This Week in Futures Options

TWIFO 194: Trade Futures Or Be Stuck In The Past HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT GUEST CO-HOST:  MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, ANDREW AND MIKE DISCUSS: CME MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK EQUITIES CRUDE OIL METALS: GOLD AND SILVER FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM COCL: WHEN YOU SEE THAT THE CALL SKEW IN A STOCK IS BID OVER THE PUTS IS THAT A SIGN THAT YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SELL THAT SKEW?

TWIFO 193: Has the Crude Worm Turned HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL ON THIS EPISODE, MARK AND SEAN DISCUSS: CME MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK CME GROUP’S MARKET STATS FOR MARCH 2020 EQUITIES CRUDE OIL FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM STIPOD: HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ANY MORE MARKET MAKERS BLOWING UP OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? QUESTION FROM ERIC: WHAT WAS IT THAT FORCED CME TO LIQUIDATE RONIN CAPITAL LAST WEEK? JUST A RISK ISSUE? COMMENT FROM MARKBRANT15: ANYBODY NOT BUYING IS FINE WITH ME! KID IN A CANDY STORE SCENARIO. NO JOY IN A PANDEMIC HOWEVER. QUESTION FROM TACK3: HOW DOES VOL IN RUT COMP TO SPY RIGHT NOW? MORE? LESS? QUESTION FROM ZANE: I SEE PEOPLE INCLUDING BLOOMBERG WARNING ABOUT USO EVEN THOUGH IT’S CHEAP. WHY? QUESTION FROM MARYC: WHY DON’T YOU GUYS SPEND MORE TIME ON SOME OF THE SMALLER NAMES ON YOUR LIST THAT TEND TO HAVE THE MOST EXTREME MOVES EACH WEEK? COMMENT FROM THORNTON: DEFINITELY NO #HOGLOVE THIS WEEK! QUESTION FROM DARCY: CAN YOU DISCUSS WHAT CME IS DOING TO FIX IT FX OPTIONS?

TWIFO 192: Fading the Apocalypse HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOT SEAT GUEST: SCOTT BAUER, PROSPER TRADING ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK AND SCOTT DISCUSS: CME MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK THE PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON FUTURES OPTIONS TRADING CRUDE OIL EQUITIES GOLD FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM BRANDON:IS THIS VOL COLLAPSE FOR REAL? QUESTION FROM TOLLAND: CAN I GET ACCESS TO THE TWIFO REPORTS OUTSIDE OF THE LIVE SHOW STREAM? THX AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.  QUESTION FROM BUD FOX: HUGE PUT VOLUME ON SPY 3.27 250’S. THOUGHTS? BUYING OR SELLING PUTS? QUESTION FROM LOU: WHY ISN'T RUT LEADING THE CHARGE TO THE DOWNSIDE AGAIN THIS WEEK? WHAT HAPPENED?

TWIFO 191:  THE ENDLESS DRAMA OF THE MARKET HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, HEAD OF RESEARCH AND CONSULTING, EQ DERIVATIVES ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND RUSSELL DISCUSS: CME MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK CRUDE OIL NAT GAS EQUITIES: RUSSELL 1000 METALS: COPPER AND GOLD RATES: EURODOLLAR FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM AJB_2010: I WONDER IF GOING FORWARD, THE EXCHANGES WILL USE THIS MOMENT TO REPLACE HUMANS.... QUESTION FROM NATURAL-EASE: DO THEY (MARKET MAKERS) MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? QUESTION FROM ROB MORRIS: IGNORANT QUESTION, BUT ARE THEY REALLY NEEDED ON THE FLOOR? WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO THEIR PRESENCE? QUESTION FROM RIC: ANY THOUGHTS ON FX AFTER BREXIT VOTE?

TWIFO 190: When Correlation Goes to One HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT GUEST: JEFF WHITT: CO-FOUNDER,  SIMPLY DERIVATIVE ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND JEFF DISCUSS: CME CLOSING TRADING FLOOR DUE TO CORONAVIRUS FEARS SO MUCH RED ON THE SCREEN THIS WEEK EQUITIES: RUSSELL 2000 LEADING THE CHARGE TO THE DOWNSIDE, BEAT DOW INTO BEAR MARKET TERRITORY BY 2 DAYS ENERGY: WTI/CRUDE OIL - RUSSIA/OPEC PRICE WAR HAS ANNIHILATED CRUDE METALS: WHEN IT ALL HITS THE FAN CORRELATION GOES TO 1. GOLD POTENTIALLY UNDERPERFORMING EXPECTATIONS RATES/FX: EURODOLLAR - THE EURO WEAKENED ON THURSDAY AFTER THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCED MORE STIMULUS TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS IMPACT BUT DID NOT LOWER INTEREST RATES, WITH THE SINGLE CURRENCY FALLING TO THE DAY’S LOW AS INVESTORS RUSHED FOR DOLLARS. FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM SELAMY: WHY ARE THE SMALL CAPS BEING HIT HARDER THAN THE LARGE CAPS IN THE CORONAVIRUS STOCK MARKET SELLOFF? QUESTION FROM COLBY: WITH GOLD DOWN, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO BUY? WOULD IT BE BETTER TO BUY OPTIONS ON GOLD?

TWIFO 189: Fed Surprises as Volatility Rises HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK AND SEAN,  DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE SURPRISE FED RATE CUT ON THE MARKETS,  EXPLORE WHAT THE FEDWATCH WAS PREDICTING COMING INTO THIS WEEK,  DO A DEEP DIVE INTO EQUITY VOLATILITY RESEARCH, ANALYZE THE EXPLOSION OF EURODOLLAR OPTIONS VOLUME HITTING THE TAPE, LOOK AT THE CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON CRUDE, AND MUCH MORE.

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK AND SEAN DISCUSS: MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK. TOPICS FEATURED INCLUDE ENERGY, NAT GAS, WTI, CRUDE OIL, EQUITIES, RBOB, AND RATES. WE LOOK AT MICRO EMINI FUTURES AND THE CME FEDWATCH TOOL. FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM JLD: IS SKEW DATA ON CME BTC RELIABLE WHEN THERE’S SUCH LOW VOLUME? QUESTION FROM BILLBEANZ: WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE 3-MONTH FAR OTM PUTS SO MUCH IN RUSSELL? QUESTION FROM JACK SCHWARTZ: HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE RUSSELL 2000 IS LEADING EQUITIES DOWN ON SUCH MACRO-DRIVEN NEWS? QUESTION FROM ELL87: IT SEEMS LIKE DEMAND WEAKNESS IS HERE TO STAY FOR CRUDE IN THE NEAR TERM. LOOKS LIKE THOSE CALL WING TRADERS WERE ALL CORRECT WHEN THEY FADED EVERY RALLY. CORONAVIRUS WAS THE REAL RISK LURKING IN THE SHADOWS.

TWIFO 187: The Zone of Annoying Volatility HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOT SEAT GUEST:  ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK AND ANDREW DISCUSS: MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK JANUARY OPTIONS NUMBERS FOR CME GROUP & OPTIONS COMPLEX OVERVIEW TOPICS FEATURED INCLUDE NAT GAS, WTI, EQUITIES, SOYBEANS, RBOB, AND CRYPTO FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM RACQUEL: WHAT ARE SOME OTHER MARKETS THAT EXHIBIT SIMILAR SKEW TO EQUITY INDICES (E.G.- CHEAP CALLS AND EXPENSIVE PUTS)  QUESTION FROM DALY: UPTICK IN CME CRYPTO THIS WEEK? QUESTION FROM MARCUS T.: I THINK CRUDE DEMAND WILL RECOVER IN THE NEXT 1-2 YEARS. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO BE A LONG-TERM OIL BULL? FUTURES? OPTIONS? ETF? SOMETHING ELSE?  

TWIFO 186: Bitcoin Breakdown and Equity Analysis HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT GUEST: TIM MCCOURT, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT CME GROUP, GLOBAL HEAD OF EQUITY PRODUCTS ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND TIM DISCUSS: MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK. TOPICS FEATURED INCLUDE CRYPTO, EQUITIES, WTI AND COPPER. CRYPTO THE LAUNCH OF BITCOIN OPTIONS DISCONNECT BETWEEN BITCOIN FUTURES VOLUME AND BITCOIN OPTIONS VOLUME FACTORS DRIVING THE RECENT UPTICK IN BITCOIN OPTIONS VOLUME - 48 CONTRACTS TRADED ON MONDAY CME'S PLANS TO GROW BITCOIN OPTIONS VOLUME ARE THERE PLANS FOR A MICRO/MINI BITCOIN CONTRACT TO DRIVE MORE RETAIL ADOPTION? WHEN CAN WE STOP QUOTING BITCOIN VOLUME IN NOTIONAL VALUE? EQUITIES VIX: 15 - DOWN 2.3 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 91.3 - DOWN 10 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 16.5 - DOWN 2.75 FROM LAST SHOW  VIX/RVX SPREAD - APPROX. 1.5 - .5 TIGHTER THAN LAST SHOW OVERVIEW OF CME EQUITY OPTIONS COMPLEX IN 2019 - HIGHS AND LOWS, VOLUME TRENDS, DEVELOPMENTS, ETC.  FACTORS DRIVING THE INCREDIBLE ADOPTION OF EQUITY MICRO FUTURES. ANY PLANS FOR MICRO OPTIONS? THOUGHTS ON CURRENT EQUITY VOLATILITY LANDSCAPE AND HOW PANDEMIC FEARS ARE IMPACTING VOLATILITY/VOLUME. WTI DIPPED BELOW $50 THIS WEEK - FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR NOW OFFICIALLY IN A BEAR MARKET - NEARLY 25% OFF ITS 52 WEEK HIGH OF $66.60 FROM APRIL 2019 WTI CRUDE HAS DECLINED 20% IN THE PAST MONTH, AND IT COULD SHED ANOTHER 10%, BASED ON HISTORY. WHEN CRUDE OIL FALLS BELOW $50, IT TENDS TO STAY DOWN, AND A NEGATIVE TREND IN THE S&P 500 FOLLOWS. OPEC & RUSSIA CONSIDERING EMERGENCY PRODUCTION CUTS - WILL THAT BE ENOUGH? COPPER BIG MOVER THIS WEEK FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM DEMOCAT: ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR MINI (MICRO) RUSSELL OPTIONS? QUESTION FROM ELLIE: ARE THERE STILL SIZE LIMITS ON HOW MANY EMINI S&P FUTURES YOU CAN TRADE ELECTRONICALLY ON GLOBEX? QUESTION FROM BELDEN: WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE ETHER REFERENCE RATE GOING FORWARD?

TWIFO 185: PANDEMIC CRUDE HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT GUEST: ADAM WEBB, FOUNDER OF MACROHEDGED  ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND ADAM DISCUSS: MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK. TOPICS FEATURED INCLUDE CRUDE, BRENT, EQUITIES, RATES AND LEAN HOGS. WTI CRUDE OIL PRICES ARE WEAKENING AGAIN AS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK COME BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AND DOMINATE THE OVERALL MARKET SENTIMENT. SURPRISINGLY, PEOPLE ARE NOT WADING INTO HUGE DOWNSIDE PUT BETS IN WTI RIGHT NOW. FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK: COMMENT FROM KAMAR: SEEMS LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO’VE BEEN FADING WTI CALLS FOR MONTHS WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THIS PRODUCT CAN’T EVEN CATCH A BID WHEN THE MIDDLE EAST IS IN FLAMES. NOW THIS VIRUS IS SQUEEZING OUT THE LAST OF THE DEMAND. SOLD TO YOU! QUESTION FROM JJL8: IS IT TIME FOR RECON YET? QUESTION FROM ELIAN: MORE VOLUME ON THE TAPE THIS WEEK FOR THE BITCOIN OPTIONS? QUESTION FROM ALLISON B.: HAVE YOU GUYS EVER DONE A STRADDLE RUN ON THE SHOW? MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR CRUDE AND ES AND CORN. GREAT PROGRAM. I LISTEN EVERY WEEK. QUESTION FROM JACK ATTACK: DO IWM AND RUT OPTIONS ALWAYS TRADE AROUND THE SAME SKEW AND VOLATILITY? OR ARE THERE DIFFERENT CROWDS FOR THESE PRODUCTS?