WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK?

RATES

FED CUTS RATES FOR THIRD TIME THIS YEAR

FED CUT BY A QUARTER POINT
WAS EXPECTED BY THE MARKET - FEDWATCH TOOL WAS AT 95%
QUESTION FROM NEIL: What is fedwatch saying now about cut in Dec?
QUESTION FROM NTILL: Did you guy see the recent issue with eurodollar quotes? Maybe this is what's driving some of the volume in the options lately? RE: THIS STORY - Futures Exchange Reins In Runaway Trading Algorithms

EQUITIES

WTI

NAT GAS

METALS

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

QUESTION FROM JAKE: Why do products like dairy and iron ore that move quite a bit have such light or nonexistent options volume?
QUESTION FROM LILEANTHAL: What's the answer as to why weekly WTI options don't trade?
QUESTION FROM BEAMS: I think the long-term russell 2000 put trader is a seller taking advantage of inflated put skew to generate higher premiums than comparable spy strikes. Thoughts?
QUESTION FROM ELTIM: Do you buy that metals only selloff when the calls are bid?

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 19 2018