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The Hot Options Report: 05-26-2026 May 27, 2026

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Congressional trades, chip chaos, and another wild day on the options tape! Mark breaks down the latest House Yay Scan activity plus unusual flow in AMD, Intel, Micron, Nvidia, Tesla, Ford and more. Which names dominated the options market and where was the smart money positioning? Dive deeper into all of the scans, analytics and unusual activity at TheHotOptionsReport.com.

The Hot Options Report: 05-22-2026 May 22, 2026

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The Hot Options Report wraps up the week with explosive options flow, quantum momentum, Ford's surprising rally, and a surprisingly muted post-earnings reaction in Nvidia.

Mark Longo breaks down the names dominating the tape including NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, AMD, Rigetti, Nokia and more — plus the latest edition of the daily Call Pump Scan, highlighting stocks and ETFs seeing outsized call activity.

Want more scans, analytics and options flow data? Visit TheHotOptionsReport.com.

Volatility Views 681: Urban Legends and Sexy Volatility May 22, 2026

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The markets keep rallying, volatility keeps fading, and traders keep asking the same question: what could possibly go wrong?

This week on Volatility Views, Mark Longo, Russell Rhoads (Dr. VIX), and Jim Carroll of Ballast Rock Private Wealth dive into the "don't worry, be happy" market regime, VIX refusing to break higher, massive VIX weekly call activity, surprising market resilience in the face of geopolitical risk, and whether traders are underpricing uncertainty.

Plus: • The rise of "Sexy Volatility" (VSXY) • Urban legends, Bobby McFerrin, and market complacency • Historic VIX weekly options activity • Spot-up / vol-up behavior • SVIX vs UVIX performance • Crystal Ball forecasts and more

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TWIFO 498: Enduring Equities, Sordid Silver and Crude Theta Bombs May 22, 2026

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This episode dives into the futures options landscape with special guest Bobby Iaccino (Path Trading Partners). The crew breaks down the relentless equity rally, small-cap rotation, crude oil "theta bombs," natural gas seasonality gone haywire, and the sharp reversal in silver. Plus: active trades in Russell puts, nat gas calls, crude upside bets, and Bobby's surprise euro short idea.

The Option Block 1471: Forget AI…It's All About Cheese Balls!!! May 21, 2026

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NVDA earnings are in the books… and the market barely blinked. The crew breaks down the post-earnings reaction, volatility collapse, VIX drifting lower, bond market swings, fuel cell madness, Hyperliquid upside, and unusual options activity lighting up names like PURR, BLDP, UTZ and more.

Plus: Is the market still running on AI hype… or has the great pivot to cheese balls officially begun?

The Hot Options Report: 05-21-2026 May 21, 2026

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NVIDIA cools off after earnings while traders shift their focus to expiration-day positioning across the options market. On this episode of The Hot Options Report, we break down the hottest flow in NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, MU, AMD, META and more, plus unusual overnight movers from the latest scans at TheHotOptionsReport.com.

Will expiration traders cash in — or get caught chasing?

The Futures Rundown 76: Forget Stocks and Oil - It's all About Cattle and Sulfuric Acid!!! May 21, 2026

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This episode of The Futures Rundown goes way beyond stocks and crude as Mark Longo and Kevin Green from the Schwab Network dive into the futures stories nobody else is talking about. From booming cattle prices and live calf auctions to sulfuric acid shortages impacting global copper production, this show covers the wild side of the futures markets. Plus: energy, metals, natural gas, coffee, cocoa, rates, and the latest geopolitical impacts shaping futures trading.

Options Boot Camp 391: Geopolitical Risk, Gamma Exposure and Your Deathmatch Wishlists May 20, 2026

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This week on Options Boot Camp, Mark and Dan tackle one of the biggest questions facing traders right now: Are markets underpricing geopolitical risk? They dive into valuation concerns, global uncertainty, and what traders should really be watching. Plus, they explore whether gamma exposure metrics are becoming essential tools or just another overhyped signal.

The mailbag is packed with listener questions on the wheel strategy, Bitcoin volatility, crypto options growth, pattern day trading concerns, and broker tools for tracking wheel trades. And yes… the listeners are already building their next Deathmatch wishlists.

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The Hot Options Report: 05-20-2026 May 20, 2026

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Big tech dominated the options tape as traders positioned into earnings and expiration. On this episode of The Hot Options Report, we break down the hottest flows in TSLA, NVDA, AAPL, AMD, INTC, AMZN and more, including the biggest strikes, unusual activity, and how traders were positioning into the close. Plus: a look at the latest put-bias scan from TheHotOptionsReport.com.

OIC 2026: State of the Industry: Inside the Data and Beyond the Tape May 20, 2026

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The options tape is noisy. Intraday volatility cycles, 0DTE reflexes, ETF-driven options growth, and increasingly granular expiration schedules are reshaping how liquidity forms, migrates, and occasionally disappears. This session examines where activity is truly concentrating across index and single-stock products, including the continued expansion of daily expirations into select equities, and how that evolution is influencing spreads, hedging behavior, market-maker capacity, and risk transfer.

Panelists will explore how product design is steering flow through defined outcome ETFs, single-stock ETFs, cash-settled index expansion, and targeted daily expirations and discuss what these structural shifts imply for market stability, education, and liquidity quality over the next 12–24 months.

Moderator: Henry Schwartz, Vice President, Market Intelligence, Cboe Global Markets

Panelists:

Annabelle Baldwin, Chief Revenue Officer, SpiderRock
Shelly Brown, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, MIAX
Geralyn Endo, Head of Options Business Development, MEMX

This panel is proudly sponsored by OCC.

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