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HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, PRINCIPAL, OPTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CO-HOST: CHRIS HAUSMAN, PORTFOLIO MANAGER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF RISK, SWAN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS THE BUZZ THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT MARKET/VOLATILITY ENVIRONMENT CATCH US UP ON EARNINGS VOLATILITY - ANY SURPRISES SO FAR? TELL US ABOUT THIS AMAZING NEW BOOK "INVESTING REDEFINED" - Particularly this fun radio program mentioned on the dust jacket! SUMMERTIME MAIL BAG PALOOZA SEGMENT QUESTION FROM RAYBACK: Director of risk? How do I get a cool title like that? QUESTION FROM KANELLI: 1. Gun to his head - what earnings trade would matt make? 2. What happened to the earnings reports? No more straddle values or move results reports? QUESTION FROM HFL9: Would you rather see options on bitcoin futures or more futures listed on more crypto products first? QUESTION FROM LLN: What products would you like to see on the bitcoin- crypto front? QUESTION FROM JLSMITH: How important is OI when you're trading options? Are there other indicators that you focus on instead? QUESTION FROM GERRILA: What are the AO crew's thoughts on commodity volatility here? Thinking of using options to expand my client's exposure to alternatives. What are your preferred starting points? Is it as simple as buying calls or do you prefer futures or call verticals? QUESTION FROM TIM: I know you've expressed concerns about other commodity and volatility etfs like vxx and uso. What your thoughts on using gld and slv instead - my use case would be using bullish risk reversals 1-3 months out to maintain roughly 50 deltas of bullish exposure? QUESTION FROM LEONGE: Are skew premiums and discounts in gold options also reflected in options on etps that track the products like gld? Very informative program. QUESTION FROM BOBTON: Where do you think I can make the most meaningful impact to my overall portfolio with options - through income generation, option selling, hedging or speculative buying? QUESTION FROM MARK GREGG: Hello. I've discovered this program recently and found it to be a tremendous resource for myself and my clients. I'm interested in using short call options as a way to generate additional income from a portfolio of high dividend yield equities. Is this a viable approach or are there risks I should consider when adding an income stream to an equity where an income stream already exists. Thank you very much for this fine program. QUESTION FROM TOMMASSO ANDRETTI: Why don't they teach this sh$t on the CFA or Series 7? WTH?! This is actually useful unlike 99% of those exams. THE BUZZ SEGMENT EARNINGS VOLATILITY BREAKDOWN ANY INTERESTING TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS SEASON? THE QUESTION EVERYONE ASKS: WHAT WAS THE WINNER FOR THIS SEASON - LONG OR SHORT PREMIUM?

Tune in as host Ed Modla and guest Dan Keegan of Option Thinker discuss using straddles as an investment strategy, the risks and rewards, plus how certain variables can impact pricing. Then later in the show, Ed will share resources for strategy selection and answer some of your listener questions.

THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 25: We Are Not Dead Yet Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group The Crypto Hot Seat GUEST: Simon Nursey, cofounder, CORA Network Mark and Simon discuss: What is the CORA Network? The OTC market, comparison with the exchange market. Pros and cons. What do you think are the main factors holding back growth in the OTC derivatives market? Comparison of FX options market with the crypto options market. Are large institutions starting to enter the crypto market? And much more... THE BITCOIN BREAKDOWN Bitcoin dipped to $9,111 over the weekend, forming a bearish candle, despite a quick bounce back above $9,600. BTC REALIZED VOLATILITY: STILL HIGH BUT DOWN TO 122% FROM 130% BTC OPTIONS VOLUME BREAKDOWN BTC CALL/PUT BREAKDOWN. BTC OPEN INTEREST BREAKDOWN BTC FUTURES BREAKDOWN THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE CRYPTO TOP 5 MARKET CAP BREAKDOWN XRP - DOWN NEARLY ANOTHER $.01 FROM LAST WEEK ETH: DOWN $4.5 FROM LAST SHOW LTC - DOWN $2.20 FROM LAST WEEK BITCOIN CASH - UP $4 FROM LAST WEEK CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM Mark Brant: WTF is taking CME so long in getting options on BTC futures? QUESTION FROM NIKELZ: Are there different crypto products lighting up the overseas markets (ASIA, EUROPE) than the U.S. markets? QUESTION FROM HISTORYX: What are your thoughts on Libra and its potential impact on the crypto market?

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIDELITY HOT SEAT: KONSTANTIN VRANDOPULO, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK THE TRADING BLOCK MIXED DAY ON THE STREET VIX 12.65 - DOWN .35 FROM LAST SHOW - VVIX: 85 - DOWN 2.75 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 21.6 - DOWN .9 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW MARK/ANDREW REVIEW? MIKE REVIEW? WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY? TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN AND MORE… THE ODD BLOCK BUD CALL LOVE ETRN SEP CALL LOVE ZGNX CALL SALE STRATEGY BLOCK EXPLORING THE MYSTERIES OF ASSIGNMENT RISK DURING EARNINGS SEASON WITH FIDELITY. AROUND THE BLOCK What is on our radar for the rest of the week? BYND earnings today after the close, AAPL earnings 7/30/19, Fed mid week rate announcement and market reaction.

Volatility Views 362: Is the VIX Whale Back? Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group Co-Host: Andrew Giovinazzi, Option Pit Miax Hot Seat Guests: Shelly Brown, MIAX Options. VOLATILITY REVIEW Update on the latest trades, trends and developments in the world of volatility including: Rally ho on the back of strong earnings VIX cash, Spikes,VIX Futures and VVIX overview. Has FiddyCent returned to VIX? VIX options breakdown - Decent volume week Spikes options breakdown - OI pretty much unchanged from last week VXX options breakdown Earnings volatility breakdown for AMZN, GOOGL and more... VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM SHELTON: I'm sitting on some decent profits in my vxx jan puts (thx to you guys). My query is what do I do now? I'm tempted to sell them out because I'm up over 2X on the position. But my gut says there is more downside to come. However, I know from listening to you guys that an upside blip can happen between now and then which will wipe out all of my gains. What about some fairly cheap Dec or Jan OTM calls as a hedge? Put some of my gains back to work as a way to hedge the position? QUESTION FROM LLL77: What's next for spikes? THE CRYSTAL BALL Mark: 12.25/12.35 Andrew: 11.50 /11.95

TWIFO 161: Crude Skew and other Mysteries HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: NICK HOWARD, BANTIX TECHNOLOGIES CME HOTSEAT GUEST: ADAM WEBB, Founder of Macrohedged CRUDE OIL Oil ends lower as support from storm-fueled, 11 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude supplies disappears Oil futures settled lower on Wednesday, as support from a storm-induced, 11 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude supplies wore off and traders turned their attention back to concerns about weaker energy demand. U.S. crude inventories dropped by 10.8 million barrels for the week ended July 19, according to data from Energy Information Administration Wednesday, and production also edged lower, with analysts citing temporary disruptions caused by a Gulf of Mexico storm earlier this month. METALS GOLD Gold prices have lost their good gains seen earlier in the session and in overnight trade, following some stronger-than-expected U.S. economic reports. Reasons Gold trade Skew was over done Could get size on Limited risk Didn't want to play a full RR as there was silly blow out risk to 1500 So we looked at just the PSkew EQUITIES VIX 13 - DOWN 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW - THREATENED THE 12 HANDLE RECENTLY VVIX: 87.5 - UP 3 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 15.80 - DOWN .6 PTS VIX/RVX SPREAD - 2.8 - WIDER BY NEARLY A POINT FROM LAST WEEK EARNINGS SEASON DRIVING MORE VOLUME IN MICRO EMINI FUTURES FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK QUESTION FROM SHUTDL: Nick still scalping his gold gamma? QUESTION FROM crypto messi: Is WTI SKEW usefull for directional trading? COMMENT FROM @trader1906 - It won't give you buy sell signals, I have modeled some skew bends that let you know moves are over done similar to the gold one I published but no holy grail. QUESTION FROM AZERAFEL: What is the best commodity market for options traders right now. Best mix of volume, volatility and liquidity? When is Nick coming back on the show? QUESTION FROM DAZZNE: Can you explain how the fedwatch tool actually works?

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, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK THE TRADING BLOCK VIX: 13 - DOWN 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW - THREATENED THE 12 HANDLE RECENTLY VVIX: 87.5 - UP 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 22.5 - DOWN .65 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW MARK/ANDREW REVIEW? MIKE REVIEW? WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY? TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN AND MORE… THE ODD BLOCK SIZE CALL PALOOZA TODAY IN SIRI DOMTAR CORP PUT LOVE GOPRO CALL PALOOZA MAIL BLOCK QUESTION FROM Jayz - @Sheddda: I love swing trading but struggling. I have small acct n i trade options. Do you recommend 30Delta vs Atm or just trade in the money? Also 2wk options vs 30 or 60days? Thanks. QUESTION FROM Mark Bobel: do you give credit spreads picks? AROUND THE BLOCK What is on our radar for the rest of the week and going into next week? Fed, Fed, Fed... and continuing with earnings announcement. Interesting to see what comes from the China and US trade meetings.

OPR 270: SKIP STRIKE FLY BATTLE - AMZN vs GOOGLIt's time for the tech titans to face off in the battle of the Skip Strike Butterflies. Which will win - Amazon (ticker: AMZN) or Alphabet (ticker: GOOGL)? That's up to you. 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 them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group The Crypto Hot Seat GUEST: PIERCE CROSBY, GENERAL MANAGER- TRADINGVIEW Mark and Pierce discuss: What is TradingView? Is traditional technical analysis effective in crypto trading? What are the hot crypto products on the TradingView platform right now? Are large institutions starting to enter the crypto market? And much more... THE BITCOIN BREAKDOWN A COMPARATIVELY QUIET WEEK - ONLY DOWN $340 FROM FROM OUR LAST SHOW DOMINANCE: RECENTLY HIT 66% - HIGHEST SINCE APRIL 2017 This is just another example of bitcoin's increasing control over crypto. Its market dominance is at its highest in the last two years and trading of bitcoin is nearly three times higher than the next ranking cryptocurrency, ether. Is everyone reluctantly becoming bitcoin maximalists or are we about to see another altcoin rally? Bitcoin hit its lowest market dominance at 33 percent, on January 8, 2018. At that time, one bitcoin was worth just shy of $16,000–a big valuation doesn't not always equal ecosystem dominance. Over the last year and a half, however, while it's price has been cut in half, its share of the market has doubled. BTC REALIZED VOLATILITY: EXPLODING BACK UP TO 130% BTC OPTIONS VOLUME BREAKDOWN BTC CALL/PUT BREAKDOWN. BTC OPEN INTEREST BREAKDOWN BTC FUTURES BREAKDOWN BTC NEWS ROUNDUP - Bakkt Starts Testing its Bitcoin Futures Today THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE CRYPTO TOP 5 MARKET CAP BREAKDOWN XRP - ALMOST UNCHD FROM LAST WEEK AROUND $.32 ETH - DOWN $15 FROM LAST SHOW LTC - UP $1.5 TO $93 THIS WEEK BITCOIN CASH - DOWN $9 TO $306 THIS WEEK Binance Coin $30.51 up nearly 2% today CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT QUESTION FROM NELLY: Thoughts on BNB? QUESTION FROM YMAL55: Are the big banks and the rest really coming to play in crypto?

OB 822: Revenge of the High BBI 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, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK THE TRADING BLOCK MILD SELLOFF ON THE STREET TODAY VIX 14.25 - UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 84.5 - DOWN 3 FROM LAST SHOW VXX: 23.15 - DOWN .35 POINTS MARK/ANDREW REVIEW? MIKE REVIEW? WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY? TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN AND MORE... THE ODD BLOCK CALL LOVE TODAY IN: GEO PHM CLOUDERA STRATEGY BLOCK How to scan for options trades with Trey and Uncle Mike. AROUND THE BLOCK Tons of earnings on the horizon including CMG and SNAP. Get the breakdowns for them all at www.TheOptionsInsider.com