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TRADING BLOCK Trade war premium was fleeting. Most active indices - VIX: 187k, SPY: 1.23M, SPX: 515k Most active equity options - AAPL, JCI, BAC, TSLA, AMD, NIO, X, SNAP, AMZN, BYND Earnings: Tuesday - Momo Wednesday - Dick's Sporting Goods, Abercrombie & Fitch Thursday - Uber, Costco & Gap (after bell), Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Burlington, Express (before bell) Friday - Big Lots ODD BLOCK Puts trade in (FOLD) Hedging in (STLD) Call love in (HON) - from 4/18 MAIL BLOCK Question from Mark Brant - What is the Meatball trading right now? Question from Khan 9 - Is there such a thing as a stock being too cheap to trade options on it? AROUND THE BLOCK This Week in the Market: May 31 - Personal Income, Consumer Sentiment

Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Equities Crude Oil Ags/Corn FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Lil Cast - Are $gld and $slv really the best choices for traders looking for etf exposure to commodities? I like the fact that they hold the physical commodity.

Options news you can use for Friday, May 31, 2019.

THE BUZZ Recent market recap: The rise & fall & rise again of volatility. We've seen volatility make a resurgence followed by a fairly dramatic retreat since our last episode. Thoughts on the current market conditions? Thoughts on volatility at these current levels? Is the Fed done for the foreseeable future? Earnings volatility breakdown - the question everyone is asks: What was the winning for this season - Long or short premium? Any interesting takeaways from this year's OIC Conference? Bernie Sanders revives plan to tax stock, bond and derivatives trades - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/sanders-revives-plan-to-tax-stock-bond-and-derivatives-trades?utm_campaign=pol&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews OFFICE HOURS Question from Brandon JT - Do you think the rash of share buybacks these past few years could be contributing to the volatility in the marketplace? Question from Alex G. - Have you guys ever done a show about strategies and positions to utilize with ESOPS? If not any recommendations? Thanks. Question from Melt Zone - Seems like the Morningstar options-based funds category has been pretty static since it was launched. Have you seen any updates or changes worthy of note? Can we expect any?

Options news you can use for Thursday, May 30, 2019.

Today we will do a butterfly trade around Costco earnings, which are scheduled for after the close on Thursday, May 30. 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.

Options news you can use for Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

Patrick McCreary - Executive Director, Volant Trading Give us an overview of Volant? Do you specialize in certain markets? False price improvements? What brings you to OIC this year? Any announcements? New Vol products - SPIKES, etc. Thought on current volatility landscape?

Greg Ferrari - Managing Director or Global Trading & Market Services, NASDAQ What's new at Nasdaq Options? You currently have six exchanges, any plans to add any more? VolDex/SkewDex update? After hours options trading? What's the next big innovation coming to the options market? What brings you to OIC this year? Any announcements? Client Experience Center?

Options news you can use for Tuesday, May 28, 2019.