The Options Insider Radio Network

Ask and you shall receive! On this episode, Mark and Dan tackle all-things mini options including: WTF are mini options anyway? Weren't they delisted a few years back? Why? Don't we already have mini options on futures? Would a fractional option be better than a mini option? How the heck would a fractional option work anyway? Plus - your questions about call volatility and portfolio margin.

CRYPTO HOT SEAT GUEST: SIMON HO, T3 INDEX BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT BITCOIN OPTIONS AND FUTURES VOLUME, VOLATILITY, TRADING ACTIVITY AND SKEW BREAKDOWN DISCUSSING DEREBIT, CME BITCOIN FUTURES/OPTIONS AND BAKKT FUTURES EXPLORING THE WORLD'S FIRST BITCOIN VOLATILITY OPTIONS TRADE HOW DID BITVOL GO FROM CONCEPTION TO FIRST TRADE IN BITCOIN VOLATILITY OPTIONS IN THE SPAN OF A FEW MONTHS WHY DOES CRYPTO OPTIONS LIQUIDITY TEND TO CONGREGATE AROUND QUARTERLY EXPIRATION MONTHS THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT DISCUSSING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT LEDGERX, ADDITIONAL BITCOIN OPTIONS EXCHANGES, MINI/MICRO BITCOIN OPTIONS CONTRACTS AND THE TECHNOKING OF TESLA

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT ON THIS EPISODE MARK, UNCLE MIKE AND THE GREASY MEATBALL BREAK DOWN: THE LATEST EARNINGS VOLATILITY IN AMR, FIVE, NKE UNUSUAL OPTIONS ACTIVITY IN FTCH, VTRS WHEN IS IT AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO BUY "GARBAGE" OPTIONS ARE WE POISED FOR A RENAISSANCE OF MINI OPTIONS AND MUCH MORE...

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: SIMON HO, T3 INDEX MATRIX HOT SEAT: MATT AMBERSON, OPTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS MIXED TO END THE WEEK DISCUSSING TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY LOOKING AT A BITCOIN VOLATILITY OPTIONS TRADE THIS WEEK WITH THE CREATOR OF THE BITVOL INDEX DISCUSSING HOW TO SET UP CALENDAR SPREADS IN VIX OPTIONS LOOKING AT EARNINGS VOLATILITY IN ORCL, FSL, NKE VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT VPIKES CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK AND SEAN DISCUSS: THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS THIS WEEK IN FUTURES OPTIONS TOP VOLATILITY MOVERS EQUITIES / RUSSELL 2000 / SMALL CAPS RATES / CME FED WATCH TOOL AGS / SOYBEANS ENERGY / OIL CRYPTO / BITCOIN AND MUCH MORE

In this episode Mark, Uncle Mike, and The Rock Lobster break down: - VIX, SPX, SPY - The latest earnings trading activity in ORCL, FOSL, JD - Unusual Options Activity in GE, CSTM and QEP - Your questions about VIX and GE - And much more...

So many questions! On this episode, Mark and Dan dive into your deluge of questions about: Cash-settled options Mini/Fractional options Surprise dividend adjustments Options strategies for hot stocks Amazing options visualizers and much more...

In this episode, Brian first reviewed last week's butterfly trade in Zoom Video Communications (Ticker: ZM). Then he discussed buying a call option in Johnson & Johnson (Ticker: JNJ). The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

ON THIS EPISODE, MARK IS JOINED BY PAUL ROWADY, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, ALPHACUTION RESEARCH CONSERVATORY. MARK AND PAUL DISCUSS: WHAT IS ALPHACUTION? HOW THE ROBIN HOOD SAGA BROUGHT PFOF BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT? IS PFOF GOOD OR BAD FOR THE OPTIONS MARKET? THE SURPRISE OPTIONS MARKET RESILIENCY DURING 2O20 WHAT REALLY BROUGHT ABOUT THE IMPLOSION OF RONIN CAPITAL? WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING MORE MARKET MAKERS INTO THE OPTIONS MARKET? AND MUCH MORE...

In this episode, Mark Talks with Greg King, CEO, Osprey Funds regarding the new Osprey Bitcoin Trust, which is accessible to all US investors through traditional brokerage and IRA accounts Breaks down the latest trading activity in bitcoin and ethereum in Open Interest by type, by month, by strike Discusses BTC options volume on Deribit Looks at CME bitcoin options and futures Reviews Bakkt futures Discusses the top 10 market cap in the altcoin universe Looks at XRP, bitcoin cash, bitcoin SV and dogecoin And much more