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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

Today we feature co-host Sean Smith, Managing Director or Derivatives Licensing at FTSE Russell Topics this week include: Equities Crude/WTI Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Comment from Patrick Snoke - Only place #hoglove is seriously discussed is @Options #twifo and some underground blogs for lonely farmers. Each for different reasons. Question from Harry H. - Can I buy options on the Russell VIX RVX? My broker doesn't seem to offer them.

Volatility Viewpoint: Today's special guest is Shelly Brown, EVP, MIAX He discusses: SPIKES volatility index What is it? And more... Volatility Review: A look back at the week from a volatility perspective VIX Cash - 13.25 VVIX – 93 VXX - 36.50 VIX Options - ADV: 671k, VIX call/put: 2.7/1, Total 8.31m (6.02m Calls, 2.30m Puts) Goldman: Retail volume 'leapt to the highest levels in at least a decade' in early 2018 Volatility Voicemail: Listeners have their say Question from James Emmett - What's your take on the new Spikes volatility product? Question from Union J. - Will we ever have a VIX index product that we can actually buy and sell? Crystal Ball: Wild and reckless prognostication Last week: Mark L. -16.05 Mark S. -14.25 Guest - 15.25 This week: Mark L. -13.55 Mark S. -12.75

When Mark was in Florida for the 2018 Options Industry Conference, he had a chance to sit down with Jim Toes, President of STA They discussed: What is the STA? Why is the STA attending the Options Industry Conference? What are the regulatory focuses of the STA? Thoughts on auctions Transparency versus speed Issues in DC

Options news you can use for Monday, May 14, 2018

When Mark was in Florida for the 2018 Options Industry Conference, he had a chance to sit down with Shelly Brown, Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Joe Bracco, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales at MIAX. They discussed: The proposal for the third MIAX exchange Addressing the critiques What does MIAX bring to the market? Why competition matters What about the liquidity issue? Penny pricing Thoughts on auctions And more...

When Mark was in Florida for the 2018 Options Industry Conference, he had a chance to sit down with Andy Nybo, Director at Burton-Taylor International Consulting. They discussed: What does market data research entail? Sifting through the dearth of market data The growth in the need for data How to define liquidity Thoughts on auctions What about the number of exchanges? And more...

Trading Block: Earnings! Thursday - Nvidia NVDA - ATM straddle: 17, approx. 6.5% Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 “catastrophe” put in Tesla Motors (TSLA). Crazy option palooza in Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY). Line in the sand puts in HP Inc. (HPE). Call trade in Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR). Mail Block: Options Question of the Week VIX is back in the mid-teens but the Volatility space is hotter than ever. This is breathing new life into old Volatility products as they try to elbow their way into the VIX spotlight. Which do you think has the best chance of hitting it big with traders? 23% - RealVol- S&P Realized Vol 16% - VolDex -S&P ATM Vol 29% - Spikes- aka SPY VIX 32% - None: There's Only 1 VIX Around the Block/Economic Reports: May 11 - Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment

When Mark was in Florida for the 2018 Options Industry Conference, he had a chance to sit down with John Davidson, President and Chief Operating Officer at OCC. They discussed: John's tenure in the financial services industry The function of being a clearinghouse Technical upgrades on the horizon The nuts and bolts of clearing The symbology initiative Issues with liquidity Working with Washington And more...

Options news you can use for Thursday, May 10, 2018

Options news you can use for Wednesday, May 9, 2018

In this episode, Mark is live at the 2018 Options Industry Conference where he sat down with Ed Boyle, CEO at BOX. They discuss: Update on the BOX trading floor What's trading on the BOX trading floor? What's the theme of the 2018 Options Industry Conference? What can be done about the liquidity issue? How to mitigate risk for liquidity providers? Thoughts on auctions The number of exchanges After hours options trading The demand for new products

Trading Block: What's moving the options market? Options Volume for April: OCC announced that total cleared contract volume in April reached 405,853,179 contracts, a 27% increase from April 2017 volume of 320,547,848 contracts and marking the highest April on record. Earnings! Tuesday - The Walt Disney Company Thursday - Nvidia Odd Block: Bullish paper opening in Coty Inc. (COTY). Rolling calls in Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO). Near ATM earnings calls in Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (FOLD). Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses when it might be better to use verticals or diagonal/calendars. Around the Block/Economic Reports: May 8: JOLTS May 9: PPI May 10: Jobless Claims, Consumer Price Index, Treasury Budget May 11: Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment

In this episode, Mark is live at the 2018 Options Industry Conference where he sat down with Pat Luongo, Director of AES Options Sales at Credit Suisse. They discuss: Pat's history in the options industry Who are their customers? Welcoming back volatility Correcting liquidity concerns Fragmentation of trading venues Stemming the tide of losing liquidity providers After-hours options trading And more

Options news you can use for Tuesday, May 8, 2018

In this episode, Mark is live at the 2018 Options Industry Conference where he caught up with Gary Franklin, Vice President of Retail Options Trading and Strategies at Raymond James. They discuss: What brought Raymond James to the Options Industry Conference? The evolution of interest in options for advisors Clients driving demand for options growth Demystifying options How has the increase in volatility impacted their clients? And more...

In this episode, Mark is live at the 2018 Options Industry Conference where he caught up with Chris Larkin, Senior Vice President of Trading Product at E*Trade. They discuss: The acquisition and integration of Options House and E*Trade platforms Rebuilding the platform from the ground up Lowering the barrier to entry for new options traders What percentage of trades happen on mobile devices? Increasing the community offering Addressing the liquidity issue What about after hours options trading? And more..