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Volatility Views 395: A CURE FOR VOLATILITY? HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: TOM JARCK, MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP MIAX HOT SEAT: SHELLY BROWN, MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: ILYA FEYGIN, WALLACHBETH CAPITAL VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT THE CURE?: MARKET IS RALLYING TODAY OFF STRONG RESULTS FOR GILLEAD'S CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT. ALTHOUGH PERHAPS NOT THE "CURE RALLY" WE EXPECTED SPIKES: 39 - DOWN 10 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 39 - DOWN 10 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 127 - DOWN 18 FROM LAST SHOW VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM NIC: EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET LONG NOW INCLUDING STOCK SUBSTITUTION STRATS LIKE THE FIG LEAF. BUT WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT STOCK SUBSTITUTION IN VOL PRODUCTS? OR I GUESS IT WOULD BE FUTURES SUBSTITUTION INSTEAD. GREAT SHOW. QUESTION FROM NIC: I'M ONLY TRADING WEEKLIES RIGHT NOW TO AVOID WEEKEND VOLATILITY. AM I BEING PARANOID? CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

TWIFO 195: Historic Crude Supply Cuts Vs. Demand Devastation HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL ON THIS EPISODE, MARK AND SEAN DISCUSS: CME MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK MARCH CME GROUP OPTIONS REVIEW ACROSS ASSET CLASSES EQUITIES CRUDE OIL FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK COMMENT FROM OPTION SELLING MENTOR: @OPTIONS AND @CMEGROUP GREAT PROGRAM! COMMENT FROM TTO: I WISH GRAINS WERE DOING MORE SO YOU COULD DISCUSS THEM ON TWIFO. QUESTION FROM OPTIONIMUS: WITH ALL OF THE MARKET VOLATILITY THIS YEAR, WILL THE ANNUAL RECONSTITUTION BY FTSE RUSSELL STILL MOVE FORWARD IN JUNE? IF SO, DO YOU ANTICIPATE MORE CHANGES THAN USUAL IN THIS YEAR'S REVAMP? QUESTION FROM GENJI3: WHY DO YOU DO TWIFO 30 MINUTES AFTER THE OPTION BLOCK PROGRAM? WHY NOT BACK TO BACK? THX AND LOVE ALL THAT YOU DO. 5 STARS! QUESTION FROM MULVY: IS CME FLOOR GONE IN THE NEXT YEAR? QUESTION FROM BIG TODD: WHY IS DAIRY ALWAYS IN THE TOP 5 THESE DAYS? WHAT'S CAUSING THIS VOLATILITY? QUESTION FROM TURKINSTOCK: I AM AN OPTIMIST LIKE SEAN. HOPING THIS CORONAVIRUS STOPS CAUSING DAMAGE TO OUR ECONOMY. SHOULD I BET ON A SUSTAINED REBOUND IN RUSSELL 2000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR?

Option Block 893: Reverse Splits and Painful Legos 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 LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTED MORE THAN 5 MILLION NEW UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AND A STIMULUS PLAN TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS RAN OUT OF CASH THURSDAY. U.S. DEATHS SPIKED TO A DAILY HIGH OF ALMOST 2,500. VIX: 42.3 - DOWN .7 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 133 - DOWN 6 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 41 - DOWN .3 FROM LAST SHOW ODD BLOCK CHK LONG TERM OTM PUTS DVAX CALL OVERWRITE REVIEW HGV MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM THEGRATE: DOES ANYONE OFFER A PRE-EARNINGS STRADDLE BASKET THAT YOU CAN BUY TO TRADE A LARGE NUMBER OF EVENTS AT ONCE? TELL TS I SIGNED UP THIS WEEK. QUESTION FROM MACK: DO LONG STRADDLES STILL WORK HERE? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

OBC 82: Talking Time Spreads, Short Puts and Micromarkets HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: DAN PASSARELLI, MARKET TAKER MENTORING. NASDAQ HOT SEAT: TONY ZHANG, OPTIONSPLAY Mark, Tony and Dan discuss whether long straddles still work, the proper way to structure time spreads in this environment, short puts vs. credit call spreads, selling puts in USO and much more.

OPR 309: Betting On Big Crude Movement With MRO Straddle On this episode, we are looking at a straddle in Marathon Oil Corporation (ticker symbol MRO). You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 55: The Great Crypto Inflection Point HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: Jon Pearlstone, CryptoPatterns BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT BITCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE BITCOIN FUTURES VOLUME ON CME AND BAKKT FELL SHARPLY IN MARCH WINKLEVOSS: BITCOIN FACES CORONAVIRUS 'INFLECTION POINT' AMID OIL WOES THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM CHARLIE: WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNICAL INDICATOR FOR BITCOIN QUESTION FROM LUCHA T: WHY ARE WE SEEING SUCH LIGHT CRYPTO VOLUME RIGHT NOW? COMMENT FROM SPLASHOUT: GREAT PROGRAM. I TUNE IN EVERY MONDAY. (THUMBS UP EMOJI) QUESTION FROM SMALL: DO YOU THINK THIS VIRUS WILL CAUSE SOME OF THE SMALLER CRYPTO EXCHANGES TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS?

Option Block 892: Naked Cowboys and Impressive Bench Presses 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 OPEC FINALLY MAKES A DEAL GOLDMAN SAYS WORST IS OVER VIX: 43 - UP .25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 139 - DOWN 1 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 41.3 - DOWN 1 FROM LAST SHOW EARNINGS SEASON IS BACK ODD BLOCK UNP CALL SALE GD CALL WRITE SWCH CALL WRITE STRATEGY BLOCK HOW TO OUTLINE THE PROPER OBJECTIVES FOR YOUR PORTFOLIOS USING OPTIONS MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM STIPOD: HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ANY MORE MARKET MAKERS BLOWING UP OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

TWIFO 194: Trade Futures Or Be Stuck In The Past HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT GUEST CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, ANDREW AND MIKE DISCUSS: CME MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK EQUITIES CRUDE OIL METALS: GOLD AND SILVER FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM COCL: WHEN YOU SEE THAT THE CALL SKEW IN A STOCK IS BID OVER THE PUTS IS THAT A SIGN THAT YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SELL THAT SKEW?

Option Block 891: Whispers Of Stimulus Scare Away Pandemic Shadows HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO-HOST: ANDREW ROCCO, TRADESTATION TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL OUT OF NEW YORK MORE TERRIBLE JOBLESS CLAIMS NUMBERS FORMER FED CHAIR BERNANKE PREDICTS GDP COULD DROP 30% GE & STARBUCKS ALREADY WARNING ABOUT EARNINGS BUT WE'RE STILL RALLYING! MARKET REALLY LIKES NEW FED STIMULUS: $2.3T MORE VIX: 42.75 - DOWN 1.5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 140 - DOWN 6 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 42.3 - DOWN .3 FROM LAST SHOW ODD BLOCK CORONAVIRUS INSPIRED ABT PAPER LBTYK PUT LOVE NLSN PUT LOVE MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM TRADESTATION CLIENTS: WHAT ARE SOME KEY THINGS YOU WOULD TELL EQUITIES TRADERS LOOKING TO MAKE THE MOVE TO OPTIONS? QUESTION FROM TONY WEBER ON MIXLR CHAT: WHAT IS THE SIMPLE VIX EQUATION? VIX EQUATION "MADE EASY"? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

On this episode, we are selling a put spread with the intention of buying the stock in Allstate Corporation (stock symbol ALL). You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, and on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.