy of Nasdaq Options
Topics this week include: Nasdaq Skew Crude Oil Gold/Metals Winners: Lumber, RBOB Losers: Iron Ore, Nat Gas Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Question from Danubs - Can I buy options on milk? Question from Bxvets - What's your favorite sell signal? Question from Bullobo11 - What was your most recent and promising buy signal and how did you come across it? Question from AdmiralTweezers - Do you foresee any innovations in market making such that it might become less centralized or...
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 2 min
This Week in Futures Options 74: Copper Records and Natural Gas Surprises
Today in the CME hot seat is Derek Sammann, CME Group Global Head of Commodities and Options Products. Topics this week include: Looking back on “Black Monday” Crude Oil/WTI Gold/Metals Winner this week: Lean Hogs Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Comment form T6BTL - Big on Fed watch. Any other cool tech coming to the site? Options question of the week: Do you think #Options should be traded after-hours like stock? 71% - Yes! 25% - No! 4% - Don't Care!...
Oct 23, 2017•1 hr 5 min
This Week in Futures Options 73: More Crazy Gold Fun, Plus Collar Questions
Topics this week include: Gold Crude Oil Winners: Nat Gas, Palladium Losers: Class 3 Milk, Wheat Futures Options Feedback: Listeners tell us what's on their minds Question from TMD4817: Which is a better timeframe for maxing a 1-3 day "swing" trade with options: wkly expire vs out 1 month vs out 2-3 month Question from Patrick Rooney: Do you use futures in your strategies? For hedging perhaps? If so, which? $ES_F? $VX_F? Other? Question from OpeningBellCo: Which English soccer team do you suppor...
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 2 min
This Week in Futures Options 72: The Craziest Gold Trade of the Year
Topics this week include: Crude hitting an important psychological number Comment from Alan: I'm down for some lean hogs and livestock Hogs, hog skew (gesundheit) and going hog wild Gold, no love for the weeklies, but standard contracts are golden 15,000 Dec 2018 3000-strike calls trade; plus 7,500 each of the 2000 and 2600 strikes. Fat fingers? Doomsday prepper? Mark is rendered speechless Futures Options Feedback: What is on your mind? Question from GNDLF: Which product has the crazies skew? T...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 3 min
This Week in Futures Options 71: Livestock Products Are a Whole Different Beast
Topics this week include: Crude Oil Corn Gold Winners: Lean hogs, E-mini, Russell Losers: Soybean oil, rough rice, feeder cattle Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Question from Friendship: You mentioned the livestock products are difficult to trade. What makes them so impenetrable? Comment from Timz: It seems like there is no reason not to collar gold if you're long. Comment from Contempts: I was on the CME Group homepage earlier, and it looks like they're starting to show the l...
Oct 02, 2017•1 hr 4 min
This Week in Futures Options 70: Russell 2000 Rolls On
This week's CME hot seat guest is Sean Smith from FTSE Russell. Topics this week include: Russell Index Crude Oil WTI/Brent Winners: Oats, Feeder Cattle Losers: Silver, Iron Ore Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over the show Volatility Views/TWIFO Flash Poll: With $SPX #Volatility -aka $VIX- in single digits where are you getting your index vol fix these days? Russell 2000: $RVX, $IWM Dow: $DJIA, $VXD, etc. NASDAQ: $QQQ, $VXN, etc. Buying $VIX for rebound. Listener questions: Question fr...
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr 6 min
This Week in Futures Options 69: The Latest Gold and Crude Research
This episode features special guest Erik Norland, Executive Director and Senior Economist of CME Group Topics this week include: Gold Crude Oil Winners: Nat Gas, WTI Losers: Lean Hogs, Iron Ore Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in Options Question of the Week: First #Harvey, then #Irma, now #Jose & more. We prep houses/cars/family for #disasters. How do you prep your portfolio? Get Long $VIX/$VXX/$UVXY Go To Cash/T-bills Buy Index/Stock Puts "Risk Assets" - Gold, etc. Listener Questi...
Sep 18, 2017•1 hr 6 min
This Week in Futures Options 68: Gold and Silver Collar Extravaganza
Topics This Week Include: A reprise of Uncle Mike's silver collar What's happening to gold as a result of global unrest? Uncle Mike channels Scrooge McDuck Hurricanes not yet pummeling crude prices Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from LLCC: Why do you think gold performed so well in the collar study? Question from Nelent: How did silver do in that OCC study? Same as gold?
Sep 11, 2017•48 min
This Week in Futures Options 67: Hurricane Harvey Surprises Options Traders
Topics this week include: Crude Gold Winners - R-Bob, Heating Oil Losers - Oats, Milk Futures Options Feedback: Question from JLC - Where can I get the collar study referenced on the show? Question from Mark T. - So which assets perform the best from a collar perspective? Question from Toms - New OIC study coming soon? Question from J. Marello - I heard that time decay doesn’t impact straddles the same way in futures options that it does in stocks. Is that true and are straddles better to buy in...
Sep 05, 2017•59 min
This Week in Futures Options 66: Hurricane for Crude
Topics this week include: S&P and other indexes Silver and Gold Crude Oil Winners: Copper, Soybean oil Losers: Lean hogs, corn Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Sho Odwa - Hi! Which website publishes real-time commodity options quotes Comment from Allan - I would have thought KC Wheat would be the winner? Question from NN0M - Why did Tosaw put on a two year collar in silver? Why that time frame? Question from ReallyG - Love your #podcasts! Question: mark...
Aug 28, 2017•30 min
This Week in Futures Options 65: Rocking Indexes, Plus Biggest Winners of 2017
Topics this week include: S&P/E-minis Crude Gold Winner: Palladium Futures Options Feedback: Question of the week Which major index has experienced the largest % change in 30-day ATM #Volatility year-to-date? S&P 500 Nasdaq 100 Dow Russell 2000 Listener questions and comments: Question from Chuck M - I like the TWIFO show esp. Winners losers. Q - What about winners for the year so far? Question from Tomzek - How do I get winner loser scan on cmegroup.com/twifo? Comment from HPpetition - ...
Aug 21, 2017•1 hr
This Week in Futures Options 64: Volatility Explosions Live from S&P 500 Options Pit
Today's special guests are Joe Sullivan & JJ OKeefe, Chicago Capital Markets Topics this week include: S&P/Indexes Floor-based execution Volatility and skew Listener question: Do e-mini, SPY and SPX skew all line up in the same way? Metals: Silver/Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in Question from Chris Thomas: Nick always talks about taking advantage of the skew. Creating a collar, buying the underlying, selling a call with high vol and buying cheap put protection or doing ...
Aug 14, 2017•1 hr 3 min
This Week in Futures Options 63: Crude Oil, Soybeans, Index Volatility and More
Topics this week include: Crude Iron Ore Soybeans Futures Options Feedback: Questions, comments, and more Last week's Options Question of the Week: With VIX circling the drain, where are you looking for your next volatility fix? 39% - Nasdaq 100 16% - Russell 2000 20% - Commodities 25% - Single Names Listener questions: Listeners share what's on their minds Question from Tanney9: What do you guys think of lack of OI in UUP? Is there another way to play the US$ that I I'm missing? Comment from Mi...
Aug 07, 2017•1 hr 3 min
This Week in Futures Options 62: Rise of the Russell 2000
This week the CME hot seat guest is Ron Bundy, CEO Benchmarks North America, FTSE Russell. Topics this week include: Russell 2000 Crude Oil Interest Rates Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in. Options Question of the Week: With $VIX circling the drain, where are you looking for your next #Volatility fix? Nasdaq 100 - $QQQ Russell 2000 Commodities-Oil, Gold,etc. Single Names (AMZN, etc.) Listener Questions and Comments: Question from J Randall - S&P skew is pretty standard at this poi...
Jul 31, 2017•59 min
This Week in Futures Options 61: Crazy Week for Corn and Crude
Today's CME hotseat guest is Matt Bradbard, Director of Alternative Investments, RCM Topics this week include: Where is the vol? New Zealand Dollar (our surprise product of the week) Crude Oil Corn Futures Options Feedback: Polls, questions, comments and more! TWIFO Flash Poll: Which Options product had largest % change in open interest over the past week? 50% - Soybeans 25% - Emini Nasdaq 100 8% - Copper 17% - Live Cattle Questions and Comments: Comment from LilChech - My vote for crazy CME pro...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr
This Week in Futures Options 60: Return of the Russell
Today's special guest is Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity Products at CME Group. Topics this week include: Russell Index Ags Soybeans Corn Futures Options Feedback Flash Poll There is some volatility rocking in the ags this week. Which product would you say is on your radar, or perhaps in your portfolio? Soybeans Corn Wheat Other Listener questions and comments: Question from Nicker - Which major index is the most volatile? Question from Eve4 - You talked gold collars a few episodes back, silv...
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 3 min
This Week in Futures Options 59: Breaking Down your Favorites - Crude, Gold and...Bitcoin.
Topics this week include: Crude Gold Reuters takes a page from TWIFO Silver Being jaunty Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Options question of the week. Let's get back to basics. #Options are great way to get long (bullish) exposure to stocks & futures. What's your fav way to go long? Long Call/Call Spread Short Put/Put Spread Stock(Future) Replacement Bullish Risk Reversal ANOTHER Options question of the week: Everyone is talking about #Bitcoin #Volatility these days. Where do y...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr
This Week in Futures Options 58: Crazy Product Rundown
Topics this week include: Crude/WTI Gold Corn Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over the show Options Question of the week: Let's get back to basics. #Options are great way to get long (bullish) exposure to stocks & futures. What is your favorite way to go long? Long Call/Call Spread Short Put/Put Spread Stock(Future) Replacement Bullish Risk Reversal Listener questions and comments: Question from Andre - USO, WTI or XLE? Which is the best way to play a bullish rise in oil? Maybe with...
Jul 03, 2017•1 hr 2 min
This Week in Futures Options 57: Time for a QuikSkew Trade in Corn
Topics this week include: Corn Crude Oil/WTI Flash Poll: Crude Oil is taking a beating. Is the selloff overdone or is it a sign of things to come. Where do you think WTI will be at the end of 2017? Around here (40-45) Much lower (lower than 38) A little higher (50-55) Much higher (above 55) Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Ian Wagner: Hey TWIFO. I'm confused about gold options. Is there an options contract that tracks the future that is liquid? Question fro...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr
This Week in Futures Options 56: Breakdown Palooza - Emini, Rates, Crude and Bitcoin
Topics this week include: E-Minis Rates - Question from Allan German - What happened in rates options this week with the Fed? Crude Futures Options Feedback: Polls, questions, answers, and more! With $VIX giving up the ghost - which products are you hoping will provide new sources of #Volatility for your #options trading? 33% - Crude Oil (WTI, etc.) 20% - Metals ($GLD, $SLV, etc.) 20% - FX (GBP/USD, etc.) 27% - Indv. Equities-$TSLA, etc. Listener questions: Question from Meravol - Interesting pi...
Jun 19, 2017•58 min
This Week in Futures Options 55: How did Comey And Britain Impact Futures Options
This week's CME Hotseat guest is Sarah Linane, E*Trade Senior Futures Specialist This week, the panel discusses: From Stocktwits The 3 BEST performing assets this year: Lean hogs $HE_F +23% Palladium $PA_F +22% Nasdaq-100 $QQQ +20% The 3 WORST performing assets this year: Orange juice $OJ_F -32% Sugar $SB_F -29% The $VIX -21% Other hot topics: Crude Weekly expiration options Gold Futures Options Feedback: What do you want to know? With $VIX giving up the ghost - which products are you hoping wil...
Jun 12, 2017•1 hr 4 min
This Week in Futures Options 54: The Bacon and Bitcoin Show
Topics this week include: Silver Platinum Crude Futures Options Feedback: What do you want us to talk about? Comment from Production One @MarkClydeBrant: Bellies! Comment from f ili p @FContangotrader: What about bitcoin,no love? Comment from Elmman: Can you talk more FX? GBP/USD and EUR/USD. Question from Lezen: Which product has the hottest weekly options? Question from LJack: Heard you mention CME direct? Is it a broker?...
Jun 05, 2017•59 min
This Week in Futures Options 53: Crude Smackdown with Some Bitcoin Love
Topics this week include: Crude/WTI and gold. Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Olivetrader1: During the last show you mentioned defending a straddle. That means buying futures as soon as we are trading under the put and selling futures as soon as they are trading above the call, or is there more room for execution. Comment from FContangotrader: I cannot wait to start trading options on corn and Bitcoin. Question from Bobter: Can you trade options outside of...
May 30, 2017•1 hr 3 min
This Week in Futures Options 52; Get on the Crude Roller Coaster
Today, Mark and Nick are joined by Matt Bradbard, Director of Alternative Investments, RCM Alternatives. Topics this week include: Crude Oil Gold Futures Options Feeback: Listener questions and comments Question from Andy Sullivan - You guys buying this rally in WTI, or are the options telling a different story? Question from Jingles6 - Dudes! You're missing out on the hot new commodity trend, Cryptos rule everything around us! A $10,000 investment in Gold in July 2010, is now worth $9,981. A $1...
May 23, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Best of This Week in Futures Options: How to Trade Commodity Volatility
We're going back into the TWIFO archives to bring you a best of episode. This one was a fan favorite: How to Trade Commodity Volatility.
May 15, 2017•55 min
This Week in Futures Options 51: Crude Volatility Strikes Back
This week in the CME hot-seat we have special guest Dan Passarelli, Market Taker Mentoring . Topics this week include: WTI What's the word on the street for futures traders? Aggressive return to old skew? Fed week came and went Treasuries Eurodollars Futures Options Feedback/Weekend Flash Poll: These are crazy times for all markets from commodities to equities and volatility. Which crazy level will we hit first? VIX Below 9 SPX Above 2500 WTI Below 40 AAPL Above $160 Listener questions: What do ...
May 08, 2017•59 min
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