This Week in Futures Options 107: Russell Dominates While OPEC Puzzles

Topics this week include:

• It's Russell Reconstitution time: Russell 1000 & 2000 rebalancing today. Could result in the most heavily traded session of 2018.
• Equity volatility. Will we see a vertical asymptote?
• CME's new OPEC watch tool
• Crude: OPEC ministers agree to raise oil production but don't say by how much
• Ag chat: beans hit nine-year low on rejeuvenated trade war talk
• CME Bitcoin futures off another 500 handles

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over

• Question from Tim Kessler: Do you need a futures account if you just want to trade options on futures?
• Question from Nicholas: Thoughts on the reports from the VIX-rigging prof that someone propped up the price of bitcoin last year? You guys buying what he's selling?
• Question from Bellat: What do you think of crypto vol at these levels, particularly Bitcoin? Are you guys doing any trading even though there aren't really any true options available yet?