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Options news you can use for Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Riding the Growing Wave of Digital Tokens We are joined on this episode by Kapil Rathi the COO of Alphapoint. Crypto Hotseat Segment Mark and Kapil discuss: Overview of Alphapoint Using digital tokens to bring liquidity to illiquid assets like real estate and private equity Is institutional crypto demand growing or shrinking? Is the U.S. being beaten in the crypto regulatory race by other countries? What happened with the CBOE bitcoin futures? And much more Bitcoin Breakdown Segment Analyzing Bitcoin volume, volatility, skew, price action and much more. The Altcoin Universe Segment Analyzing price action and market cap in Lightcoin, Ether, XRP, Bitcoin Cash and more. Crypto Questions Segment Answering your questions about crypto regulation and more...

TRADING BLOCK VIX : 17.5, VVIX: 92 Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Monday, June 3: 1. Risk aversion escalates amid trade threats 2. Global manufacturing in contraction ahead of U.S. ISM 3. Apple preps for WWDC 4. Boeing warns of defective parts 5. Google slumps after network congestion caused outage Earnings Monday - Box Tuesday - GameStop, salesforce Wednesday - Stitch Fix, Campbell Soup Company, Vera Bradley, ABM Thursday - Beyond Meat, Ciena ODD BLOCK Puts list in (GES) Call love in (DOCU) Below bid puts in Tallgrass Energy Lp (TGE) STRATEGY BLOCK Trey discusses lower cost alternatives when hedging AROUND THE BLOCK

On Strategy Spotlight, host Joe Burgoyne sits down with Senior Specialist Bill Ryan, a show regular and familiar voice from the OCC Investor Services desk. Together, they'll discuss bull call spreads and when an investor might want to employ this event-targeted strategy. Then, Joe will take listener questions on strike prices and the options market.

Options news you can use for Monday, June 3, 2019.

Our guest today is Chen Fang, Co-Founder & CEO of Lumina. Mark and Chen discuss: - What is Lumina? - How is Lumina bridging the gap between the traditional financial market and the exploding crypto markets? - Are VC firms still interested in funding crypto startups these days? - How do you sift through the mountains of data to find the true cost basis of your trades? - Why is so much of the crypto space still running on Excel spreadsheets? - Is cyber security the chief concern for any new crypto-oriented startup? - Why are there still so many problems with the data sources in the crypto market? - And much more...

Making Crypto Accountable With Lukka Our guest today is Jeremy Drane the Chief Commercial Officer at Lukka. Mark and Jeremy discuss: An overview of Lukka Is it even possible to bring crypto in-line with modern accounting and auditing standards? What are the biggest risks posed by crypto right now? What is in store for the institutional side of the crypto market? And much more...

Talking Crypto Algos with AlgoTraderOur guest today is Andy Flury, Founder and CEO of AlgoTrader. Mark and Andy discuss: What is AlgoTrader? What is happening on the algo front in crypto? Are we seeing the same degree of algo penetration in the crypto market that we see in equities or options? What types of algos are popular in the crypto market? And much more...

VOLATILITY VIEWPOINT Guests: Jimmy Heinz - Equity Volatility Trader, Gelber Group & Brendan Carter, Equity Volatility Trader, Gelber Group VOLATILITY REVIEW Trade war - Trump decided China wasn't enough and picked a new trade war with Mexico SPIKES - 18.5, up 2-points from last show. VIX Cash - 18.5, 2.25-points higher than last week. VVIX - 94.5, 2.5-points higher than last show VIX Options - ADV: 708K VXX - 30.5, 2.5-points higher than last week VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL Question from Cap Wulf - Looks like the dark days of VIX are finally over? Thoughts on the outcome? Do you agree with the judges decision? Question from Michael Paige - I've heard your discussions about inverse volatility products and how we probably won't see another one anytime soon. I find myself wondering how you could even construct one of those products int he modern era that would pass regulatory muster? All of them have an embedded function that they can effectively blow out at anytime. How can any provider offer this product without also having to carry so much upside protection that it becomes far too expensive to list. But I don't see regulators allowing anything past them that has an embedded "acceleration event" in their prospectus again. CRYSTAL BALL