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The Options Insider Radio Network is the premier audio destination for options traders. The network provides access to a vast array of popular programs including The Option Block, Options Boot Camp, The Advisors Option, The Long and Short of Futures Options, Volatility Views, Options Insider Radio and much more. Join the thousands around the globe who turn to The Options Insider Radio Network for options information, analysis and education.

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OB 829: Trainspotting With the Fresh Prince Aug 13, 2019

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OB 829: Trainspotting With the Fresh Prince

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, OPTION PIT
FIDELITY HOT SEAT: KONSTANTIN VRANDOPULO, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK

THE TRADING BLOCK

VIX: 19.90 - UP 2.3 FROM LAST SHOW -
VVIX: 104.5- UP NEARLY 5 FROM LAST SHOW
VXX: 27.80 - UP 1.3 POINT FROM LAST SHOW
MARK/ANDREW REVIEW?
MIKE REVIEW?
WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY - ROKU, AMD and UBER.
TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS
INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN
AND MORE…

THE ODD BLOCK

LTHM PUT LOVE IN HARD TO BORROW STOCK
ATHM LINE IN THE SAND PUTS
YPF CALL LOVE

STRATEGY BLOCK

Going deep with Fidelity talking skip strike put butterflies

AROUND THE BLOCK

What is on our radar for the rest of the week? - Upcoming earnings (M, WMT, BABA), CPI data Tuesday morning and a slew of econ data on Thursday.

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Exploring Crypto Regulation With The Crypto Mom Aug 12, 2019

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Exploring Crypto Regulation With The Crypto Mom

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
GUEST: Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner
How do you feel about the markets dubbing you the "Crypto Mom."
What will it will take for the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF?
Do you think we need the ETF to finally bring the crypto markets in the US into the mainstream?
Many of our guests are worried that the US is starting to fall behind the rest of the world from a crypto regulatory perspective. Do you share that concern?
What are your thoughts on the current bitcoin futures market?
Do we need approval levels for ETPs similar to the approval levels for options?
Will we ever see an inverse volatility product again or are those days behind us?
And much more...

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking with Imagineer Technology Group CEO Jeremie Bacon Aug 12, 2019

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HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP

GUEST: Jeremie Bacon, CEO, Imagineer Technology Group
Provide our listeners with an overview of your background in the financial technology space.
What is Imagineer Technology Group?
Tell us about your 3 different product offerings.
What is Clienteer Web?
Do you notice any unique challenges within your different niches (hedge funds, venture funds, private equity) or are they effectively the same from a software design point of view?
When a fund reaches out to you, what is the #1 thing that they are looking for? Marketing? IR Documentation? What is the big driver?
Do you notice any particular unique needs for the institutional players in the derivatives space vs. traditional equities?
They say the fund management software industry is booming. Why is that? What is driving that growth?
What can we do to grow the alts pie and get more funds into alts?
What are you seeing in the institutions and crypto markets?
What is the latest with the Illinois Technology Association?
And much more...

The Crypto Rundown 27: Catching Up With The Crypto Mom Aug 12, 2019

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The Crypto Rundown 27: Catching Up With The Crypto Mom HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP

BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT

Goldman Sachs Analysts' Slide Suggests Now's a Good Time to Buy.
Gemini Exchange Data Is Being Added to CME's Crypto Indices.
BTC Volatility 30 day realized: almost unchdc from 95% down to 93.80%.
BTC Options Volume on Deribit pretty much every day below $30M again.
BTC vol term structure reverse of last week.
BTC call/put ratio peaked at 73.4% on 6/17. Staying around 55.2% from 54.4% last week
BTC OI down slightly to $528M from $533M - down from a record $635M a few weeks ago.
CME BTC Futures - another light volume day today.

THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT

TOP 10 COINS BY MARKET CAP?
ETH - down over $2O from last show
XRP - down nearly $.05 from last week - broke the pivotal $.30 level
LTC - down nearly $13.50 from last week since we hit the halving mark
BITCOIN CASH - down nearly $20 from last week

THE CRYPTO HOTSEAT

GUEST: Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner
BACKGROUND?
How do you feel about the markets dubbing you the "Crypto Mom."
What will it will take for the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF?
Do you think we need the ETF to finally bring the crypto markets in the US into the mainstream?
Many of our guests are worried that the US is starting to fall behind the rest of the world from a crypto regulatory perspective. Do you share that concern?
What are your thoughts on the current bitcoin futures market?
Do we need approval levels for ETPs similar to the approval levels for options?
Will we ever see an inverse volatility product again or are those days behind us?
And much more...

Volatility Views 364: Return of the Flowmaster Aug 09, 2019

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Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group
Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, Option Pit
MIAX Hot Seat Guest: Henry Schwartz, Trade Alert

VOLATILITY REVIEW

Update on the latest trades, trends and developments in the world of volatility including:

Trade war back in the hot seat.
VIX cash, Spikes,VIX Futures and VVIX overview.
VIX options breakdown - strong volume week
Spikes options breakdown - OI pretty much unchanged from last week
VXX options breakdown

VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL

QUESTION FROM FOLEY: You guys are like swammys with that vvix thing. You call it every time! The second it gets close to 70 it explodes. I think thats the best indicator i've seen in some time. What are the best ways to take advantage of it? Just load up on vix calls?

THE CRYSTAL BALL - Where will VIX/SPIKES be next week?

Mark: 16.75
Andrew/Meatball: 15.13
Henry: 16.25

TWIFO 163: Crazy Week for Crude, Gold and Iron Ore Aug 09, 2019

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HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP

CRUDE OIL

Down 10% on the week coming into Thursday.
That followed a session in which the futures closed at $51.09 a barrel, the lowest level since Jan. 14.
Futures fell as much as 5.8% Wednesday to seven-month lows after American crude stockpiles posted a surprise increase. The loss sent the resource tumbling into bear market territory. Having extra supply dilutes prices, while fears of a global recession added to worries that demand may slow.
EIA Lowers World Oil Demand Forecast Again
Oil Regains Ground as Saudis Discuss Crude-Market Intervention

METALS - GOLD

Good week - Up 5.21% coming into Thursday.
Gold's ride hinges on rates.
For gold prices to head for $1,600 or higher, it will take a few more rate cuts from the Fed.
Global tensions still matter for gold, but with the trade war in play, global tensions are now correlated with economic expectations and, thus, rates.

METALS - SILVER

Silver is having another rock'em sock'em week. Silver prices book largest daily rise in 3 years on Wednesday.

EQUITIES

VIX 17.65 - UNCHANGED FROM LAST SHOW
VVIX: 100 - DOWN 6 FROM LAST SHOW
RVX: 20.6 - UP 1 POINT FROM LAST WEEK
VIX/RVX SPREAD - 3 - WIDER BY 1 POINT FROM LAST WEEK
Earnings season driving more volume in micro e-mini futures.
Micro E-mini Equity futures traded 5 consecutive days over 1M contracts, reaching a record high of 1.4M contracts on August 8. Liquidity continues to build as market participants turn to Micro E-Mini futures for greater precision and flexibility in managing risk.
Notable options trading in Russell indexes.

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

QUESTION FROM STI6RY: Big move in iron ore this week off the trade war. Much options action out there?
QUESTION FROM JACK: What about a weekly skew report on twifo? Biggest changers from week to week?
QUESTION FROM NMEDIA: Much on with beans this week
QUESTION FROM LILBIGGS: What's your most memorable thing you've learned from doing this show?
QUESTION FROM ELLES: Any more firmness to the wti skew this week?

OB 828: Clam Pirates, Hobbits and Funky VIX Curves Aug 08, 2019

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OB 828: Clam Pirates, Hobbits and Funky VIX Curves

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT
CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT
FIDELITY HOT SEAT: COLIN SONGER, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK

THE TRADING BLOCK

WHAT A WILD WEEK - WORST SELLOFF OF THE YEAR FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SELLOFF THAT ULTIMATELY ENDED UNCHD. NOW WE'RE IN RALLY MODE
VIX 17.60 - DOWN 4 FROM LAST SHOW -
VVIX: 99.88- DOWN 11 FROM LAST SHOW
VXX: 26.50 - DOWN 1 POINT FROM LAST SHOW
MARK/ANDREW REVIEW?
MIKE REVIEW?
WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY - ROKU, AMZN, AMD, KHC and more.
TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS
INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN
AND MORE…

THE ODD BLOCK

KHC FUNKY ITM CALLS
KR LINE IN THE SAND PUT REVIEW
LBTYK CALL LOVE REVIEW

MAIL BLOCK

QUESTION FROM Steven Tresser: Mark, I love the podcasts and have learned a ton from you guys. I have two questions about protecting profits with puts:
1. I've heard you mention around 2% as the appropriate amount of premium to pay to protect profits in a stock. Is this 2% of the overall position, or 2% of the profits?
2. How would this apply to profits in a long call. Say I am up $10,000 in a long call position and think it still has some upward run. How do I figure out how many ATM or slightly OTM puts I need to protect some percentage (say 50-100%) of that profit? Thank you and keep up the good work! Great show!

AROUND THE BLOCK

What is on our radar for the rest of the week? - Continued surge of gold and silver, ppi, yield curve, will vix futures work out of backwardation, spx wild ride

OPR 272: HITCHING A BEARISH RIDE ON UBER Aug 07, 2019

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OPR 272: HITCHING A BEARISH RIDE ON UBER

On this episode, we will expand our playbook with a new strategy - selling a call spread to pay for an OTM put in UBER. You can call it a bearish risk reversal with a call kicker to protect against extreme upside moves.

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 it to Theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to questions@theoptionsinsider.com.

The Crypto Rundown 26: The Gamification of Crypto Trading Aug 06, 2019

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The Crypto Rundown 26: The Gamification of Crypto Trading HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP

THE CRYPTO HOTSEAT

GUEST: ROB LEVY, Co-Founder Gordian Block Capital, LLC | Co-Founder (HERO) .Hxro Games, Inc.
BACKGROUND?
What IS HXRO?
WHY A GAMING TOKEN?
IS THIS AVAILABLE ON MAJOR PLATFORMS LIKE COINBASE, KRAKEN, ETC?
WHAT SORT OF VOLUME ARE YOU SEEING?
BACK IN LATE JUNE WE SAW HXRO ALMOST DOUBLE TO NEARLY $.10 - WHAT HAPPENED?
DO YOU THINK THE U.S. IS BEING LEFT BEHIND ON THE CRYPTO REGULATORY FRONT?
COLLISION OF TRADING WORLD WITH THE CRYPTO WORLD

BITCOIN BREAKDOWN SEGMENT

CRYPTO FLIGHT TO CRYPTO QUALITY? - Investing.com - Cryptocurrencies overall traded higher on Friday, with bitcoin leading gains as speculation mounted on whether it could be used as a hedge against the threat of currency wars.
BTC UP OVER $2300 FROM LAST SHOW
BTC RALLY BEGAN BEFORE THE FED AND THE TARIFFS - HAS BEEN ON A NONSTOP RALLY SINCE LAST SHOW
WAS BACK OVER $10K BY WEDS
BROKE $11K YESTERDAY
RALLIED NEARLY $800 IN LAST 24 HOURS - There was a "conspiracy theory" about someone in China moving yuan into the digital currency in order to avoid a further devaluation by the Chinese government.
BTC VOLATILITY - 30 DAY REALIZED: DOWN NEARLY 30 TO 95% FROM 122%
BTC OPTIONS VOLUME ON DERIBIT: PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY BELOW $30M
BTC CALL/PUT RATIO: PEAKED AT 73.4% ON 6/17, BACK UP TO 54.4% FROM 36.6%
BTC OPEN INTEREST: OI UP TO $533M FROM $394M
CME BTC FUTURES: SURPRISINGLY LIGHT VOLUME ON A CRAZY DAY TODAY

THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE SEGMENT

TOP 10 COINS BY MARKET CAP?
ETH: UP NEARLY $25 FROM LAST SHOW
XRP - UP NEARLY $.02 FROM LAST WEEK
LTC - UP NEARLY $9 FROM LAST WEEK AS WE HIT THE HALVING MARK
LTC HALVING DOMINATING THE ALTCOIN SPACE THIS WEEK
BITCOIN CASH - UP $45 FROM LAST WEEK

Option Block 827: China Strikes Back Aug 06, 2019

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Option Block 827: China Strikes Back

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, OPTION PIT
CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT
FIDELITY HOT SEAT: TREY JARRELL, FIDELITY ACTIVE TRADER STRATEGY DESK

THE TRADING BLOCK

CHINA STRIKES BACK IN TRADE WAR - CHINESE YUAN FALLS BELOW 7 VS. USD -WIDELY SEEN AS THE FLOOR FOR THE CURRENCY AND A HEDGE FOR MANY TRADERS HASN'T TRADED LOWER THAN 7 SINCE 2008
ALSO TOLD ALL STATE-OWNED COMPANIES TO HALT U.S. AG IMPORTS
VIX BREAKS 20 HANDLE!
VIX 21.60 - UP 7.70 FROM LAST SHOW -
VIX: 111 - UP 20 FROM LAST SHOW
VXX: 27.50 - UP NEARLY 5 POINTS FROM LAST SHOW
MARK/ANDREW REVIEW?
MIKE REVIEW?
WHAT ARE FIDELITY'S CUSTOMERS TRADING TODAY?
TOP 10 MOST ACTIVE EQUITY OPTIONS
INDEX OPTION VOLUME BREAKDOWN
AND MORE…

OCC July Cleared Volume Up 7.9 Percent

Highest Total Volume Ever for July
Index Options Up 14.1 Percent

THE ODD BLOCK

PHM CALL LOVE
SKX EARNINGS PUT PLAY
AAP CALL LOVE

MAIL BLOCK

QUESTIONS FROM FIDELITY CUSTOMERS? -

Now that the market is ~5% off it's highs, how can i cheaply hedge my portfolio and make money on the downside?
How do I make the decision on when to get out of bullish options positions?

COMMENT FROM Scott Somer @ScottnearSMF ON 8/5/19: Be aware that if $SPX touches 2726.80 BEFORE 2:25PM CDT Today (August 5th) there will be a 15 minute marketwide trading halt. #MarketAwareness #NYSERule80B

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