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Option Block 869: The Ticks in VIX Jan 14, 2020

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OPTION BLOCK 869: The TICKS IN VIX

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER
CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT
CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT

TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT

MARKETS RALLY AS MIDEAST TENSIONS EASE
VIX: 12.5 - DOWN .35
VVIX: 88.9 - DOWN .5 FROM LAST SHOW
VXX: 13.9 - DOWN .5 FROM LAST SHOW
FEATURED DISCUSSION OF TSLA AS IT WAS THE MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTION IN THE MORNING.
ALSO COVERED AAPL, BYND, BABA, AMD, ROKU and FB.

ODD BLOCK

REVIEW - KSS PUT LOVE
REVIEW - MNK PUT LOVE
FHN CALL LOVE

STRATEGY BLOCK

ASSET ALLOCATION USING OPTIONS

AROUND THE BLOCK

WHAT'S ON OUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

Volatility Views 383: Dubious 1x2 VXX Spreads Plus Your VIX Picks Jan 10, 2020

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Volatility Views 383: Dubious 1x2 VXX Spreads Plus Your VIX Picks

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT

VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT

MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS CAN'T STOP THE BULL: MARKETS HIT NEW HIGHS AGAIN TODAY
SPIKES: 12.5 - DOWN 1 FROM LAST SHOW
VIX CASH: 12.35 - DOWN .9 FROM LAST SHOW
VVIX: 87.25 - DOWN NEARLY 4 PTS FROM LAST SHOW

HOT VOLATILITY POSITIONS AND TRADES

SPIKES
VIX OPTIONS
VXX

VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL

QUESTION FROM DAVID LINCOLN: @OPTIONS $VXX 21FEB 13/14 1BY2 PUTSPEAD TRADES 16,000X32,000 TRADES EVEN MONEY CUSTOMER BUYS THE 14 PUT... THOUGHTS? @OPTIONVOL @PAT_HENNESSY @OPTIONPIT THIS TRADED ON THE OPEN THIS MORNING. ALSO 21FEB 12/13 PUT 1X2 TRADE LIKE 2 HOURS LATER 5000X1000

CRYSTAL BALL

TIME TO PLAY ALONG W/ #VOLATILITYVIEWS AND DUST OFF YOUR #CRYSTALBALL. QUITE SIMPLY – WHERE DO YOU THINK $VIX WILL CLOSE FOR 2020? BONUS POINTS: REPLY/DM/EMAIL W/ YOUR SPECIFIC PICK. CLOSEST (MUST BE WITHIN 1PT TO QUALIFY) WILL WIN #FABULOUSPRIZES.

WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

MARK: 12.15?
ROCKLOBSTER: 11.37?

TWIFO 182: Kicking Off A New Decade of Futures Options Jan 10, 2020

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TWIFO 182: Kicking Off A New Decade of Futures Options

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL

CME Group Reports 2019 Annual Volume and Monthly Market Statistics - https://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2020/1/03/cme_group_reports2019annualvolumeandmonthlymarketstatistics.html

average daily volume (ADV) of 19.2 million contracts during the year and 15.5 million contracts during the month of December.
Open interest at the end of December was 113 million contracts. Market statistics are available online in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.
Annual highlights across asset classes include:
- Record 40 trading days with volume over 25 million contracts, up 29% from 35 days in 2018
- Record Interest Rate ADV of 10.3 million contracts per day, up 4% from 2018
- Record Metals ADV of 668,000 contracts per day, up 5% from 2018
- Record Options ADV of 4 million contracts per day, up 2% from 2018

EQUITIES

VIX: 12.95 - UP .45 ROM LAST SHOW
VVIX:89.5 - DOWN 9.25 FROM LAST SHOW
RVX: 15 - UP .75 FROM LAST SHOW
VIX/RVX SPREAD - APPROX. 2 - AROUND THE SAME AS LAST SHOW
RUSSELL 2000 2019 PERFORMANCE
- UP NEARLY 24% IN 2019
- OPENED THE YEAR AT 1346
- ENDED THE YEAR OVER 1600 - CLOSED AT 1668

In 2020, Equities Are Partying Like It's 1999 By Erik Norland - https://www.cmegroup.com/education/featured-reports/in-2020-equities-are-partying-like-its-1999.html

At the beginning of the 1990s, the US economy was heading into a recession, plagued by a crisis of small banks (saving and loans) and bad real estate loans. The Federal Reserve (Fed) was slashing rates, from 9.75% to 3%.
At the beginning of the 2010s, the US unemployment rate was nearly 10%. The banking system was just beginning to recover from its most severe crisis since the 1930s. Housing prices had collapsed nationwide. The Fed was experimenting with zero rates and quantitative easing.
Superficially, the beginning of the 2020s looks a great deal more like the state of the world in 2000 than in 1990 or 2010. Unemployment is below 4%. There are no obvious problems with the banking system. Real estate prices are on a modest upward trend but don't appear to be in bubble territory (at least not in most of the US). Energy and materials prices are far from historical highs.

METALS

2019 In Review: A Record Year for CME Metals Products - https://www.cmegroup.com/education/metals-update/2020-q1-metals-update.html

Combined Futures and Options Average Daily Volume (ADV) was 668,327 contracts in 2019, a new record. Metals F&O have now set annual volume records in 4 consecutive years.
Metals ADV increased 20% from December 2018, driven by 22% growth in precious metals futures and options and 15% growth in base metals futures and options
Average combined Metals Open Interest of 3,662,788 contracts also set a record in 2019, showing consistent growth as volume increased.
Gold Futures Open Interest set a record on December 31 of 786,166 contracts.

GOLD

Gold Prices Rise Above $1,600 on Simmering U.S.-Iran Tensions

Shanghai Gold Futures Contracts Debut with Deep Liquidity and Robust Volume

Since their debut on October 14, a combined 42,719 contracts have traded in the SGU (USD Denominated) and SGC (CNH) contracts.

Use COMEX Copper Options to Manage Copper Price Risk

Copper options average daily volume in 2019 was 2,812 contracts, up 101% YoY.

COMEX Aluminum Suite Continues to Grow

CME's physically deliverable Aluminum Futures contract continues to gain traction, with Q4 average daily volume reaching 139 contracts (3,475 metric tons),
2019 Average Daily Volume across CME's suite of Aluminum Futures contracts was 671 contracts, up 9% vs 2018 (Q4 1,057 up 82% vs Q4 2018).

CRUDE

Oil prices jumped 5 per cent after Iran launched strikes against US military bases in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of commander Qassem Soleimani. But by Wednesday afternoon gains in crude had reversed, with prices trading lower than before the Iranian general's assassination.
BRENT CRUDE: Having jumped when markets opened to as high as $71.75 a barrel, crude later dropped to below $66 a barrel, a near 9 per cent peak-to-trough swing in the course of a day.
WTI: TOPPED OUT AT $63.27 - BEFORE DROPPING BACK BELOW $60 AGAIN. Oil tanker groups are taking a wait-and-see approach - Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter and a key US ally, has temporarily suspended shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway separating the Gulf from Iran where 20 per cent of global oil supplies pass daily.

However, Frontline, the world's largest oil tanker operator, said that while it was "monitoring the situation closely" it had not "suspended trading in the area".
Opec and allies can ALWAYS increase supplies -
"Not a single drop of oil supply has been lost due to the recent incidents and this is why the oil price has fallen back down again so quickly," said Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at Norwegian bank SEB.

CRYPTO

Options on Bitcoin Futures. Coming January 13, 2020 - https://www.cmegroup.com/cme-group-futures-exchange/options-bitcoin-futures.html?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bitcoin_options_launch&utm_content=email4_prelaunch

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

QUESTION FROM ABHISHEK JAIN: dear sir, can you share a fee source of U.S. commodity option chain preferably gold and crude oil
QUESTION FROM STEVE WIM: What was a weird trend that came on your radar in 2019?
QUESTION FROM BKL61: What is the proper time frame for trading futures options? In case you can't tell i'm pretty new to trading. Just discovered the program and I'm loving it and learning a ton. Thank you so much!.
QUESTION FROM DEMOCAT: Are there any plans for mini (micro) russell options?

Option Block 868: Back in Rally Mode Jan 09, 2020

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Option Block 868: Back in Rally Mode

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER
CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT
CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT

TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT

MARKETS RALLY AS MIDEAST TENSIONS EASE:
VIX: 12.85 - DOWN 1.65
VVIX: 89.4 - DOWN OVER 4 FROM LAST SHOW
VXX: 14.4 - DOWN .9 FROM LAST SHOW
MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS OF MORNING - AAPL

ODD BLOCK

REVIEW - PUMP LINE IN THE SAND PUTS
REVIEW - ADI OUT-OF-SEQUENCE RATIO RISK REVERSAL/STRANGLE
REVIEW - BAKER HUGHES CALL OVERWRITE

MAIL BLOCK

COMMENT FROM SHELDON JORDAN: @ETRADE I DIDN'T GET THE MEMO WHERE YOU DISABLE REAL TIME QUOTES IF MY ACCOUNT DROPS UNDER $1000. AT LEAST GIVE US AN OPTION TO PAY FOR REAL TIME STREAMING QUOTES IF OUR ACCOUNTS ARE LESS THAN $1000. CAN'T TRADE OPTIONS WITHE THE DELAYED QUOTES. Y'ALL DON'T WANT ME TO WIN! @OPTIONS. I'VE BEEN A CUSTOMER FOR YEARS. I GUESS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO THE FREE FORMAT. SORRY I JUST DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I FIGURE IF I MAKE MONEY IT'S GOOD FOR YOU GUYS. SO WHY WOULD YOU GIVE ME DELAYED QUOTES TO IMPEDED THE PROCESS. @OPTIONS.
QUESTION FROM DMITRY: HELLO GUYS, HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU FOR YEARS. YOU ARE UNIQUE IN THE UPBEAT TONE AND AMOUNT OF DETAIL YOU ARE GOING INTO. UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS CONVINCED THAT WITH OPTIONS I COULD SYNTHESIZE ANY STOCK POSITION, HENCE THE QUESTION. I AM SETTING UP A VARIATION OF DOGS OF THE DOW STRATEGY WITH CALLS IN A REGISTERED ACCOUNT. ALL DOGS HAVE DIVIDENDS, WHICH I AM NOT GONNA GET AS I AM USING OPTIONS INSTEAD OF STOCK. IN A REGULAR ACCOUNT I WOULD HAVE JUST GONE WITH SELLING SOME SHORT TERM OTM CREDIT SPREADS TO SIMULATE THE DIVIDEND INCOME, BUT IN A REGISTERED ACCOUNT (IN CANADA) I CANNOT WRITE OPTIONS. THE ONLY WAY TO WRITE AN OPTION IN A REGISTERED ACCOUNT IN CANADA IS VIA A COVERED CALL, WHICH IS A WHOLE WHACK OF OTHER PROBLEMS IMHO, BUT THIS MEANS I NEED TO HAVE STOCK IN MY ACCOUNT. WHICH I EXPLICITLY DO NOT WANT TO. SO, WITHOUT MUCH UMBRAGE, CAN YOU PLEASE DISPENSE SOME LAST 2019'S WIT AND WISDOM UPON UNSUSPECTING OPTIONS AFICIONADOS UP NORTH WHERE TEMPERATURES NEVER RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND POLAR BEARS ARE COMMON PETS. ANYWAY I CAN SIMULATE THE DIVIDEND INCOME ALONG WITH MY LONG CALL POSITION? THANK YOU.
QUESTION FROM CAMILLA: ANY OPTIONS PREDICTIONS FOR 2020?

AROUND THE BLOCK

WHAT'S ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

OPR 294: Kicking Off A New Decade With Apple Backspreads Jan 09, 2020

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OPR 294: Kicking Off A New Decade With Apple Backspreads

On this episode, Brian kicks off the decade with an options trade in everyone's favorite stock - Apple!. The Options Playbook is available on www.OptionsPlaybook.com, or 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 Insider Radio Interviews: Going Binary With Nadex Jan 08, 2020

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Options Insider Radio Interviews: Going Binary With Nadex

We kick off a new decade with the return of an old friend of the network - Dan Cook, Vice President of Business Development at Nadex. Mark and Dan discuss:

New platform and product upgrades at Nadex
The challenges of binary options including Google and Facebook banning binary advertising
Getting more market makers to trade binaries
Dealing with the explosive final minutes of a binary contract
Binaries and volatility
Crypto binary contracts
The future of political and sports wagering
And more...

TCR 43: A New Decade of Crypto Jan 07, 2020

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TCR 43: A New Decade of Crypto

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
GUEST CO-HOST: BILL ULIVIERI, Principal /Owner - Cenacle Capital Management

BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT

ANALYSIS OF CURRENT BITCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, SKEW AND MORE
BIGGEST CRYPTO PRICE MOVEMENTS OF 2019
BAKKT FUTURES VOLUME

THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT

ANALYSIS OF CURRENT ALTCOIN TRADES, TRENDS, VOLUME, VOLATILITY, YEAR END DATA AND MORE
RIPPLE CEO: WE CAN'T CONTROL XRP PRICE ANY MORE THAN BITCOIN WHALES

CRYPTO QUESTIONS SEGMENT

QUESTION FROM CENACLE CAPITAL: BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY ACT(HB 3575/PA 101-0514): CREATES THE BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY ACT. PROVIDES WHEN A RECORD CONTAINED IN A BLOCK CHAIN CAN BE USED IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING OR TRANSACTION. ESTABLISHES THE TYPES OF SITUATIONS IN WHICH A BLOCK CHAIN MAY NOT BE USED. PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM PLACING RESTRICTIONS TAXES ON BLOCK CHAIN USAGE. DOES NOT PREEMPT HOME RULE. YOUR THOUGHTS?
QUESTION FROM JEFF: ANY PARTICULAR THOUGHTS ON POTENTIAL FOR CME BTC OPTIONS AND BAKKT BTC OPTIONS?
QUESTION FROM AZAZ: WHAT IS OPTIONS SKEW TELLING US ABOUT BTC RIGHT NOW?
COMMENT FROM ALATTLE: THX. FOR MAKING THIS SHOW. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. LOVING CRYPTO AND THE NETWORK OVERALL. NOT AN OPTIONS GUY BUT YOU ARE LURING ME TO THE DARK SIDE. HAPPY 2020!

Option Block 867: Kicking Off A New Decade Jan 06, 2020

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Option Block 867: Kicking Off A New Decade

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER
CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT
CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT

TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT

MARKETS MIXED AS MIDEAST TENSIONS ESCALATE: APPARENTLY THE TRADE WAR WASN'T ENOUGH
VIX: 14.5 - UNCHD
VVIX: 93.65 - DOWN 6 FROM LAST SHOW
VXX: 15.30 - DOWN .3 FROM LAST SHOW
OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION NUMBERS IN FOR DECEMBER AND FOR ALL OF 2019

ODD BLOCK

REVIEW - VIAC WEEKLY CALLS
REVIEW - APA CALL LOVE

MAIL BLOCK

QUESTION FROM OPTIONCBOE: HELLO, FIRST I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE BEST OPTIONS PODCASTS. TOP NOTCH AND EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THEM. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF PODCASTS THAT YOU GUYS OFFER. IF SOMEONE WANTED TO LEARN FROM A TO Z ABOUT OPTIONS WITH THE END RESULT LEARNING MORE ABOUT TRADING VOL THE OPTION PIT WAY. WHICH PODCAST SHOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND. THERE ARE SO MANY EPISODES AND SHOW OPTIONS THAT I AM JUST CONFUSED ON WHERE TO START BUT ALSO WASN'T SURE ABOUT STARTING WITH EPISODES THAT ARE SEVERAL YEARS OLD. NOT THAT THEY ARE IRRELEVANT BUT MAYBE VIEWS HAVE CHANGED ON TRADING VOL NOW FROM THEN. IF YOU CAN HELP ME NARROW DOWN ON THE BEST SHOW AND EPISODE TO START WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. I WANT TO START FROM THE BEGINNING AND LEARN IT ALL. THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AND THANKS AGAIN FOR OFFERING SUCH AN AMAZING PODCAST/WEBSITE.

QUESTION FROM PLC4: IS THERE SUCH A THING AS TOO MUCH HEDGING? HOW MANY PUTS OR HOW MUCH OF MY PORTFOLIO SHOULD I ALLOCATE TOWARD THIS STRATEGY?

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Volatility Views 382: ASSASSINATION VOLATILITY Jan 06, 2020

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VV 382: ASSASSINATION VOLATILITY

The new year is off with a bang (sort of) as the markets grapple with the latest wave of headline risk. We break it all down, answer a whole slew of listener questions and attempt to nail down where $VIX and Spikes will close in 2020.

OPR 293: NEW YEARS HUDDLE EXTRAVAGANZA Jan 04, 2020

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OPR 293: NEW YEARS HUDDLE EXTRAVAGANZA

Welcome to your New Years Huddle Extravaganza where Brian and Mark huddle up to answer your questions about:

The return of short volatility / VIX products
Does govt. info leak into the options market?
Why do we call it premium?
And more...

The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or 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.