
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

Aug 22, 2024 • 56min
TWIFO 415: Fading this Market with Beaver Nuggets
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (crude oil, nat gas), equities (E-mini S&P 500), ags (corn), and much more. With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading

Aug 15, 2024 • 51min
TWIFO 414: A Perfect Storm of Metals, FX, Energy, and Ags
Kevin Green, a Senior Markets Correspondent for Schwab Network, dives into the dynamics of the futures options market. He shares valuable insights on recent movements in metals, FX, energy, and agriculture. Discover how the Yen/USD dynamics affect trading strategies amid a weakening dollar. Green explores natural gas market trends and seasonal price rebounds. Further, he analyzes the shifting landscape in agri-commodities and metal prices, providing listeners with essential strategies to navigate this complex market.

Aug 8, 2024 • 46min
TWIFO 413: Return of the Ninja
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week and discuss: What was lighting up the tape at NinjaTrader this week during the wild swings Trading bitcoin and the micro ether futures Event contracts (what they are and how traders have been using them lately) The energy complex including nat gas and WTI And much more With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And guest: Martin Franchi, CEO - NinjaTrader

Aug 1, 2024 • 1h 2min
TWIFO 412: A Wild Ride through Energy, FX, Ags and Crypto
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week and discuss: Trading the bitcoin vs ether spread using options How the weather and geopolitical factors are impacting oil supply and demand A dive deep into the dollar / Yen spread Whether we are seeing a soybeans apocalypse and will this spill over into other leading ags With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Rich Excell, Gies School of Business - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Jul 26, 2024 • 1h 4min
TWIFO 411: Rampaging Ags, Metals, Energy and Equities
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (WTI), metals (gold, silver), ags (soybeans, wheat), and equities. With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management

Jul 18, 2024 • 1h 1min
TWIFO 410: Soaring Small Caps, Stagnating Silver, and Rudderless Rates
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including metals (silver, copper), equities (Russell 2000), rates (10-year) and much more. With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Mike Tosaw, St. Charles Wealth Management

Jul 11, 2024 • 54min
TWIFO 409: A Wild Week In Ags and Equities
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including equities (small caps), ags (soybeans, lean hogs), energy (nat gas), and much more. With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading

Jun 27, 2024 • 1h
TWIFO 408: MEME Stock Traders Invade the Metals!!!
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (WTI, natgas), metals (silver, copper), and much more. With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Brett Friedman, MD - Winhall Risk Analytics & OptionsMetrics Contributor

Jun 20, 2024 • 50min
TWIFO 407: Russell Recon and the Magnificent Seven
We take a deep dive into the Russell Recon. Later we look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (WTI), ags (Chicago wheat), metals (silver), and much more. With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Catherine Yoshimoto, FTSE Russell

Jun 13, 2024 • 46min
TWIFO 406: Post-Fed Action in Rates, Metals, Nat Gas, Ags and More
Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including: energy (natgas) ags (corn) metals (silver, gold) rates (10 yr) and much more