
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 9, 2024 • 55min
TWIFO 401: Head-Scratching Silver Puts and the Death of Volatility
We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (nat gas, crude oil), metals (silver) and ags (Chicago wheat). With your host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network And CME Hot Seat guest: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading

May 3, 2024 • 14min
TWIFO 400: Live from the Options Industry Conference 2024
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.

Apr 25, 2024 • 37min
TWIFO 399: The Thief In the Night Makes His Escape
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 ags (class III milk, Chicago wheat, corn) and metals (silver).

Apr 18, 2024 • 60min
TWIFO 398: Let's Talk Metals, Crypto and Crude!
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management Mark and Dan discuss: The movers and shakers in the futures options markets this week The movers in CVOL this week The price action and the fundamentals in copper The puts lighting up the tape in silver The fixatation with crude oil right now And much more

Apr 11, 2024 • 59min
TWIFO 397: Getting Shiny and Explosive
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading Academy Mark and Scott discuss: The action in nat gas Gold and silver moving in CVOL And much more

Apr 4, 2024 • 56min
TWIFO 396: It's All About the Metals Baby
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business - Indiana University Mark and Russell take a deep dive into metals (gold, silver, copper) this week as they are moving the futures options markets and the CVOL indexes this week.

Mar 28, 2024 • 46min
TWIFO 395: Let's Talk About Nat Gas, Live Cattle, Corn 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 (nat gas, WTI) and ags (live cattle, corn).

Mar 21, 2024 • 1h 3min
TWIFO 394: Our Man In Japan
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management Mark and Dan discuss: The movers and shakers in the futures options markets this week The movers in CVOL this week A rare detour into the world of FX this week with a deep dive into YEN/USD and the Nikkei All of the options activity in WTI

Mar 14, 2024 • 1h
TWIFO 393: The Head-Scratching World of FX
Rich Excell from Gies College of Business joins to discuss FX options activity, volatility, and skew changes in products like MXN Rates and 3M SOFR Energy. Topics include trading strategies for the Mexican peso, market bottoms in energy, synthetic calls, zero-day options trading insights, and options volume growth.

Mar 7, 2024 • 56min
TWIFO 392: Chasing Gold, Stealing Silver and Losing Lithium
On this episode we are joined by: Carley Garner, Senior Analyst and Broker, DeCarley Trading Mark and Carley use the QuikStrike and CVOL tools to discuss interesting options activity, volatility and skew changes in the following products: Nat Gas Gold Silver E-mini Nasdaq 100 and more...