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TCR 36: CHINA....WTH? HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT CHINA TALKS UP BLOCKCHAIN - President Xi Says China Should 'Seize Opportunity' to Adopt BlockchainCRYPTO UP OVER $1200 FROM LAST SHOW - MASSIVE NEARLY $3K POINT RANGE ON THE WEEK: HIGH OF THE WEEK: $10,071 ON FRIDAY 10/25 - 1MTH HIGH LOW OF THE WEEK: $7363 ON THURS 10/24 BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: HIGHER AT 75.4% FROM 60% 30 DAY IMPLIED HIT A RECENT LOW OF 55% LAST WEEK THEN SURGED UP TO 95% RIGHT NOW HOVERING AT ABOUT 83.5% BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT STRONG VOLUME WEEK 10/24 - 123M 10/25 - 75M 10/27 - 44.6M OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK DEC OTM PUT STUPID? BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE SUPER BACKWARD IN FRONT CONTRACT BTC CALL/PUT RATIO DOWN TO 40% FROM 58.5% BTC OPEN INTEREST UP TO $514M FROM $443M CME BTC FUTURES STRONG VOLUME DAY/WEEK THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH: DOWN $4 THIS WEEK HUGE RANGE THIS WEEK HIT $158 ON 10/23 HIT $194 ON 10/25 RIPPLE XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD LTC UP APPROX. $2 FROM LAST WEEK LOW OF $48.5 HIGH OF $62.22 BITCOIN CASH UP OVER $40 FROM LAST WEEK LOW OF APPROX. $205 HIGH OF NEARLY $277 CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT COMMENT FROM ART: Dude China wtf?! QUESTION FROM TGINCHK: Why is the crypto market losing its mind over china this week? How the heck can China adopt blockchain when their entire approach is contrary to the open ethos of crypto? QUESTION FROM DELETOR: Any talk of Bakkt options? QUESTION FROM NEXTGEN: Will the Bakkt consumer app turn the page on the volume?

OB 850: The Greatest Day In Market History HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: The Last Emperor Konstantin Vrandopulo, Trading Strategy Desk, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT THE RALLY CONTINUES - HAPPY BEST DAY IN MARKET HISTORY - From a statistical standpoint, Oct. 28 is the day that, on average, has produced the best gain for the S&P 500 over the past seven decades. VIX 13 VVIX: 86.5- VXX: 19.95 FIDELITY REVIEW: MSFT/ TSLA/ AMD/ BAC EARNINGS SEASON IS BACK BABY!!! Monday - AT&T, Spotify TODAY AFTER THE BELL: Hexo, Beyond Meat, Alphabet, TMobile Tuesday - Shopify, Merck, GrubHub, Pfizer, GM, AMD, Herbalife Nutrition Wednesday - GE, Sony, CME Group, Apple, FB, Lyft, Etsy, Starbucks Thursday - WWE, Funko, Pinterest, Marathon, Abiomed Friday - Alibaba, Chevron, ExxonMobil, abbvie ODD BLOCK LETS SEE HOW THOSE JNPR EARNINGS PUTS WORKED OUT GLW LINE-IN-THE-SAND PUTS IROBOT POST-EARNINGS PUT LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK LET'S TALK ABOUT COLLARS AROUND THE BLOCK ANDREW/MARK - WHAT'S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? MIKE - WHAT'S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? FIDELITY HOT SEAT - Alphabet and FB earnings, Fed on Wednesday

VV 374: The Great Earnings Volatility Breakdown HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, ORATS VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT EARNINGS/TRADE WAR/BREXIT OPTIMISM IS BACK SPIKES: 13.50 - DOWN 1.1 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 13.0 - DOWN 1.6 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 84 - DOWN 6 PTS FROM LAST SHOW VIX FUTURES CURVE: STILL IN CONTANGO SPIKES FUTURES EARNINGS VOLATILITY HOT VOLATILITY TRADES SPIKES OPTIONS VIX OPTION VXX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM PATRIC: If I want to buy an option during earnings season should I buy it early or right before the announcement? QUESTION FROM DISL: Does VIX really have a skew? CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK? MARK: 13.55 MEATBALL - 12.67 MATT - 12

What is technical analysis and how can it be used to establish directional options strategies? Join host Ed Modla and Dan Gramza, President of Gramza Capital Management, as they discuss market structure, analysis of price movements and ways to put it together with an options strategy. Later, in Tools, Resources and Good Reads, Ed shares an OIC tool that may help you evaluate market moves.

TWIFO 174: Dairy Action And Mysterious Metals Skew HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CME HOT SEAT GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, TABB GROUP WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK? DAIRY MARKET Things are rocking in the dairy market. EQUITIES MARKET BACK IN RALLY MODE. VIX: 13.8 - DOWN .5PTS FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 86.5- DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 20.6 - DOWN .2 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 17.68 - ALMOST UNCHD FROM LAST WEEK VIX/RVX SPREAD: 3.9 - SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN LAST WEEK CRUDE OIL ? METALS Gold and Silver Options Pointing to a Pullback? by Erik Norland CRYPTO ? FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM TIM: Can we get some FX heading into Brexit? QUESTION FROM NILES: What is fedwatch telling us ahead of fomc? Any surprises? QUESTION FROM TLLET: Does a high call skew always mean rally ahead?

OB 849: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SCUMBAGGERY HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: COLIN SONGER, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT MARKETS RALLYING AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK - MARKET SHRUGGING OFF BAD DURABLE GOODS DATA VIX: 13.8 - DOWN .5PTS FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 86.5- DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 20.6 - DOWN .2 FROM LAST SHOW FIDELITY REVIEW?: TSLA, TWTR, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN ODD BLOCK TWTR EARNINGS PUTS AND CALLS JNPR EARNINGS PUTS TPR CALL LOVE MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM KAREIM M. ABBOUDA @KMABBOUDA: @Options Why do they say "all-time-high" in apple when its less than half-way up towards all time high of $705.04 on the 28th of September 2012 COMMENT FROM Smart Option Seller @smartoptseller: If you're an options trading junkie like me, you should listen to The Options Insider @Options podcast. Great stuff! #options #optionstrading QUESTION FROM stocktodaycashtomorrow: Can you please explain how to calculate potential profit with options? AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? AMZN earnings, start eyeing fed decision on the 30th, SPX making a decision and break away from 3k, Brexit, and earnings earnings earnings

OPR 283: Taking Flight Again With BA Iron Time Flies Today we will return to the well for another round of fun Iron Time Butterflies in Boeing. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always 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.

OIR Interviews: Talking Trading Floors, Crypto and More with Cboe Mark is joined on this episode by: Arianne Criqui, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Derivatives and Global Client Services, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: What lured Arianne away from Goldman Sachs to work for Cboe. The future of crypto products at Cboe. The rise of the new CBOE trading floor. The potential to relaunch RVX for the modern era. What the options industry can do to bring more liquidity providers into the marketplace And much more...

TCR 35: Going Down Under for Crypto Derivatives HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CRYPTO HOT SEAT SEGMENT GUEST: Grant Colthup, CEO of Mine Digital What is Mine Digital? What sets mine digital apart from other crypto exchanges? What products do you currently offer? What is a retail crypto derivative? Have you seen an uptick in demand over the past six months? What types of trading activity are you seeing these days? How difficult is it to generate demand for crypto derivatives when there isn't a strong established derivatives market already in Australia? It seems like Australia is becoming a leader in the crypto space. Does it surprise you that Australia has emerged as a crypto mecca? Do you think that U.S. will follow suit? AND MORE.. BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT CRYPTO DOWN $160 FROM LAST SHOW - NEARLY $500 POINT RANGE ON THE WEEK BTC VOLATILITY 30 DAY REALIZED: UNCHD AT 60% BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT LIGHT VOLUME WEEK ONLY A FEW DAYS SLIGHTLY ABOVE $30M THIS PAST WEEK OPTIONS TRADES OVER THE PAST WEEK BUY 150 OCT 7000 PUTS BUY 100 OCT 9500 CALLS (LAST WEEK IT WAS SELLING 163 OCT 9500 CALLS) BTC VOL TERM STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY BACKWARD IN FRONT CONTRACT OTHERWISE SIMILAR TO LAST SHOW BTC CALL/PUT RATIO UP TO TO 58.5% FROM 54% CALLS STILL IN CHARGE - SLIGHTLY BTC OPEN INTEREST UP TO $443M FROM $409M CME BTC FUTURES LIGHT VOLUME DAY/WEEK THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT ETH: DOWN $13 THIS WEEK XRP - ALMOST EXACTLY UNCHD - HAD $.02 RANGE ON THE WEEK LTC - DOWN $2.5 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - UP $4 FROM LAST WEEK CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM RODRIGUEZ: What type of volumes are you seeing for the Bakkt futures so far?

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: TREY JARRELL, ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT SO MUCH FOR THE BREXIT DEAL EVERYONE HOPED FOR OVER THE WEEKEND. VIX 14.25 - UP APPROX. .25PTS FROM LAST SHOW VVIX 89.5- DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX 20.8 - DOWN .5 FROM LAST SHOW FIDELITY REVIEW?: TSLA, CMG, MSFT ODD BLOCK SE LINE IN THE SAND PUTS JCI CALL LOVE SMAR LINE IN THE SAND PUTS STRATEGY BLOCK The magic of scaling into and out of covered calls and ratio put spreads. AROUND THE BLOCK WHAT'S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK? Earnings - TSLA, CMG