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OBC 101: WHY ARE PUTS SO $%S! EXPENSIVE!?! HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: DAN PASSARELLI, MARKET TAKER MENTORING BASIC TRAINING: WHY ARE PUTS SO EXPENSIVE VOLATILITY COMPONENT OF AN OPTIONS PRICE INVESTMENT SKEW S&P 500 VOLATILITY SKEW COMMODITIES SKEW MAIL CALL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT VOLUME CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS STOCKS AND CHICAGO BEING THE HOME OF THE DERIVATIVES MARKET.

OIR Interviews: The Return of the Mini Vix with Cboe On this episode, Mark is joined by: Arianne Criqui, SVP Head of DERIVATIVES and Global Client Services, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: The rise of retail options traders during the pandemic What an options trading floor looks like in the middle of a pandemic The new mini-VIX futures at Cboe Why VIX futures volume has languished during a very volatile period for the markets If VIX futures need a return of XIV or launch of SVIX to get volume back to 2018 levels How CBOE views the dramatic election "bump" in VIX futures The new CMEGroup volatility product And much more.

THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 73: HUNTING CRYPTO MANIPULATORS CRYPTO HOT SEAT GUEST: TRAVIS SCHWAB, CEO OF EVENTUS SYSTEMS DOES EVENTUS SYSTEMS DO? DISCUSSING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH DIGITAL ASSET/CRYPTO EXCHANGES WHAT HAS THIS PAST SIX MONTHS BEEN LIKE FROM A SURVEILLANCE PERSPECTIVE AMIDST RECORD VOLUME AND VOLATILITY? ARE THERE ANY INTERESTING CHALLENGES POISED BY THE CRYPTO MARKET? IS THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THE SAME IN THE CRYPTO SPACE? IS THIS A PIVOT INTO CRYPTO OR JUST A NEW BUSINESS LINE? WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE FROM EVENTUS? AND MUCH MORE BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT BITCOIN OPTIONS AND FUTURES VOLUME, VOLATILITY, TRADING ACTIVITY AND SKEW BREAKDOWN DEREBIT, CME BITCOIN FUTURES AND BAKKT FUTURES THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT HOT CRYPTO OPTIONS MARKET AND THE BTC VIX

OPTION BLOCK 929: MASTERS OF THE TRADING UNIVERSE 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 ANOTHER GREEN START TO THE WEEK VIX: 22.65 - DOWN .325 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 109.2 - DOWN 6.3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 24.5 - DOWN .6 FROM LAST SHOW MOST ACTIVE INDICES AND MOST ACTIVE OPTIONS LOTS OF HEDGING IN AAPL EARNINGS: BBY, INTU, DELL ODD BLOCK CRAZY VOLUME IN LB OMC PUT PALOOZA GPS CALL LOVE MAIL BLOCK DISCUSSING YOUR QUESTIONS ON NVDA CALLS AND TSLA CALLS AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

VOLATILITY VIEWS 411: ELECTION VOLATILITY - WORTH IT OR WASTE OF MONEY? HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: TOM JARCK, MIAX EXCHANGE VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS SLIGHTLY IN THE GREEN TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 23.15 - UP .15 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 22.5 - UP .5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 114 - UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW MGEX TO JOIN MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON NVDA, BABA, BBY VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE NEW VOLQ AND THE OTC VOL NETWORK VS. THE LISTED VOL MARKET CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

TWIFO 213: SURGING EQUITIES, MYSTERIOUS FX, MONSTROUS METALS AND MORE HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT: DAN GRAMZA, GRAMZA CAPITAL ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND DAN DISCUSS: EQUITIES RUSSELL 2000 INDEXES SURGING FTSE RUSSELL TEAMS WITH SGX FOR MULTI ASSET DERIVATIVES PRODUCTS EQUITY VOLATILITY METALS PUZZLING COOPER PAY ATTENTION TO SILVER FX HOT OPTIONS ACTION FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK BREAKING DOWN WHEN YOU SHOULD BUY CALLS, AND WHEN YOU SHOULDN'T. DO THE GREEKS LIKE DELTA AND THETA MATTER IN THE CALCULATION?

OPTION BLOCK 928: INSANITY ABOUNDS!!! HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT VIX: 23 - UP 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 115.5 - UP 4 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 25.1 - UP .35 FROM LAST SHOW MOST ACTIVE INDICES AND MOST ACTIVE OPTIONS EARNINGS: NVDA, BABA, BBY, INTU, DELL ODD BLOCK SPX RISK REVERSAL TRADES MASSIVE SABR PUT PALOOZA ORCL CALL LOVE MAIL BLOCK DISCUSSING YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE ROBINHOOD APP, IMPLIED VOLATILITY AND MORE. AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

Options Boot Camp: The 100th Episode Spectacular HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: DAN PASSARELLI, MARKET TAKER MENTORING MAIL CALL SEGMENT TODAY WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT: FORECASTING MARKET DIRECTION COMPANY PR AND OPTIONS EXPIRATION IMPLIED VOLATILITY VS. ANALYZING THE NET COST OF THE TRADE DELTA AS A TRUE MATHEMATICAL PROBABILITY OPEN INTEREST IN THE OPTIONS MARKET HEDGING STRATEGIES BROKER REQUIREMENTS FOR OPTIONS TRADING FULL TIME OPTIONS TRADING AND MUCH MORE

OPR 327: Short-Term Speculative Play in DG On this episode, Brian first looks at last week's trade, which was buying a diagonal call spread in Home Depot (Stock Ticker: HD) going into earnings. Then he discusses this week's trade of doing a long spread in Dollar General (Stock Ticker: DG) around earnings. 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.

OIR Interviews: Talking Pandemics, FANG Plus and More with NYSE On this episode, Mark is joined by: Ivan Brown, Head of Options - NYSE Mark and Ivan discuss: How the pandemic has impacted NYSE's options markets. Handling the transition to 100% electronic markets in the midst of unprecedented global turmoil. The surprising renaissance of retail options traders in the midst of the pandemic. What the heck are Fang Plus options? Does NYSE plan to launch a VIX competitor? And much more...