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Options News You Can Use for 1-22-19

Volatility Views 338: Boulevard of Broken VXX Dreams Host: Mark Longo, Founder and CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Co-Host: Mark Sebastian, CIO - Karman Line Capital, Founder - OptionPit.com Volatility Review The markets are loving rumors of a trade war detente.  Major indices up nearly 1.5% across the board with volatility taking a bath.  Broken VXX dreams: Mark and Mark break down the littany of Jan puts in VXX that will unfortunately expire worthless this week.  Volatility Voicemail We answer your questions about VIX 1x2 verticals, VXX sadness, Powell puts and more...  Crystal Ball Our picks for VIX next week: Mark L. - 17.25 Mark S. - 16.25  

The Options News Rundown For Friday January 18th Options news you can use for Friday, January 18th 2019.

Options Playbook Radio 243: Huddling Up About Premium Harvesting and Covered Calls Today Mark and Brian  answer questions about: How to safely harvest premium in a volatile environment by selling puts What criteria should you evaluate when constructing a covered call portfolio?

TWIFO 135: The Brexit Bounce Equities - Russell futures setting new records in December - Exploring how equity put writes fared during a tumultuous Q4 - Secret pockets of liquidity for equity futures FX - Weekly call skew annihilated in GBP/USD - Funky Risk Reversal trading in June this week AGS - Beans put skew getting bid up this week on strong volume Hogs - What is the hog skew predicting going forward? FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK This week we field requests for call-in lines, #Hoglove, Beans and even a song!

The Options News Rundown for January 16th 2019 Options news you can use for January 16th 2019. 

Options Insider Radio Interviews: The Dark Art of Real-Time Margin Host: Mark S. Longo, Founder - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Alex Lamb, Global Head of Marketing -The Technancial Company On this episode Mark and Alex discuss: The dark art of real-time margin How did Technancial weather the storm of MIFID 2 as well as the current Brexit furor? The importance of risk management in volatile markets. And much more...

The Options News Rundown 1-15-19 Options news you can use for Tuesday, January 15th.

  THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 2: SURPRISING OPTIONS ACTION HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW QUINE, HEAD OF DIGITAL OTC ASSETS - AKUNA CAPITAL THE BITCOIN BREAKDOWN BTC briefly breaks $3500. Are we in the midst of a January correction? Are long-term BTC whales waking up? What are the OTC BTC options customers trading right now? The answer might surprise you. THE ALTCOIN UNIVERSE Breaking down trading activity in LTC, ETH, XRP and more. The St. Louis Fed says altcoin might be hurting BTC. CRYPTO QUESTIONSAnswering questions about BTC options skew and a potential BTC etf.  

The Options News Rundown 1-14-19 Options news you can use for Monday, January 14th.

The Option Block 774: Time to Dance Once again HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI/MARK SEBASTIAN, OPTION PIT CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT Trading Block We discuss AAPL, VIX, SPY and more Odd Block Today's tickers: TRU SIG KEY Strategy Block How to manage a covered call portfolio. Mail Block You guys have puts and stocks on the brain this week. Around the Block Looking ahead to earnings in GS, BAC, BNY, JPM, NFLX and more...

- HOST: Mark Longo, Founder and CEO - The Options Insider Media Group - Co-Host: Dan Passarelli, Founder - Market Taker Mentoring. In this episode, Mark and Dan kick things off by looking back at a tumultuous 2018. Then they follow up with a super-sized Mail Call segment answering all of your pent-up questions about Apple, skew trades, options exchanges, options education, USO verticals and much more. It's time to get back in peak options trading shape. It's time for Options Boot Camp!

Options News Rundown 1-11-19 Options news you can use for Friday, January 11th.

VOLATILITY VIEWS 337: Looking At VIX From A European Perspective - HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP - SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST: AASH VYAS, PORTFOLIO MANAGER -  TUNGSTEN INVESTMENT FUNDS VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT VIX STILL EERILY FLAT - HOVERING AROUND 20 LEVEL. MARK/ANDREW VOLATILITY REVIEW - WHICH VOLATILITY TRADES, TRENDS OR DEVELOPMENTS CAUGHT YOUR EYE THIS WEEK? VIX CASH 19.25 - 3.5 PTS LOWER THAN LAST SHOW VVIX 85.5 - 4.5 PTS HIGHER THAN LAST SHOW VIX FUTURES CURVE STRANGELY FLAT FRONT MONTH: .4PT PREMIUM TO CASH 2ND MONTH: .65 PT PREMIUM TO CASH VIX OPTIONS TODAY - 215K ADV - 584K NEARLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW TOP VIX POSITIONS 327336 .VIX Feb 13th 37.5 C, chg -2140 245513 .VIX Jan 16th 30.0 C, chg -243 213192 .VIX Jan 16th 35.0 C, chg -24 209890 .VIX Feb 13th 40.0 C, chg +175 170651 .VIX Jan 16th 32.5 C, chg -380 164631 .VIX Apr 17th 45.0 C, chg +2463 156643 .VIX Jan 16th 18.0 P, chg +571 153838 .VIX Apr 17th 70.0 C, no chg 144909 .VIX Feb 13th 35.0 C, chg +3900 140853 .VIX Apr 17th 37.5 C, no

TWIFO 134: Breaking Equity Secrets HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD - DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL CO-HOST: NICK HOWARD, FOUNDER - BANTIX TECHNOLOGIES In this episode, Mark and Sean explore the latest trading developments in equity options as well as in crude oil, gold, soybeans, crypto and more. Our listeners also take their turns trying to get Sean to spill his equity product secrets.  

The Option Block 773: Getting Gossipy Live With The Rock Lobster In this episode Mark is joined live in the studio by the Greasy Meatball AND the Rock Lobster (along with Uncle Mike beaming in from St. Charles). Gossipy madness ensues...