This Week in Futures Options

This week in the CME hot seat we have Erik Norland, Executive Director and Senior Economist of CME Group. Topics this week include: Rates Beware as Debt Ceiling Meets Fiscal Ambitions Hedging the Next Explosion in High-Yield Bond Spreads Oil Oil: Will Rising U.S. Output Stifle Post-OPEC Gains? You can always follow along on cmegroup.com/twio Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Sean - What would you expect to see in bond options leading up to the March Fed meeting? Question from Biggens - How do NonFarm payrolls and the Fed impact the options market?

This week features Larry Shover co-founder of Mutual Fund Solutions Group. Topics this week include: Crude Oil WTI Silver Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from LL43: Is buying straddles a more effective strategy in #futuresoptions due to the different nature of decay or is it still necessary to scalp aggressively to survive? Comment from Hawkeye: The Business Show should use as its motto, "The Business Show: It is an audio train wreck!" You cannot stop listening no matter how much you know you should not. While I am at it, I really like Nick and the new revitalized futures shows. Even though I do not trade futures options, I still use the concepts to trade some of the ETFs/ETNs. Question from JGrange: Are there dedicated futures volatility products or ways to trade commodity volatility directly?

Topics this week include: WTI Skew Crude vol Eurodollars Lean Hogs Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Tom Rios - How has Mexico threatening to buy corn from Brazil and Argentina, rather than the US, impacted corn volatility? Question from McTinney - Hello to the TWIFO team and guest! Can you give a little more color on the longer term calls you outlined in gold options last show? Is this the beginning of a trend or just a blip on the radar? Any similar action in silver? Thanks for the show. Comment from Jim Church - I like the rent concept. Was that Nick or Mark's idea? I think it should be a regular segment. Maybe "Who's paying the rent this week?"

We have a very special guest this week, Dan Passarelli, the Founder of Market Taker Mentoring. Topics this week include: Brent/WTI Spread Vol Skew Gold Futures Options Feedback: Quizzes and questions and comments TWIFO Pop Quiz: What is your go-to Futures Options strategy? Did yours not make the cut? Reply/DM with it and we'll read the best on TWIFO Long Call/Vertical Long Put/Vertical Covered Call/Short Put IronCndr/Fly or Butterfly Listener questions: Question from 65Chevy - This is for TWIFO. Great show. Quick question - Are covered calls as popular in futures options as they are in equity options? Do they have the same performance characteristics? Question from George - Like the OI heat maps. Your stuff is slowly bringing me over to the dark side. I'm looking at brokers now but I'm not clear on FO margin. Is it the same span or portfolio margin like regular options or something different? And when are you going to hit on hogs again? Question from Vegan - During the election we saw the post-election markets crash during the event and then shoot up the next day. When rare events happen odds are the market will have a hard time going down again in the near future. How can you trade options with that in mind?

Topics this week include: WTI/Brent spread Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from JVIL: Can we get an update on corn? Question from Alan Mayne: What's it going to take to bump WTI volatility back into the 2016 range? Question from TLOCA4: How do I find the quickskew setting on quikstrike? I checked www.cmegroup.com/twio and I can't find it. Am I on the right page?

Topics this week include: WTI/Brent spread QuikSkew Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Sellopod - Why do you not promote or discuss the liquidity and cost-effectiveness for the end user of the big S&P option pit? Question from Angelo - I day-trade futures. What are your thoughts on trading options intraday?

Today, Nick and Mark are joined by Blu Putnam Chief Economist of CME Group. Topics this week include: The election, inauguration WTI/Brent spread QuikStrike Future Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Jeff Myers: What is the prediction for platinum options? Question from Eddy: Is the trade in crude more cautious right now, or are the bulls all in? Is it an all-in trade? Question from Sean: When it come to currency options, is there a market, like Euro, that trades more smoothly?

In this episode of This Week in Futures Options, your hosts discuss: What in the heck is happening in the WTI/Brent spread? The crazy trade of the week The QuikSkew view What's happening in WTI volatility? Futures options feedback: What do you want the hosts to discuss? Roger asks, why can't I find a broker that offers trading on ethanol options? #sad #mad Cooper wants to know about copper. Real Justin thinks gold will continue to run up until the inauguration.

Topics in our 2016 Year In Review include: Soybeans, Corn, Wheat Brexit Gold Election Day 2016 Crude Oil/WTI Rates/Eurodollar

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