This Week in Futures Options

Today's guests are Steve Stasys, Senior Director Agricultural Products, CME Group and Jared Caplan, Head of Commodities Trading, Akuna Capital. Topics this week include: Ags Soybeans Corn Hogs (#hoglove) Nat Gas WTI Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from NN76 - Found your show when searching for info on hog options. Like the #hoglove. Any tips for someone thinking about diving into these markets for the first time? I know they're pretty crazy.

A deep dive into metals: Gold Silver Aluminum Copper Plus, equities and crude Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins. Comment from Romansray - Crypto is a myth. Question from Delman - Those Russell buy-write indices you discussed on the last show. What are the tickers? Can I trade them directly? Are there options listed? Question from Talerico - Does the use case for weekly options differ by product. So a crude weekly use differs from metals and from ags?

Today's CME hot seat guest is JB Mackenzie, Managing Director, Futures & Forex at TD Ameritrade Topics this week include: Equities Crude Metals/Gold Rates Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins Question from Taylor N. - Do most FCMs offer the ability to go delta neutral easily on their platform? Or do you still have to go through the hassle and risk of legging? Question from Mystrio - Are we done? Is this beginning of the end of the bull?

Topics this week include: Equities (What is going on?) Crude/WTI Metals/Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Comment by DCVic - Hey Nick good call on puts and gold futures. Thx. Comment from Angel - Looks like bitcoin is the digital flight to quality after all. No selloff with equities. Question from Matteo - I'm selling monthly put options on the eMini. So I'm short options and short premium. But I'm collecting time decay. So does that mean I'm actually long theta? Help I'm confused. Also an update please on bitcoin options? Thank you so much.

Topics this week include: Energy/Crude Equities Metals/Gold Rates Ags Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Question from Mate7 - Good talk on ex. and settle on last show. I'm looking over the CME website option specs pages and I don't see many American style contracts. Why does CME use so many European contracts? Are they against early exercise?

Topics This Week Include: Crude Rates Equities Metals Ags Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Cambel: Oh no! Did the millennials kill cheese? Are they coming for fluid milk next? Question from Inlo: Is it only possible to exercise a FOP that has the same month as the underlying future? If I’m long an April CL future do I also need an April put option? Or can I exercise a May CL option on a April CL future? Comment from Olivetrader2: I like the Thursday show, actually. I was supposed to be downtown but I couldn't go. Listening to your show instead. Question from Sam Harris: Question for TWIFO. Hello Nick, Mark and Sean. Fun program. I particularly like the research guests since they usually bring up topics that are new to me. I was talking with a friend recently about exercise and settlement (nerds, I know). He brought up an interesting time frame to exercise an option - when it goes ITM and the spread is simply too wide. Exercise may actually be the cheaper option. Question from Mizander: Why exercise future option early? Doesn't seem make much sense?

Topics this week include: FX Metals/Gold Crude/WTI Equities Crypto

Topics this week include: Rates Crude/WTI Metals/Gold Equities/RVX Ags Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins Question from Nittles - Maybe Nick can talk about what the Euro pit was like back in go-go 90s when rates were rocking under Greenspan? Comment from John C David -Trade Wars & Loss of Farmers' Soy & Other Agriculture Exports?! American Economy Slowing: Trade Imbalance/Tax Cuts 4 Wealthy Companies/Individuals (Reducing Tax Revenues)/Exploding Deficits! Trump/GOP Failed Policies Is Cutting Medicare/Medicaid/SS/CHIP. Trump/GOP Hurting Farmers! Question from EggsOver - What's the biggest derivatives market outside the U.S.? Question from Charlie Cott - Is QuikVol the same as QuikSkew or something else? Are they all available in QuikStrike? Question from Tamavil - Does it make sense for an active trader to become a member of the exchanges anymore or are those days gone? Question from JLSmith - How important is OI when you're trading options? Are there other indicators that you focus on instead?

Topics this week include: Crude Metals/Gold Equities/RVX Crypto/Bitcoin Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from George Pat - You say equity put skew isn't interesting. I find it pretty fascinating because it's a barometer for the market's demand for protection and income. I'm in for more equity skew. Question from Ron S6 - What's your suggested minimum account size to start trading options?

Topics this week include: Equities/Russell Crude/WTI Gold/Silver/Copper Crypto/Bitcoin Ags/Corn Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Varga - Which strategy should futures options traders learn about and focus on first? Question from BelaRussian - I'm long futures options and they are ITM. If I want to exercise it now as oppose to selling them, I can do that any time it is ITM right? Aren't futures traded in American style option when one can exercise it if it is ITM?