This Week in Futures Options

Bitcoin Madness Strikes the Audience #TWIFO Question of the week: Which options product do you want us to discuss live this Friday 1:30pm CT? Natural Gas Russell 2000 WTI Crude Oil Or...Bitcoin What Is Bitcoin Reference Rate? The CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate ("BRR") is a daily reference rate Of the U.S. Dollar price of one bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m. London time. It is representative of the bitcoin t...

Topics this week include: Crude Oil Gold/Metals Wheat/Ags Winners: Live Cattle, RBOB Losers: Rough Rice, Lumber Futures Options Feedback: Options question of the week. Bitcoin just blew past $100B in "market cap." If #Options were available how would you trade them? Buy Calls/Call Spreads Buy Puts/Put Spreads Sell Covered Calls Other/Hate #Crypto Listener questions: Question from Mantauk - What is...

Topics this week include: Nasdaq Skew Crude Oil Gold/Metals Winners: Lumber, RBOB Losers: Iron Ore, Nat Gas Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Question from Danubs - Can I buy options on milk? Question from Bxvets - What's your favorite sell signal? Question from Bullobo11 - What was your most recent and promising buy signal and how did you come across it? Question from AdmiralTwee...

Today in the CME hot seat is Derek Sammann, CME Group Global Head of Commodities and Options Products. Topics this week include: Looking back on "Black Monday" Crude Oil/WTI Gold/Metals Winner this week: Lean Hogs Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Comment form T6BTL - Big on Fed watch. Any other cool tech coming to the site? Options question of the week: Do you think #Options shou...

Topics this week include: Gold Crude Oil Winners: Nat Gas, Palladium Losers: Class 3 Milk, Wheat Futures Options Feedback: Listeners tell us what's on their minds Question from TMD4817: Which is a better timeframe for maxing a 1-3 day "swing" trade with options: wkly expire vs out 1 month vs out 2-3 month Question from Patrick Rooney: Do you use futures in your strategies? For hedging perhaps? If...

Topics this week include: Crude hitting an important psychological number Comment from Alan: I'm down for some lean hogs and livestock Hogs, hog skew (gesundheit) and going hog wild Gold, no love for the weeklies, but standard contracts are golden 15,000 Dec 2018 3000-strike calls trade; plus 7,500 each of the 2000 and 2600 strikes. Fat fingers? Doomsday prepper? Mark is rendered speechless Future...

Topics this week include: Crude Oil Corn Gold Winners: Lean hogs, E-mini, Russell Losers: Soybean oil, rough rice, feeder cattle Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Question from Friendship: You mentioned the livestock products are difficult to trade. What makes them so impenetrable? Comment from Timz: It seems like there is no reason not to collar gold if you're long. Comment from...

This week's CME hot seat guest is Sean Smith from FTSE Russell. Topics this week include: Russell Index Crude Oil WTI/Brent Winners: Oats, Feeder Cattle Losers: Silver, Iron Ore Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over the show Volatility Views/TWIFO Flash Poll: With $SPX #Volatility -aka $VIX- in single digits where are you getting your index vol fix these days? Russell 2000: $RVX, $IWM Dow:...

This episode features special guest Erik Norland, Executive Director and Senior Economist of CME Group Topics this week include: Gold Crude Oil Winners: Nat Gas, WTI Losers: Lean Hogs, Iron Ore Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in Options Question of the Week: First #Harvey, then #Irma, now #Jose & more. We prep houses/cars/family for #disasters. How do you prep your portfolio? Get Long $V...

Topics This Week Include: A reprise of Uncle Mike's silver collar What's happening to gold as a result of global unrest? Uncle Mike channels Scrooge McDuck Hurricanes not yet pummeling crude prices Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from LLCC: Why do you think gold performed so well in the collar study? Question from Nelent: How did silver do in that OCC study? Same...

Topics this week include: Crude Gold Winners - R-Bob, Heating Oil Losers - Oats, Milk Futures Options Feedback: Question from JLC - Where can I get the collar study referenced on the show? Question from Mark T. - So which assets perform the best from a collar perspective? Question from Toms - New OIC study coming soon? Question from J. Marello - I heard that time decay doesn't impact straddles the...

Topics this week include: S&P and other indexes Silver and Gold Crude Oil Winners: Copper, Soybean oil Losers: Lean hogs, corn Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Sho Odwa - Hi! Which website publishes real-time commodity options quotes Comment from Allan - I would have thought KC Wheat would be the winner? Question from NN0M - Why did Tosaw put on a two year co...

Topics this week include: S&P/E-minis Crude Gold Winner: Palladium Futures Options Feedback: Question of the week Which major index has experienced the largest % change in 30-day ATM #Volatility year-to-date? S&P 500 Nasdaq 100 Dow Russell 2000 Listener questions and comments: Question from Chuck M - I like the TWIFO show esp. Winners losers. Q - What about winners for the year so far? Question fr...

Today's special guests are Joe Sullivan & JJ OKeefe, Chicago Capital Markets Topics this week include: S&P/Indexes Floor-based execution Volatility and skew Listener question: Do e-mini, SPY and SPX skew all line up in the same way? Metals: Silver/Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in Question from Chris Thomas: Nick always talks about taking advantage of the skew. Creating a collar, b...

Topics this week include: Crude Iron Ore Soybeans Futures Options Feedback: Questions, comments, and more Last week's Options Question of the Week: With VIX circling the drain, where are you looking for your next volatility fix? 39% - Nasdaq 100 16% - Russell 2000 20% - Commodities 25% - Single Names Listener questions: Listeners share what's on their minds Question from Tanney9: What do you guys...

This week the CME hot seat guest is Ron Bundy, CEO Benchmarks North America, FTSE Russell. Topics this week include: Russell 2000 Crude Oil Interest Rates Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in. Options Question of the Week: With $VIX circling the drain, where are you looking for your next #Volatility fix? Nasdaq 100 - $QQQ Russell 2000 Commodities-Oil, Gold,etc. Single Names (AMZN, etc.) Li...

Today's CME hotseat guest is Matt Bradbard, Director of Alternative Investments, RCM Topics this week include: Where is the vol? New Zealand Dollar (our surprise product of the week) Crude Oil Corn Futures Options Feedback: Polls, questions, comments and more! TWIFO Flash Poll: Which Options product had largest % change in open interest over the past week? 50% - Soybeans 25% - Emini Nasdaq 100 8%...

Today's special guest is Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity Products at CME Group. Topics this week include: Russell Index Ags Soybeans Corn Futures Options Feedback Flash Poll There is some volatility rocking in the ags this week. Which product would you say is on your radar, or perhaps in your portfolio? Soybeans Corn Wheat Other Listener questions and comments: Question from Nicker - Which majo...

Topics this week include: Crude Gold Reuters takes a page from TWIFO Silver Being jaunty Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Options question of the week. Let's get back to basics. #Options are great way to get long (bullish) exposure to stocks & futures. What's your fav way to go long? Long Call/Call Spread Short Put/Put Spread Stock(Future) Replacement Bullish Risk Reversal ANOTHER Opt...

Topics this week include: Crude/WTI Gold Corn Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over the show Options Question of the week: Let's get back to basics. #Options are great way to get long (bullish) exposure to stocks & futures. What is your favorite way to go long? Long Call/Call Spread Short Put/Put Spread Stock(Future) Replacement Bullish Risk Reversal Listener questions and comments: Questi...

Topics this week include: Corn Crude Oil/WTI Flash Poll: Crude Oil is taking a beating. Is the selloff overdone or is it a sign of things to come. Where do you think WTI will be at the end of 2017? Around here (40-45) Much lower (lower than 38) A little higher (50-55) Much higher (above 55) Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Ian Wagner: Hey TWIFO. I'm confused...

Topics this week include: E-Minis Rates - Question from Allan German - What happened in rates options this week with the Fed? Crude Futures Options Feedback: Polls, questions, answers, and more! With $VIX giving up the ghost - which products are you hoping will provide new sources of #Volatility for your #options trading? 33% - Crude Oil (WTI, etc.) 20% - Metals ($GLD, $SLV, etc.) 20% - FX (GBP/US...

This week's CME Hotseat guest is Sarah Linane, E*Trade Senior Futures Specialist This week, the panel discusses: From Stocktwits The 3 BEST performing assets this year: Lean hogs $HE_F +23% Palladium $PA_F +22% Nasdaq-100 $QQQ +20% The 3 WORST performing assets this year: Orange juice $OJ_F -32% Sugar $SB_F -29% The $VIX -21% Other hot topics: Crude Weekly expiration options Gold Futures Options F...

Topics this week include: Silver Platinum Crude Futures Options Feedback: What do you want us to talk about? Comment from Production One‏ @MarkClydeBrant: Bellies! Comment from f ili p @FContangotrader: What about bitcoin,no love? Comment from Elmman: Can you talk more FX? GBP/USD and EUR/USD. Question from Lezen: Which product has the hottest weekly options? Question from LJack: Heard you mention...

Topics this week include: Crude/WTI and gold. Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Olivetrader1: During the last show you mentioned defending a straddle. That means buying futures as soon as we are trading under the put and selling futures as soon as they are trading above the call, or is there more room for execution. Comment from FContangotrader: I cannot wait...