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The Options Insider Radio Network
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May 20, 2019 • 36min
Talking Renaissance, Risk Modeling and After-Hours Options with OCC
Our guest for this episode is John Davidson, CEO of the Options Clearing Corporation. Mark and John discuss: What is the Renaissance Initiative? Looking back at a turbulent 2018 for the options market. The challenges of modeling risk for volatility products OIC carrying the torch for education in the options markets After-Hours options trading Crypto Currencies Why can't we have real-time open interest updates? And much more...
May 18, 2019 • 17min
What the Heck is Gatsby?
What the Heck is Gatsby? Did you ever ask yourself - what the heck is Gatsby? We decided to ask them that very question at OIC 2019. Here's what they said...
May 17, 2019 • 22min
Talking Backtesting And Liquidity With ORATS
Interview with Matt Amberson, Owner, Option Research & Technology Services: UPDATE ON ORATS? NEW OFFERINGS? UPDATE ON EARNINGS SEASON? ANY SURPRISES? WHAT BRINGS YOU TO OIC THIS YEAR? ANY SURPRISES FROM THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR? HOW ARE THE CIGARS?
May 17, 2019 • 30min
Talking After-Hours, Trading Floors and More with NYSE
WHAT'S NEW AT NYSE/AMEX OPTIONS? - WALK US THROUGH THE VOLUME BREAKDOWN - NYSE VS AMEX. WHO IS USING WHICH EXCHANGE AND FOR WHAT? HOW ARE THE TRADING FLOORS FARING IN 2019? NYSE WEST - Today NYSE ushered in a new era on the West Coast when we cut the ribbon on NYSE West - our new home base for the NYSE Arca Options trading floor in downtown San Francisco. REBRANDING THE OLD PCOAST? 16 EXCHANGES - IS NYSE GETTING INTO THE GAME? FANG PLUS INDEX OPTIONS - WHAT ARE THEY? AFTER HOURS OPTIONS TRADING? Market makers? WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG INNOVATION COMING TO THE OPTIONS MARKET? WHAT BRINGS YOU TO OIC THIS YEAR? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
May 17, 2019 • 44min
This Week in Futures Options 152: Hot Ags and Tasty Bacon
Topics this week include: CME Group hits new OI record of 138.2M contracts. Crude Oil Equities Ags Metals FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from BOTB - What do you think of GOT this season? You feeling the hate like everyone else? Comment from Docer - How tasty is that CME Bacon? Question from Danan Ace - What's the difference between realized and historical volatility? Question from Tank - Will we see Eth futures soon. Also how are Ag options shaping up here?
May 17, 2019 • 1h
Option Block 806: Uber Gets a Lyft
TRADING BLOCK Trade war premium was fleeting. The bulls are back in town. Most active indices - VIX: 577k, SPY: 1.51M, SPX: 629k Most active equity options - AAPL, AMZN, BABA, AMD, CSCO, MSFT, NVDA, FB, WMT, MU Uber struggling post IPO ODD BLOCK Call love in ServiceNow Inc. (NOW) Line-in-the-sand puts in TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG) Put love in Qurate Retail Inc (QRTEA) MAIL BLOCK Comment from Tim Alfred - Love your show !! Keep up the good work Mark! Question from L78er - What is your preferred delta and duration for stock replacement? AROUND THE BLOCK This week in the market: May 16 - Jobless Claims, Housing Starts May 17 - Consumer Sentiment
May 17, 2019 • 22min
Talking Advisors, Liquidity and More with SpiderRock
Options Insider Radio Live From OIC 2019GUEST: Craig Iseli, Chief Operating Officer of SpiderRock What is Spider Rock What are the origins of that interesting name? Have we reached the point of danger with too many options exchanges? Are options really penetrating to the financial advisor market? Are options the silver bullet for advisors looking to fight back against robo advisors? Where are the biggest opportunities in the options market - advisors, asset management, software or something else entirely? What can the options market do to bring more market makers back into the fold? How are auctions impacting the liquidity landscape? And much more...
May 16, 2019 • 14min
Options Playbook Radio 260: Apple Covered Call on Steroids
Today we are trading covered calls in Apple. 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.
May 14, 2019 • 1h 1min
The Crypto Rundown 17: Winter is Over
CRYPTO HOT SEAT Guest: Jeff Dorman, CIO and Partner - Arca ALTCOIN UNIVERSE Top coins by market cap: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin CRYPTO QUESTIONS Question from JBD - Is this the end of the #CryptoWinter? Question from May Diamond - Does the recent price rally for Bitcoin open the doors for major exchanges to start listing new derivatives products, like Ethereum Futures or Bitcoin Options. Thanks for this great program, you're the only folks in the space talking about the derivatives angle
May 14, 2019 • 1h 3min
Option Block 805: The End of the World
TRADING BLOCK Trade war premium is back VIX : 20.6 - 1.5-points lower than last show VVIX: Back up to 106 Most active indices - VIX: 764k, SPY: 1.9M, SPX: 776k Most active equity options - AAPL, AMD, TSLA, BAC, BABA, FB, NFLX, AMZN, NVDA, MSFT UBER struggles post IPO ODD BLOCK Call love in PagSeguro Digital Ltd (PAGS) - from 3/25 Call palooza in Mylan NV (MYL) Call overwrite in Cummins Inc (CMI) STRATEGY BLOCK Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the advantages and disadvantages when buying and selling options AROUND THE BLOCK This week in the market: May 14 - Import and Export Prices May 15 - Retail Sales, Industrial Production, Business Inventories May 16 - Jobless Claims, Housing Starts May 17 - Consumer Sentiment
