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OB 831: OPTIONS AS AN EXIT STRATEGY HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, OPTION PIT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: TREY JARRELL, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK THE TRADING BLOCK MARKETS OFF TO THE RACES TODAY VIX 17:15 - DOWN 4.5 FROM LAST SHOW - VVIX: 103 - DOWN 10 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 26.5 - DOWN 3.5 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW MARK/ANDREW REVIEW? MIKE REVIEW? WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY - FADING APPLE AND MSFT RALLIES TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN AND MORE… THE ODD BLOCK RVLV LINE IN THE SAND PUTS FUNKY CNC RATIO TIME BULLISH RR MERGER ARB COVERED CALL IN PVTL STRATEGY BLOCK USING OPTIONS AS AN EXIT STRATEGY MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM ADAM SAM: Hello, i notice interesting option action happening at 1 pm EST... almost everyday.. is there a reason known for that? AROUND THE BLOCK What is on our radar for the rest of the week? - Yield curve madness, JACKSON HOLE, HD/LOW EARNINGS and more...

Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, Option Pit MIAX Hot Seat Guest: Shelly Brown, EVP, Miax Options Guest Co-Host: Simon Ho, CEO, T3 Index VOLATILITY REVIEW Update on the latest trades, trends and developments in the world of volatility including: What the heck is happening this week? VIX cash, Spikes,VIX Futures and VVIX overview. VIX options breakdown - strong volume week Spikes options breakdown - Massive 1x2 roll Why does the premium evolve between SPIKES and VIX? And much more... VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL COMMENT FROM HATTIME: $6 for a Jan ATM put in VXX? I don't think so. COMMENT FROM APROPOSS0:Love the show. Checked out the VXX downside after your recent episodes. Damn is that sh$t expensive! How can you make money buying that stuff QUESTION FROM ALLISON: What do you guys think of the MOVE index as a measure of volatility? THE CRYSTAL BALLWhere will VIX/SPIKES be next week? MARK: 18.50 Meatball: 16.75 SIMON: 17.33

HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL CME HOTSEAT GUEST: RICK ROSENTHAL - DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FTSE RUSSELL INDICES - Cboe EQUITIES VIX 21.60 - UP 4 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 113 - UP 13 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 24.25 - UP OVER 3.5 PTS FROM LAST WEEK VIX/RVX SPREAD - 2.65 - TIGHTER BY .35 POINT FROM LAST WEEK EARNINGS SEASON DRIVING MORE VOLUME IN MICRO EMINI FUTURES WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS THIS WEEK? CRUDE OIL OIL FALLS AGAIN TODAY AFTER TAKING A DRUBBING YESTERDAY AGS CORN ANNIHILATED THIS WEEK FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM DORN2: Any updates on premium harvesting strats in the russell 2000 right now? - Is put selling still the way to go? QUESTION FROM ITMTIM: Has RVX ever dipped below VIX? Thx for such a fun show. Especially enjoyed the recent #hoglove. QUESTION FROM PRIME3: Are there any plans to bring back RVX? Seems like a great time to have a product on russell 2000 volatility? QUESTION FROM NELLY: Does the big recon have any impact on russell 2000 volatility?

OB 830: Paddington's Revenge HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: COLIN SONGER, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK THE TRADING BLOCK WHAT A WILD WEEK - YIELD CURVE INVERSIONS AND CHINESE/GERMAN ECONOMIC WEAKNESS SPARK WORST SELLOFF OF THE YEAR - HOT ON THE HEELS OF ONE OF THE BEST RALLIES OF THE YEAR. MARKETS ARE UNCERTAIN TODAY AFTER SUCH A DRUBBING YESTERDAY VIX: 21.60 - UP NEARLY 2 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 113 - UP 9 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 29.85 - UP 2 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW MARK/ANDREW REVIEW? MIKE REVIEW? WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY - GE, CSCO, AMZN, AAPL, CGC TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN AND MORE… THE ODD BLOCK GE ROLLING DOWN ITM PUTS CBS CALL LOVE AEM PUT LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK How to adjust when positions move against you. AROUND THE BLOCK What is on our radar for the rest of the week? - Watch this wild ride around yield curve, China/US back and forth, Hong Kong protests

OPR 273: TRADING CATASTROPHE PUTS IN APPLE On this episode, we'll use our Playbook knowledge to protect against a catastrophe in Apple (ticker: AAPL) using puts. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, in 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.

OB 829: Trainspotting With the Fresh Prince HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, OPTION PIT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: KONSTANTIN VRANDOPULO, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK THE TRADING BLOCK VIX: 19.90 - UP 2.3 FROM LAST SHOW - VVIX: 104.5- UP NEARLY 5 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 27.80 - UP 1.3 POINT FROM LAST SHOW MARK/ANDREW REVIEW? MIKE REVIEW? WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY - ROKU, AMD and UBER. TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN AND MORE… THE ODD BLOCK LTHM PUT LOVE IN HARD TO BORROW STOCK ATHM LINE IN THE SAND PUTS YPF CALL LOVE STRATEGY BLOCK Going deep with Fidelity talking skip strike put butterflies AROUND THE BLOCK What is on our radar for the rest of the week? - Upcoming earnings (M, WMT, BABA), CPI data Tuesday morning and a slew of econ data on Thursday.

Exploring Crypto Regulation With The Crypto Mom HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST: Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner How do you feel about the markets dubbing you the "Crypto Mom." What will it will take for the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF? Do you think we need the ETF to finally bring the crypto markets in the US into the mainstream? Many of our guests are worried that the US is starting to fall behind the rest of the world from a crypto regulatory perspective. Do you share that concern? What are your thoughts on the current bitcoin futures market? Do we need approval levels for ETPs similar to the approval levels for options? Will we ever see an inverse volatility product again or are those days behind us? And much more...

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST: Jeremie Bacon, CEO, Imagineer Technology Group Provide our listeners with an overview of your background in the financial technology space. What is Imagineer Technology Group? Tell us about your 3 different product offerings. What is Clienteer Web? Do you notice any unique challenges within your different niches (hedge funds, venture funds, private equity) or are they effectively the same from a software design point of view? When a fund reaches out to you, what is the #1 thing that they are looking for? Marketing? IR Documentation? What is the big driver? Do you notice any particular unique needs for the institutional players in the derivatives space vs. traditional equities? They say the fund management software industry is booming. Why is that? What is driving that growth? What can we do to grow the alts pie and get more funds into alts? What are you seeing in the institutions and crypto markets? What is the latest with the Illinois Technology Association? And much more...

The Crypto Rundown 27: Catching Up With The Crypto Mom HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT Goldman Sachs Analysts' Slide Suggests Now's a Good Time to Buy. Gemini Exchange Data Is Being Added to CME's Crypto Indices. BTC Volatility 30 day realized: almost unchdc from 95% down to 93.80%. BTC Options Volume on Deribit pretty much every day below $30M again. BTC vol term structure reverse of last week. BTC call/put ratio peaked at 73.4% on 6/17. Staying around 55.2% from 54.4% last week BTC OI down slightly to $528M from $533M - down from a record $635M a few weeks ago. CME BTC Futures - another light volume day today. THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT TOP 10 COINS BY MARKET CAP? ETH - down over $2O from last show XRP - down nearly $.05 from last week - broke the pivotal $.30 level LTC - down nearly $13.50 from last week since we hit the halving mark BITCOIN CASH - down nearly $20 from last week THE CRYPTO HOTSEAT GUEST: Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner BACKGROUND? How do you feel about the markets dubbing you the "Crypto Mom." What will it will take for the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF? Do you think we need the ETF to finally bring the crypto markets in the US into the mainstream? Many of our guests are worried that the US is starting to fall behind the rest of the world from a crypto regulatory perspective. Do you share that concern? What are your thoughts on the current bitcoin futures market? Do we need approval levels for ETPs similar to the approval levels for options? Will we ever see an inverse volatility product again or are those days behind us? And much more...

Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, Option Pit MIAX Hot Seat Guest: Henry Schwartz, Trade Alert VOLATILITY REVIEW Update on the latest trades, trends and developments in the world of volatility including: Trade war back in the hot seat. VIX cash, Spikes,VIX Futures and VVIX overview. VIX options breakdown - strong volume week Spikes options breakdown - OI pretty much unchanged from last week VXX options breakdown VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM FOLEY: You guys are like swammys with that vvix thing. You call it every time! The second it gets close to 70 it explodes. I think thats the best indicator i've seen in some time. What are the best ways to take advantage of it? Just load up on vix calls? THE CRYSTAL BALL - Where will VIX/SPIKES be next week? Mark: 16.75 Andrew/Meatball: 15.13 Henry: 16.25