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...
Latest episodes
May 31, 2019 • 48min
This Week in Futures Options 154: The Exciting World of Silver Collars
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 24, 2019 • 1h 1min
This Week in Futures Options 153: Let’s Talk Some Volatility
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 support levels are 80.00 and 60.00, respectively. Corresponding to those are the major ratio resistance and support levels of 3.00 and 2.00, respectively. In this regard, it will be important for the ratio to remain above 2.00 and the ratio 5 MA to remain above the 8 MA to confirm an upward bias on oil on this timeframe.
May 17, 2019 • 44min
This Week in Futures Options 152: Hot Ags and Tasty Bacon
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 10, 2019 • 45min
This Week in Futures Options 151: Let’s Get Micro
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 lion's share of the move in big indices like SPY or SPX with just a few names.
May 3, 2019 • 49min
This Week in Futures Options 150: Live From OIC 2019
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?
Apr 26, 2019 • 1h 3min
This Week in Futures Options 149: Crazy Treasury Gamma
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 19, 2019 • 1h 1min
This Week in Futures Options 148: Everyone is Intimidated by Ags
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 12, 2019 • 53min
This Week in Futures Option 147: Winter is Coming for Volatility
Topics this week include: Equities Russell eMini Gold Crude Oil
Apr 5, 2019 • 58min
This Week in Futures Options 146: Let’s Get Metal
Topics this week include: Gold Silver Copper Ferrous Metals Crude Oil
Mar 29, 2019 • 1h 2min
This Week in Futures Options 145: Mind-Boggling Eurodollar Options Volume
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.
