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HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MOST ACTIVE INDICES AND MOST ACTIVE OPTIONS DEBATING THE GREAT UNION OF TSLA AND BITCOIN EARNINGS: HAS, CSCO, LYFT, MAT, TWTR, GM, KO, UA, UBER, ZNGA, PEP, DIS ODD BLOCK USB CALL LOVE REVIEW EGO CALL LOVE REVIEW SIRI CALL LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK HOW TO TRADE HEDGED RISK REVERSALS MAIL BLOCK ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SHORT INTEREST AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, EQ DERIVATIVES VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS GREEN TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 21.65 - DOWN 13.5 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 21 - DOWN 14.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 107.52 - DOWN 35.48 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY GAMESTOP DISCUSSION WITH RUSSELL RHOADS LIKELIHOOD OF A VIX SHORT SQUEEZE EARNINGS VOLATILITY IN QCOM, EBAY, PYPL, GRUB, DIS VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL DISCUSSING THE DEBACLES IN THE OPTIONS MARKETS AND SHOULD WE FORGET ABOUT VIX CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT: TODD COLVIN, AMBROSINO BROTHERS ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND MATT DISCUSS: THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS THIS WEEK IN FUTURES OPTIONS METALS / SILVER & GOLD EQUITIES / RUSSELL 2000 ENERGY / NAT GAS RATES / EURODOLLARS AND MUCH MORE FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK DISCUSSING REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMODITIES.

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT DEMAND DERIVATIVES: ROBERT KRAUSE AND DON SCHLESINGER TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MOST ACTIVE INDICES AND MOST ACTIVE OPTIONS THE SILVER SHORT SQUEEZE THAT WASN'T EARNINGS: EBAY, GRUB, YUM, PTON, SNAP, WWE ODD BLOCK BXMT CALL OVERWRITE REVIEW ZNGA CALL LOVE REVIEW NUVA CALL LOVE MAIL BLOCK ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SHORT SQUEEZES AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

Brian kicks things off by looking at his skip strike butterfly trade in Alphabet last week (Ticker Symbol: GOOGL). Then he does a rinse and repeat with another skip strike trade in Alphabet. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want 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 and Dan share their thoughts on the GameStop aftermath including how Dan's trade worked out, what his students having been saying about the situation, thoughts on how broker dealers handled the situation, thoughts on the attempts at a silver squeeze and much more. This episode is brought to you by DEMAND DERIVATIVES. Learn more about their innovative new crowdfunding campaign at www.DemandDerivatives.com

On this episode we are joined by: Jim Toes, CEO & President, Securities Traders Association Mark and Jim discuss: How did short sellers build up over 100% short interest in Gamestop? Was the options market maker exemption to blame for the massive short interest in Gamestop? Do we need new stock loan regulations to prevent this in the future? Why did so many brokers bungle the messaging around Gamestop-related trading adjustments? How is the retail revolution reshaping the financial markets? How does STA view the exploding crypto market? and much more...

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: JON PEARLSTONE, CRYPTO PATTERNS BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT BITCOIN OPTIONS AND FUTURES VOLUME, VOLATILITY, TRADING ACTIVITY AND SKEW BREAKDOWN COULD BITCOIN BE THE NEXT GAMESTOP BITCOIN FUTURES VOLATILITY THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE HOW WILL ETHER FUTURES FROM CME IMPACT THE MARKETS WILL ETHEREUM CRASH ONCE THE FUTURES LAUNCH DISCUSSING THE FAILED SHORT SQUEEZE IN RIPPLE CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL SHORT SQUEEZE IN CRYPTO AND DOGECOIN INTEREST

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MOST ACTIVE INDICES AND MOST ACTIVE OPTIONS THE CURRENT SILVER SHORT SQUEEZE THE DOLLAR IS THE MOST CURRENT SHORT TRADE LATEST ON GME - WHY AREN'T THEY ISSUING MORE SHARES ODD BLOCK REVIEW STNE CALL OVERWRITES REVIEW MLCO LINE IN THE SAND PUTS REVIEW WES PUT LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK HOW TO FIND YIELD IN A VOLATILE MARKET AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, OPTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GUEST HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT THE BUZZ THOUGHTS ON CURRENT MARKET ENVIRONMENT EARNINGS SEASON VOLATILITY 2020 IN REVIEW EARNINGS SEASON EXPECTATIONS FOR 2021 RECORD YEAR IN OPTIONS ACCORDING TO OCC ADVISORS FRUSTRATED BY SERVICE DELAYS/OUTAGES WITH BROKERS HOW ADVISORS ARE WORKING WITH CRYPTO OPTIONS 101: SHORT SQUEEZES HOW TO AVOID GETTING CLIENTS CAUGHT IN RAMPANT SHORT SQUEEZES WHEN SELLING OPTIONS