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Option Block 873: Revenge of the TSLA Mystery Puts HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT PANDEMIC FEARS CAN'T STOP THE BULL APPLE AND TESLA BLEW THE DOORS OFF THIS WEEK VIX: 17.3 - DOWN .2 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 101.5 - DOWN 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 15.6 - DOWN .1 FROM LAST SHOW ODD BLOCK LAST MINUTE PREMIUM HARVESTING IN MO JBL PUT LOVE SCHW CALL OVERWRITE MAIL BLOCK COMMENT FROM EDWARD ELSEWHERE: LOVE YOUR PODCASTS!! QUESTION FROM FRIENDSTER: DO YOU THINK THE WHOLE MOVE TO ZERO COMMISSIONS HAS BEEN GOOD FOR OPTIONS TRADERS? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

OPR 297: Disney Pandemic Woes Plus Amazon Earnings Butterfly On this episode, Brian explores how the Coronavirus concerns impacted his Disney Iron Condor trade from last week. Then he explores a potential earnings butterfly trade on Amazon. 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 them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

The Crypto Rundown 46: Flight to Crypto Quality This week's topics: Massive crypto rally in the face of broad market pandemic fears. What the heck is The Guppy? CME bitcoin options are live...how was the volume? Bitcoin options and futures volume, volatility, trading activity and skew breakdown. Ether options volume, volatility, trading activity and skew breakdown. Altcoin breakdown Answers to your crypto questions and more...

Option Block 872: We're Not All Going To Die HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT PANDEMIC FEARS CONTINUE TO RATTLE THE MARKET VIX: 17.5 - UP NEARLY 4 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 105 - UP OVER 11 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 15.4 - UP 1.65 FROM LAST SHOW EARNINGS: APPL, SBUX, BA, TSLA, FB, MSFT, AMZN ODD BLOCK REVIEW INTEL EARNINGS DAY CALL LOVE LVS CALL SALE/ ROLLING DOWN IN WEIRD NON-SPREAD PAPER ZNGA CALL LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK EXTRINSIC VALUE WITH OPTIONS AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

VV 385: Pandemic Volatility - Fears of a pandemic out of China spark the first major selloff of the new decade. - Surprisingly wide markets in VIX options - Forget FANG...it's all about MAGA - MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL & AMZN - October VIX futures are insanely overpriced and need to be sold immediately - Fiddy Cent gobbling up more VIX calls this week - The joys of ratio put spreads in VIX - VXX can be an infuriating mistress - Our Quarterly Earnings Volatility Breakdown - Who is winning and losing earnings season so far? - Is $AAPL earnings volatility too cheap? - Plus your questions about August VIX options, our Crystal Ball Picks and more...

TWIFO 184: Pandemics Boost Gold and Spook Crude HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOT SEAT: SCOTT BAUER, PROSPER TRADING ACADEMY ON TODAY'S EPISODE, MARK AND SCOTT DISCUSS: CMEGROUP RECORD INTERNATIONAL AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME IN 2019. MOVERS AND SHAKERS FOR THE WEEK. TRADES IN EQUITIES, CRUDE, GOLD AND SILVER. STRANGE SHIFTING NARRATIVE ON THE WEEK IN CRUDE - SUPPLY REDUCTION FROM LIBYA TO START THE WEEK AND THEN ONE-TWO PUNCH OF A SUPPLY GLUT AND DISEASE FEARS. OIL: IS MIDEAST RISK PREMIUM TOO LOW? GOLD FUTURES MARKED THEIR HIGHEST SETTLEMENT IN OVER TWO WEEKS AS THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN ASIA FED RISK-OFF SENTIMENT AMONG TRADERS, PRESSURING GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS AND U.S. BOND YIELDS, AND BOOSTING HAVEN DEMAND FOR THE PRECIOUS METAL. AND MUCH MORE...

Option Block 871: HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT VIX: 13.65 - UP 1.4 VVIX: 93.65 - UP 3.3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 13.75 - UP .35 FROM LAST SHOW ODD BLOCK INTEL EARNINGS DAY CALL LOVE CME LONG TERM PUT LOVE MEGA DHT MARCH CALL LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK CANNABIS STOCK STRATEGY AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

OPR 296: Soaring Into Disney Iron Condors On this episode, Brian reviews his tasty McDonalds butterfly trade from last week then soars into a new iron condor on Disney. 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 them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

The Crypto Rundown 45: Catching Up With ErisX In this special holiday edition of The Crypto Hot Seat - Mark is joined by: Matt Trudeau, Chief Strategy Officer - ErisX Mark and Matt discuss - Why launch physically settled futures? - Why create fractional bitcoin contracts? - Any plans to enter the bitcoin options fray? - Any plans for altcoin futures? - Are U.S. regulators becoming more crypto friendly? - Thoughts on the extremely crowded crypto trading space? -Is ErisX concerned about the impact of the TD/Schwab merger? - And more...

Volatility Views 384: Return of FiddyCent...and The Wiggles!!!! On today's episode, Mark, The Rock Lobster and special guest Simon Ho of T3 Index discuss: - The crazy VIX futures curve - Why SPIKES and VIX have disassociated - The explosive return of Fiddy Cent - The mysteries of SPX market maker delta hedging - Funky long-term VXX puts - and much more...