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Options news you can use for Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective. VIX Cash - 13.43, almost unchanged from last week. VVIX - 93 VIX Options - ADV: 592k, VIX call/put: 2.7/1, Total 5.86m (4.26m Calls, 1.59m Puts) VXX - 34.87 Volatility Voicemail: Listener questions and comments Question from Trevor Salsman - Why no love for ZIV on volatility views? Comment from Tom Frank - Not sure I agree with your consensus that covered calls are better for novice options traders. Puts typically have higher implied volatility and should generate higher returns than covered calls over time and have a better risk/reward. The novices would probably appreciate the higher returns. Question from OliveTrader2 - What kind of volatility reaction should we expect if trade talks are successful or unsuccessful? Question from Bruce Stern - I know that contango in VIX futures is the best scenario to foster VXX erosion. But is there a particular degree of slope or term structure that is optimal for maximum roll decay in the VXX p

Today's co-host is Tim McCourt, the Global Head of Equity Products at CME Group. Topics this week include: Equities Trade at Cash Open (TACO) Crude Gold Bitcoin/Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Andrew Sullivan - When, oh when, are we going to get bitcoin options? I don't want to touch the futures so I'm left sitting on my hands during these crazy moves. Question from Flyer - How is Bitcoin's volatility calculated? Is the limited supply and abundant demand a current driver upwards for the price?

Options news you can use for Monday, May 21, 2018

Trading Block: Featuring special guest host Greg Stevens, VP of Product Development for Options at Fidelity. Earnings! Tuesday - Home Depot Wednesday - Cisco, Macy's Thursday - Walmart, Applied Materials, JC Penney, Nordstrom Friday - John Deere AMAT - 54.30, ATM straddle: 2.25, approx. 4% Odd Block: Line in the sand puts in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA). Call love in General Electric Company (GE). Roll/stupid in Mylan NV (MYL). Mail Block: Options question of the week. CME Group just announced a new Ether index this week - expanding the universe of Crypto indices. But, at the end of the day, we all want more tradeable products. Which derivatives product would you like to see next in the Crypto space? Bitcoin Ether Ripple LightCoin Bitcoin Options Ether Futures Ripple Futures LightCoin Futures Listener questions and comments: Question from Litnic - What is the best "secret" options indicator that you use that isn't widely known or followed? Question from Brian P. - What's your favorite underlying

Exchange leaders, alongside OCC leadership, touched on an array of current topics affecting the options industry. Moderator: J.J. Kinahan, TD Ameritrade Panelists Ed Boyle, BOX Andy Lowenthal, Cboe Shelly Brown, MIAX Kevin Kennedy, Nasdaq Ivan Brown, NYSE Scot Warren, OCC

Key industry panelists discuss the evolution of market regulation and its impact on listed options liquidity across multiple market segments. Moderator: John J. Fennell, OCC Panelists: Steve Crutchfield, CTC Mauricio Izurieta, BAML Dennis Davitt, Harvest Volatility Advisors

Elinor Comlay from EQ Derivatives lead an engaging session on volatility and its impact on trading participants in the options market. Moderator: Elinor Comlay, EQ Derivatives Panelists: Rob Hocking, DRW Euan Sinclair, Talton Capital Management Aash Vyas, Pier88 Investment Partners

We are back in the saddle discussing options strategies. With the VIX in the low- to mid-teens, that makes for an interesting time to look at volatility. We are going to look at a long call spread, possibly with a roll. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Specifically: Indexes and volatility Looking to do this trade for positive theta Selecting expriations What's a time bomb butterfly? Setting up the trade Selecting strikes What do we want to happen? What is the max risk? Reward? To adjust or not to adjust? 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 Thursday, May 17, 2018

Henry Schwartz from Trade Alert presented a detailed look at trends and current hot issues in today's options market.  

2018 Joseph W. Sullivan Award: Gary Katz Gary Katz is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Securities Exchange (ISE), the first all-electronic options exchange in the United States and one of the world’s leading exchanges. Prior to that, he served as ISE’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Katz is one of the principal developers of the unique options market structure – an auction market on an electronic platform – used by all ISE exchanges and is named as inventor or co-inventor on six patents that the Company received or applied for relating to its proprietary trading system and technology.

This year's panel for exchange and industry updates included: Patty Schuler, BOX Eric Frait, Cboe Joe Bracco, MIAX Sean Feeney, Nasdaq Mark Krommenhoek, NYSE Amy Lawson, OCC Frank Tirado, OIC Ellen Greene, SIFMA Jim Toes, STA

Options news you can use for Wednesday, May 16, 2018

WWoO 47: Panel - How to Build a Calm, Patient Trader Psychology This rebroadcast of OICs webinar program focuses on what may cause an investor to lose control of their trading mind under pressure. Learn what needs to be done in order to produce the calm, patient mind necessary for effective trading.  

Trading Block: Earnings! Tuesday - Home Depot Wednesday - Cisco, Macy's Thursday - Walmart, Applied Materials, JC Penney, Nordstrom Friday - John Deere Odd Block: Crazy call palooza in Caesars Entertainment Corp (CZR). Bullish risk reversal in QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM). Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses what skew is. Mail Block: Options question of the week CME Group just announced a new Ether index this week - expanding the universe of Crypto indices. But, at the end of the day, we all want more tradeable products. Which derivatives product would you like to see next in the Crypto space? Bitcoin Ether Ripple LightCoin 73% - Bitcoin Options 13% - Ether Futures 7% - Ripple Futures 7% - LightCoin Futures Listner comment: Shared from Sonic Merlin - My Monday SPY puts. Around the Block/Economic Reports: May 15 - Retail Sales, Business Inventories, Treasury International Capital May 16 - Housing Starts, Industrial Production May 17 - Jobless Claims

Options news you can use for Tuesday, May 15, 2018