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OPR 304: Covered Call vs. Cash-Secured Put Battle Royale On this episode, Brian reviews last week's successful $USO straddle trade. Then he discusses the debate of the century: selling puts vs. selling calls. 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.

Options Boot Camp 81: Pandemic Special You asked for it -you got it! Mark and Dan put the drill instructor hats back on for a special pandemic-themed episode. Options Drills Segment They start by breaking down their preferred options trades for this volatile environment. Mail Call Mark and Dan wade into the mail bag to answer your questions about theta decay, levered ETPs vs. options, the Schwab/TD merger and much more.

THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 51: HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: JASON URBAN, CEO - DRAWBRIDGE LENDING BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT BITCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE MASSIVE SELLOFF: "UNCORRELATED" BITCOIN SOLD OFF APPROX. $1900 LAST SHOW AND NOW ANOTHER APPROX. $2700 THIS WEEK SEVERAL MAJOR EXCHANGES — SAVE COINBASE AND BITSTAMP, PROMINENTLY — WERE PLAGUED BY OUTAGES OF SOME KIND THURSDAY. MOST NOTABLY, BITMEX WAS OFFLINE "FOR MAINTENANCE" FOR A TOTAL OF ONE HOUR WITH A COUPLE OF OUTAGES DURING A DAY THAT SAW HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LIQUIDATIONS. DOES CRYPTO NEED CIRCUIT BREAKERS LIKE EQUITY MARKETS? UPDATE ON DERIBIT BITCOIN OPTIONS, CME BITCOIN OPTIONS, BAKKT FUTURES BAKKT CLOSES NEW $300M FUNDING ROUND TO UNLOCK $1 TRILLION IN DIGITAL ASSETS THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM TONY: HOW IS LIQUIDITY HOLDING UP IN CRYPTO OPTIONS IN THESE CRAZY MARKETS? QUESTION FROM BITMAN: CAN YOU DISCUSS OKEX OPTIONS TRADING ON THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN PROGRAM PLEASE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINE PROGRAM? QUESTION FROM NANCE: WHY NO BAKKT PAPER?

Option Block 884: 1987 Redux...All Over Again HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT GUEST: HENRY SCHWARTZ, TRADE ALERT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT HERE WE GO AGAIN! - MARKETS HALT ON THE OPEN AND ARE DRIFTING LOWER. THE FED PUT IS MEANINGLESS: THE MARKET IS COMPLETELY IGNORING YET ANOTHER EMERGENCY FED ACTION. FED CUTS RATES TO ZERO ON THE HEELS OF MASSIVE QUANTITATIVE EASING AND AN EARLIER EMERGENCY RATE CUT. ALL OF IT HAD LITTLE EFFECT. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!: WE'RE ALL LIVING IN AN ESSENTIALLY FULLY-ELECTRONIC OPTIONS MARKET! VIX: 76.6 - UP 11.6 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 192 - UP 38 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 46 MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM MIKE WIENICK: IF THE MARKETS ARE SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND I HAVE EXPIRING IN THE MONEY PUTS THAT I BOUGHT - WHAT HAPPENS? ARE THE EXPIRING OPTIONS AUTOMATICALLY EXERCISED OR ARE DO JUST EXPIRE WORTHLESS BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS SHUTDOWN? QUESTION FROM TONY WEBER: ANY ADVICE FOR HANDLING LARGE BID/ASK SPREADS? IS IT BETTER TO SELL OPTIONS WITH THE HOPE OF THE OPTIONS EXPIRING WORTHLESS? ARE RESTING ORDERS A GOOD IDEA? QUESTION FROM NIKTIX: WHY BOTHER WITH OPTIONS WHEN I CAN GET SHORT WITH SDS? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

Volatility Views 391: Once More Unto the Breach HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: SIMON HO, CEO, T3 INDEX VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE WORST SELLOFF SINCE 1987 A HISTORIC WEEK FROM ANY PERSPECTIVE! CME CLOSED ITS TRADING FLOOR TO START THE WEEK NOW CBOE IS FOLLOWING SUIT AFTER TODAY SPIKES: 70 - UP 23 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 72.4 - UP 24 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 178.50 - UP 51.5 FROM LAST SHOW HOT VOLATILITY POSITIONS AND TRADES SPIKES VIX OPTIONS VXX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM MIKE WIENICK: IF THE MARKETS ARE SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND I HAVE EXPIRING IN THE MONEY PUTS THAT I BOUGHT - WHAT HAPPENS? ARE THE EXPIRING OPTIONS AUTOMATICALLY EXERCISED OR ARE DO JUST EXPIRE WORTHLESS BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS SHUTDOWN? CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK? MARK: 61.5 SEBASTIAN: 56.25 SIMON: 55

TWIFO 190: When Correlation Goes to One HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOT SEAT GUEST: JEFF WHITT: CO-FOUNDER, SIMPLY DERIVATIVE ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK, SEAN AND JEFF DISCUSS: CME CLOSING TRADING FLOOR DUE TO CORONAVIRUS FEARS SO MUCH RED ON THE SCREEN THIS WEEK EQUITIES: RUSSELL 2000 LEADING THE CHARGE TO THE DOWNSIDE, BEAT DOW INTO BEAR MARKET TERRITORY BY 2 DAYS ENERGY: WTI/CRUDE OIL - RUSSIA/OPEC PRICE WAR HAS ANNIHILATED CRUDE METALS: WHEN IT ALL HITS THE FAN CORRELATION GOES TO 1. GOLD POTENTIALLY UNDERPERFORMING EXPECTATIONS RATES/FX: EURODOLLAR - THE EURO WEAKENED ON THURSDAY AFTER THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCED MORE STIMULUS TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS IMPACT BUT DID NOT LOWER INTEREST RATES, WITH THE SINGLE CURRENCY FALLING TO THE DAY'S LOW AS INVESTORS RUSHED FOR DOLLARS. FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM SELAMY: WHY ARE THE SMALL CAPS BEING HIT HARDER THAN THE LARGE CAPS IN THE CORONAVIRUS STOCK MARKET SELLOFF? QUESTION FROM COLBY: WITH GOLD DOWN, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO BUY? WOULD IT BE BETTER TO BUY OPTIONS ON GOLD?

Option Block 883: 1987 Redux 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 THE BULL IS OFFICIALLY DEAD - IT WAS A GOOD RUN. OVER 11 YEARS. DOW, S&P AND NASDAQ ALL NOW OFFICIALLY IN BEAR MARKET TERRITORY. TRIGGERED CIRCUIT BREAKERS TWICE IN ONE WEEK GOLDMAN STUDIED BEAR MARKETS BACK TO 1835 VIX: 65 - UP 12 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 154 - UP 11 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 46 - UP NEARLY 11 FROM LAST SHOW TALKING $MSFT, $TSLA, $AAPL, $BA, $BAC, $AMD ODD BLOCK AGGRESSIVE LINE IN THE SAND IN CIM MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM ANGEL: DOES UNCLE MIKE STILL HAVE SHORT PUTS ON RIGHT NOW OR IS HE CANCELING ALL BULLISH EQUITY TRADES UNTIL ALL OF THIS CALMS DOWN? ALSO - FOR HIS BROAD EQUITY PORTFOLIOS DOES HE ALWAYS HAVE A HEDGE COMPONENT OR DOES HE ONLY PUT THEM ON SELECTIVELY DEPENDING ON MARKET CONDITIONS? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

OPR 303: A Rare Pandemic Straddle in USO On this episode, Brian discusses a rare pandemic-inspired long straddle in USO. 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.

THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 50: THE GREAT CRYPTO DRAWDOWN HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST CO-HOST: BILL ULIVIERI, PRINCIPAL /OWNER - CENACLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT BITCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE BITCOIN HAS PLUNGED TO TWO-MONTH LOWS SINCE SUNDAY, POSSIBLY DUE TO AN OVER-$100 MILLION LIQUIDATION BY PLUSTOKEN SCAMMERS UPDATE ON DERIBIT BITCOIN OPTIONS, CME BITCOIN OPTIONS, BAKKT FUTURES BITCOIN HAS SIX ADVANTAGES OVER GOLD THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE DISCUSSING TERNIO TOKEN CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM TAYLOR: WHAT'S UP WITH THIS SELLOFF? I THOUGHT BTC WASN'T CORRELATED? QUESTION FROM LL556: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CME BTC VOLUME SO FAR? QUESTION FROM J3DINGLE: HAVE YOU CONSIDERED RENAMING THE SHOW "THE CRYPTO DRAWDOWN" ?

Option Block 882: The Depths of Market Madness 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 THE WORLD HAS LOST ITS COLLECTIVE MIND: SAUDIS AND RUSSIA DECIDE TO RACE EACH OTHER TO THE BOTTOM IN PERHAPS THE MOST BEWILDERING PRICE WAR IN CRUDE HISTORY. NORTH KOREA DECIDES TO LAUNCH MORE MISSILES BECAUSE WHY NOT AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIGGERED AT CME AND NYSE. BLOOMBERG WRITING ABOUT 100 LOT OF VIX CALLS VIX: 53- UP 16 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 143: UP 28 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 35.35: UP 10 FROM LAST SHOW ROBINHOOD APP HAD ANOTHER OUTAGE TODAY. ODD BLOCK SIZE MAT LITS PUTS SIZE KTB LITS PUTS REVIEW LBTYK CALL LOVE MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM TONY WEBER: THE GREASYIST OF MEATBALLS, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE VIX OPTIONS STRATEGY FOR +50 VIX? DO YOU SELL ITM SHORT TERM (MAR 17) CALLS AGAINST LONG TERM CALLS? IS THIS "VIX MADE STUPID?" QUESTION FROM ILIAN: THIS IS NUTS! I'M THINKING ABOUT STARTING TO NIBBLE AT THESE LEVELS. WHAT ARE YOUR PREFERRED WAYS TO USE OPTIONS NOW TO START NIBBLING WITHOUT LOSING MY SHIRT IF THE MARKET CONTINUES CRAPPING OUT? I DON'T WANT TO JUST LOAD UP ON OVERPRICED PUTS. AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?