HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS THIS WEEK? EQUITIES VIX 17 - UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 100 - DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 25.8 - DOWN .7 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 20.1 - DOWN 4.1 PTS FROM LAST WEEK VIX/RVX SPREAD - 3.1 WIDER BY .5 POINT FROM LAST WEEK Is Higher Volatility Making a Comeback? METALS Gold Option Volatility May Have Hit Bottom and Could Begin Trending Upward. CRUDE OIL Oil rises further above $60, Jackson Hole summit in focus. FUTURES O...
Aug 23, 2019•37 min•Ep. 165
HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOTSEAT GUEST: RICK ROSENTHAL - DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FTSE RUSSELL INDICES - Cboe EQUITIES VIX 21.60 - UP 4 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 113 - UP 13 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 24.25 - UP OVER 3.5 PTS FROM LAST WEEK VIX/RVX SPREAD - 2.65 - TIGHTER BY .35 POINT FROM LAST WEEK EARNINGS SEASON DRIVING MORE VOLUME IN MICRO EMINI FUTURES WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS THIS WEEK? CRUDE OIL OIL FALLS AGAIN TODAY AFTER TAK...
Aug 16, 2019•53 min•Ep. 164
HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRUDE OIL Down 10% on the week coming into Thursday. That followed a session in which the futures closed at $51.09 a barrel, the lowest level since Jan. 14. Futures fell as much as 5.8% Wednesday to seven-month lows after American crude stockpiles posted a surprise increase. The loss sent the resource tumbling into bear market territory. Having extra supply dilutes prices, while fears of a global recession added to worries that demand may slow. E...
Aug 09, 2019•52 min•Ep. 163
HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL EQUITIES VIX 17.65 (13.90) - UP NEARLY 4.5 FROM LAST SHOW - HIT A HIGH OF 15.44 EARLIER THIS WEEK VVIX: 106 (91.5) - UP 21 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 19.65 (17.15) - 15.80 - UP 3.85 VIX/RVX SPREAD - 2 (3.25) - TIGHTER BY .75 (wider by half a point from last week) Earnings season driving more volume in micro e-mini futures. Micro E-mini Equity futures traded a record high of 919.6K contracts ($13.5B notional) on July 31 ...
Aug 02, 2019•58 min•Ep. 162
TWIFO 161: Crude Skew and other Mysteries HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: NICK HOWARD, BANTIX TECHNOLOGIES CME HOTSEAT GUEST: ADAM WEBB, Founder of Macrohedged CRUDE OIL Oil ends lower as support from storm-fueled, 11 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude supplies disappears Oil futures settled lower on Wednesday, as support from a storm-induced, 11 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude supplies wore off and traders turned their attention back to concerns about weaker energy deman...
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 11 min
TWIFO 160: All The Research You Could Ever Need HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOTSEAT GUEST: ERIK NORLAND - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR ECONOMIST, CME GROUP FX Brexit: Pound Set For Volatile Fall after Calm Summer? Options traders see a calm summer but volatile fall for GBPUSD. Implied volatility is far below 2016 levels. Options skewness is negative, especially for this fall, but not exceptionally so. A great deal of bad news has been priced into the pound. SONIA futures h...
Jul 19, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 160
TWIFO 159: Pop-Tart Arbitrage And The Mysteries of the Options Liquidity Matrix. Russell Rhoads, Director of Derivatives Research at Tabb Group, joins us to break down the latest findings from his Options Liquidity Matrix. Mark and Russell also discuss: - Is pop tart arbitrage the new frontier of trading? - Why is WTI call skew so weak? - What is going on with Gold volatility? - How does the explosion of micro emini futures volume impact the broader equity market? - What the heck is going on in ...
Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 159
Topics this week include: Equities Crud Oil/WTI Ags/Soybeans Metals/Gold FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Dazzne - Can you explain how the FedWatch tool actually works? Question from ELE3S - What does Sean think of the new micro futures Russell products? Are there more planned in the future? When does he expect options to be listed? Question from Omar - Does recent BTC spike make CME more likely to list additional crypto futures like Eth? Question from Adam Sam - Hello, I have a question a...
Jun 28, 2019•56 min
Topics this week include: Equities Russell/E-mini Crude Oil/WTI Metals/Gold FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK #QuestionoftheWeek: Let's play a guessing game. Which of the following names has the highest 30-day REALIZED volatility? No cheating. What does your gut tell you? $TSLA #BITCOIN #CRUDEOIL #NASDAQ $QQQ #WTI $TSLA #BITCOIN #WTI #CRUDE OIL $QQQ
Jun 21, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Topics this week include: Equities Metals/Gold Crude Oil Ags/Corn FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from SHUTDL - Nick still scalping his gold gamma? Question from Tom D. - What is the biggest stumbling block for an equity option guy looking to dip his toes into the massive futures options pool? I’ll probably start with E-mini options. Question from Trilo47W - I have to admit that your show is luring me to the “dark side” of futures options. I’m thinking about diving into corn. Good choice? Ques...
Jun 14, 2019•46 min
Topics this week include: Crude Oil/WTI Rates Equities Metals/Gold FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Comment from Optionsgame - You don’t need to talk about gold anymore. There is no Vol. Question from Animele - OIV is back in the mid 40s. Do you feel crude vol is somewhat unheralded these days as a tradeable vehicle compared to equity vol? Maybe it’s time for a crude vol tradeable product like a VXX to get people into this space?...
Jun 07, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Equities Crude Oil Ags/Corn FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Lil Cast - Are $gld and $slv really the best choices for traders looking for etf exposure to commodities? I like the fact that they hold the physical commodity.
May 31, 2019•48 min
Topics this week include: Equities Crude Oil Ags/Corn Metals FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Bilcan - Why no $BTC opts yet? Question from CL Dance - Why is S&P volatility the only one most people pay attention to? Question from Frank - What do you guys think of this article? Do you ever use the commodity volatility indices in your analysis? https://www.investing.com/analysis/oil--gold-vs-oil--gold-volatility-indices-200307186 . As I've noted recently, the major price resistance and su...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Topics this week include: CME Group hits new OI record of 138.2M contracts. Crude Oil Equities Ags Metals FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from BOTB - What do you think of GOT this season? You feeling the hate like everyone else? Comment from Docer - How tasty is that CME Bacon? Question from Danan Ace - What’s the difference between realized and historical volatility? Question from Tank - Will we see Eth futures soon. Also how are Ag options shaping up here?...
May 17, 2019•44 min
Topics this week include: Equities Crude Oil Metals/Gold FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Desanya - Can you get the dairy folks on the show from CME? Also is CME planning to list more crypto anytime soon? Question from LDC - There are rumors that CFTC is looking to approve ether futures. Can we expect an Eth offering from CME anytime soon? Question from McIge - Has anyone ever put out an index with the top 5 or 10 names by market cap in the respective indices. Seems like you could get the ...
May 10, 2019•45 min
Guest: Russell Rhoads Topics this week include Crude Oil Metals/Gold Equities/Russell 2000 FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Comment from MCB - Took Dogecoin profits this morning. This crypto rally can't get much hotter! Question from Lightcon - Why no brent love on the show? Comment from Lachlan comport - Best options podcast full stop. Question from Colby Alvarez - What is the weirdest print you’ve seen go up on this show?...
May 03, 2019•49 min
Topics this week include: Crude Oil Ags Metals/Gold Equities/Russell 2000 FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from DeSanya - Can you get the dairy folks on the show from CME? Also is CME planning to list more crypto anytime soon?
Apr 26, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Topics this week include Crude Oil Metals/Gold Ags/Soybeans Equities/Russell 2000 FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from JJack - What did Eric think of GOT? Did it live up to his report? Question from Chickenassluvr - Do you know if there is anyway you can tell if positions are being opened or closed intra day? Live options open interest? Question from Glen 00915249 - What I want to know is are copper futures about to break out?...
Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Topics this week include: Equities Russell eMini Gold Crude Oil
Apr 12, 2019•53 min
Topics this week include: Gold Silver Copper Ferrous Metals Crude Oil
Apr 05, 2019•58 min
Topics this week include: Metals: Gold, Copper Crude Oil Equities: Eurodollar Ags FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Jack T - Is it better to slip or slide when you’re trading skew? Question from Tarry - Maybe include a paying the rent report on the TWIFO program or in the Quikstrike reports? Would be cool to know which names are paying the rent each week.
Mar 29, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Topics this week include: Equities/RVX Crude Oil Metals/Gold Ags FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Frank C. - There are so many Russell options products - can you break down the main differences between the offerings on the different exchanges? Question from Level F - How far out can I trade RUT options? Looking for 2-3 yrs.
Mar 22, 2019•49 min
Mar 15, 2019•37 min
Topics this week include: Crude Oil Equities/Russell Ags Metals/Gold FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Comment from Options Game Should be a nice TWIFO on Thursday. Ready to talk about Ags? Question from FTTP - All the talk about skew is there any way that I can just buy or sell skew? Is it quoted anywhere as a product that I can trade - maybe Ag skew is high this week and I want to sell it, etc? Question from Mark R. - Which version of QS has the slipping and sliding stuff? Question from Tomas - Do all ...
Mar 08, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Crude Oil Equities FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK PALOOZA Comment from Olive Trader - A long straddle in gold didn’t work for me. You had good points about scalping. My loss has been really small, and I’ve had a few good trades going that this year. Comment from Mark Bryant - I hope cannabis futures will be coming soon. I hope I can get options on cannabis futures. Question from Nashly - Is there the same bias towards puts in most futures options that we see in eq...
Mar 01, 2019•48 min
Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Crude Oil/WTI Equities/RVX Crypto Ags FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Jose Morales - Why do you like trading opts on WTI instead of USO? USO can be traded in most accounts. Need a futures options account to trade WTI. Question from Brett R. - Can you hit some FX on the show? Question from George Pete - Russell 2000 gets all the love. What about futures options on 1000 or 3000? Or maybe some of the other indices under FTSE umbrella? Question from Khari...
Feb 22, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Topics this week include: Crude Oil Metals/Gold Ags/Hogs FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Caesar L. - Why is palladium catching such a bid? Worth more than gold again? Question from Model X - Ask the Russell guy which of the Russell products puts up the most contracts? Also when’s the move/shift stuff coming? Question from Studio64 - Why don’t we see more flavors of equity volatility? There’s VIX and then there’s Eurostoxx and that’s pretty much it. There was talk of more on the horizon bu...
Feb 15, 2019•58 min
FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Franks - What’s the best entry futures option for newbies? I’m thinking something in the equities because most people are coming from stocks? I’d guess stuff like seasonal crop cycles would blow their minds. Question from Behr12 - What do you guys think? I don’t think crude vol can sustain for long at these levels. - RE: Oil: Are Options Signaling Long-Term Uncertainty? https://www.cmegroup.com/podcasts/off-the-charts-podcast-series/oil-are-options-signalin...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Topics this week include: FX Crude/WTI Equities Ags/Soybeans Metals/Gold FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Desinc81 - Are you buying that the FED is done for 2019 and maybe beyond? Question from C Sanders - What do the options traders think about this development? Re: article - Palladium is worth more than gold for the first time in over a decade. Question from Uncert1n - I’ve always heard the saying that when things get crazy correlation goes to 1. I know that holds for individual stocks a...
Feb 01, 2019•52 min
TWIFO 136: Your Burning Questions About Crude, Eurodollars, Equities and More In this episode Mark is joined by Sean and Nick to answer your questions about: Crude Oil Gold Equities Eurodollars Euro - USD Crypto and more...
Jan 25, 2019•59 min•Ep. 136
