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CRYPTO QUESTIONS Question from R5Net - Thoughts on Tron? Comment from T Bisc - Heard your comments about Bitmex last show. Think the concerns about using a VPN are overblown. I haven't encountered any issues. Question from Chat Bot - Doesn't it seem like most of these big crypto "exchanges' like Kraken and Coindesk are really just brokers in disguise? Question from TokenMania - When can we expect more physically settled crypto contracts coming down the pike. Particularly interested in ETH and LTC. Question from Tim Michaels - Has the recent pop in BTC caused any changes to the call skew for BTC options?    

TRADING BLOCK Earnings Highlights this Week: Monday - Aurora Cannabis (ACB) Tuesday - Activision Blizzard Wednesday - Cisco Thursday - Nvidia, The Coca-Cola Company, CME Group, Cannabis Growth (CGC), Applied Materials Friday - PepsiCo Pot, soda and videogame earnings are on Wall Street's to-do list - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/weed-soda-and-videogames-are-on-wall-streets-to-do-list-2019-02-09     ODD BLOCK Size paper trading in SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Explore & Prod. (XOP) Put palooza in Centurylink Inc (CTL) Call palooza in Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (SGMO)     STRATEGY BLOCK Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the dangers of over trading.     MAIL BLOCK #QOTW - $VXX is dead! Long Live $VXXB! There's a (somewhat) new kid on the #Volatility trading block. Are you trading $VXXB #options yet? If not, how are you getting your #Volatility fix these days? $VIX $TVIX $SVXY - Yes. Jumped into $VXXB - No. Spreads are too wide - No. Prefer $TVIX, etc - No. Prefer $VIX #options Question from JVacx - Whatever happene

Options news you can use for Monday, February 11, 2019

VOLATILITY REVIEW VIX Cash - 17.18, can you say Bullseye!? VVIX - 87.5, approx. 8-points higher than last show, dipped to 76.45 earlier this week. VIX Options - 156k, ADV: 497k, Total 8.72m (6.68m Calls, 2.05m Puts) VXXB - 35, 2-points lower than last show. Today - 40k, ADV - 199k     VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL #QOTW - With everyone still shaking off #SuperBowl haze, let's start the week by applying your trading mindset to next season. If you had to buy a call on one team to make it into next year's big game - which team are you buying? Feeling another team - let us know below. - Patriots - Rams - Bears (legally obligated) - Saints Question from Brian Collamer - Hi Mark, Listened to the last VV show and heard you mention my trade again and thought I'd set the record straight....This trade was in my ROTH, can't be naked anything.  Sold one 15 call, bought two 19 calls. Got a credit of .05c.  Did I buy or sell to open this position? Closed position for a debit of .07c.  Did I buy or sell to close this position? Rou

Options news you can use for Friday, February 8, 2019.

TRADING BLOCK More Earnings Highlights This Week: Monday - Clorox, Sysco Tuesday - Walt Disney Company, Snap Inc., BP, TakeTwo, Electronic Arts, Viacom, Wednesday - GM, Lilly, Spotify Thursday - Twitter, WWE, Mattel, Grubhub Friday - Cboe, Exelon, Hasbro     ODD BLOCK Upside calls in Mohawk Industries, Inc. (MHK) Calls trade in QuinStreet Inc (QNST) Puts trade in KAR Auction Services Inc (KAR)     MAIL BLOCK #QOTW - With everyone still shaking off #SuperBowl haze, let's start the week by applying your trading mindset to next season. If you had to buy a call on one team to make it into next year's big game - which team are you buying? Feeling another team - let us know below. - Patriots - Rams - Bears (legally obligated) - Saints Question from T Mal - Thoughts on the best options trading platform if most don't do it right?     AROUND THE BLOCK

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Franks - What's the best entry futures option for newbies? I'm thinking something in the equities because most people are coming from stocks? I'd guess stuff like seasonal crop cycles would blow their minds. Question from Behr12 - What do you guys think? I don't think crude vol can sustain for long at these levels. - RE: Oil: Are Options Signaling Long-Term Uncertainty? https://www.cmegroup.com/podcasts/off-the-charts-podcast-series/oil-are-options-signaling-long-term-uncertainty.html Question from J Swager - We stuck range bound in WTI for next few months between 48-55? Any signs in the vol that we might be heading for a move beyond in either direction? Question from Bob Engles - Do all the synthetics that hold for eq opts like long stock/short call = short put also hold for futures options? Question from Alcore - How far out can I go in eMini S&P or rut options? Does it make sense to do collars out to max expiration? Or maybe just a couple of years? Question from T

Options news you can use for Thursday, February 7, 2019.

Today Brian breaks down a diagonal spread around Pepsico (PEP) earnings. Tune in to learn how you can implement a similar strategy into your own options trading.  As always, if you have any questions or suggestions for future episodes of Options Playbook Radio please send them to TheOptionsGuy@AllyInvest.com

Options news you can use for Wednesday, February 6, 2019.

Options news you can use for Tuesday, February 5, 2019.

CRYPTO HOTSEAT CRYPTO HOT SEAT GUEST: Zac Prince, CEO & FOUNDER - blockfi - - How can you get a loan against your crypto assets? - How does Blockfi verify that the recipient is a legitimate client and not a scammer or money launderer? - Can a retail client establish a high yield savings account using crypto? - What about a credit card? - How do institutions really view the crypto space? BITCOIN BREAKDOWN - BTC effectively unchd from last week - BTC just entered longest bear market in its history - Can BTC halving mark a bounce for bulls? - Kraken buys Cryptofacilities - keeper of Bitcoin Reference Rate Altcoin Universe - XRP failed to maintain rally over 30 cents - LTC and ETH also failed to maintain rallies over the past week - Cryptopia hack and QuadrigaCX password fiasco weigh on Altcoin this week Crypto Questions - Your Questions on Bitmex options, BTC paving the way for Crypto and more

TRADING BLOCK Are we out of correction? You betcha! OCC January volume down 11.9% after record-breaking 2018 Earnings Highlights this week: Monday - Clorox, Sysco Tuesday - Walt Disney Company, Snap Inc., BP, ADM, Electronic Arts, Viacom, Wednesday - GM, Lilly, Spotify Thursday - Twitter, WWE, Mattel Friday - Cboe, Exelon, Hasbro       ODD BLOCK Harvesting the risk premium in Plains GP Holdings LP (PAGP) Call palooza in Mattel, Inc. (MAT) Harvesting more risk premium in Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP)     STRATEGY BLOCK Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses adjustments to a bullish butterfly and "line-in-the-sand" trades.     MAIL BLOCK #QOTW - With everyone still shaking off #SuperBowl haze, let's start the week by applying your trading mindset to next season. If you had to buy a call on one team to make it into next year's big game - which team are you buying? Feeling another team - let us know below. - Patriots - Rams - Bears (legally obligated) - Saints     AROUND THE BLOCK

Options news you can use for Monday, January 4, 2019.

Volatility Review - Jan VIX futures volume down size from 2017 - Overview of Hot VIX options positions - Overview of interesting VIX options trades - Will there be an end-of-day selloff in VIX futures from VXX - First look at hot VXXB options positions - Earnings Volatility Overview: AMZN, MSFT, FB, QCOM, AAPL and more Volatility Voicemail - Why is the market so slow to adopt VXXB - Can market makers see if your SPX or VIX order is open or close - and more   Crystal Ball The Meatball finally wins. This weeks' picks: Mark L. - 17.05 Mark S. - 15.25

Host Joe Burgoyne welcomes back OIC instructor Peter Lusk as he wraps up his illustrious career in the options industry with a discussion about the Bull Call Spread. Then, on Profiles & Perspectives, Joe interviews Andrew Giovinazzi, COO at the Option Pit.

TRADING BLOCK Apple earnings: Did they do the right thing by pre-announcing the bad earnings? Earnings Highlights: Monday - Caterpillar (before bell), Whirlpool (after bell) Tuesday - AMD, Apple, eBay, Harley-Davidson, Lockheed Martin, Pfizer, Verizon, 3M Wednesday - Alibaba, AT&T, Boeing, Facebook, McDonalds, Microsoft, PayPal, Tesla, Visa Thursday - Amazon, GE, MasterCard, Sprint, UPS Friday - Chevron, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Sony     ODD BLOCK Opening call love in Dropbox Inc (DBX) Opening line-in-the-sand puts in General Electric Company (GE) Below bid puts in Tallgrass Energy LP (TGE)     MAIL BLOCK #QOTW: It's that time again - #EarningsSeason! This week is a hot one! Which of the big #Tech names reporting are you most excited to trade in your #options account? Did we leave out your favorite? Let us know below. - $AMZN - $FB - $AAPL - $MSFT Question from Jarryd Smith - I have a question for the podcast that, as a long-suffering Bills fan, I hope a long-suffering Bill can answer. I wouldn't turn down

Topics this week include: FX Crude/WTI Equities Ags/Soybeans Metals/Gold       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Desinc81 - Are you buying that the FED is done for 2019 and maybe beyond? Question from C Sanders - What do the options traders think about this development? Re: article - Palladium is worth more than gold for the first time in over a decade. Question from Uncert1n - I've always heard the saying that when things get crazy correlation goes to 1. I know that holds for individual stocks and indices but does it also apply to commodities and other assets? Question from Andrew Testa - Love the TWIFO and wouldn't mind more Ag reports. Trying to learn that marketplace for myself. I'm still in the phase of trying to figure out the difference between El Nino and La Nina and which is good for Ags. Thanks for all your great shows. Enjoying the new Crypto Rundown.

Options news you can use for Friday, February 1. We analyze the record bullish surge in crude oil plus the Hot Options Breakdown and earnings analysis for: AMZN AAPL FB NVDA TSLA GE MSFT and more

Today we will be using a skip strike butterfly in Amazon.  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.