This Week in Futures Options

Topics this week include: Rates Crude/WTI Equities/Russell Metals/Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Comment from MailManDan5 - I'm a buyer at $2,250. Know that market all too well. If it wants to fiddle down there I'll play ball, else it's not a great time to get back into crypto. Hopefully too many people didn't waste their time in 2018 on what was clearly a 2017 boon. Little pie...

Topics this week include: Soybeans Crude Oil Nat Gas Equities Metals/Gold Crypto/Bitcoin Winners: KC Wheat, Iron Ore, Palladium Losers: Nat Gas, Rough Rice, E-Mini Russell 2000 Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Question from JLN7 -Is it safe to write calls in nat gas again? Question from Mainev -Didn't quite catch the logic of the guest last show re: equities strangles. How would selli...

Today's special guest co-host is Russell Rhoads, Formerly Dr. VIX and current Head of Derivatives Research at the Tabb Group. Topics this week include: Crude Oil/WTI Nat Gas Equities Metals/Gold/Copper Ags/Soybeans Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins Question from Elleneals - Given the skew setup in equities with calls being cheaper than puts from a vol perspective why would you eve...

Today's guests are Jeff White, Executive Director, Energy Products & Services at CME Group and John Seguin, Former CME Member and Head Futures Coach for Market Taker Mentoring. Topics this week include: Nat Gas WTI Crude CME OPEC Watch Tool Equities Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Comment from Georgio - We need some options on #CMEG BTC futures. Comment from Mark B...

Topics this week include: Energy/Crude Equities Metals/Gold Rates Ags Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Question from Mate7 - Good talk on ex. and settle on last show. I'm looking over the CME website option specs pages and I don't see many American style contracts. Why does CME use so many European contracts? Are they against early exercise?

Today's guests are Steve Stasys, Senior Director Agricultural Products, CME Group and Jared Caplan, Head of Commodities Trading, Akuna Capital. Topics this week include: Ags Soybeans Corn Hogs (#hoglove) Nat Gas WTI Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from NN76 - Found your show when searching for info on hog options. Like the #hoglove. Any tips for someone thinking...

A deep dive into metals: Gold Silver Aluminum Copper Plus, equities and crude Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins. Comment from Romansray - Crypto is a myth. Question from Delman - Those Russell buy-write indices you discussed on the last show. What are the tickers? Can I trade them directly? Are there options listed? Question from Talerico - Does the use case for weekly options dif...

Today's CME hot seat guest is JB Mackenzie, Managing Director, Futures & Forex at TD Ameritrade Topics this week include: Equities Crude Metals/Gold Rates Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins Question from Taylor N. - Do most FCMs offer the ability to go delta neutral easily on their platform? Or do you still have to go through the hassle and risk of legging? Question from Mystrio -...

Topics this week include: Equities (What is going on?) Crude/WTI Metals/Gold Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Comment by DCVic - Hey Nick good call on puts and gold futures. Thx. Comment from Angel - Looks like bitcoin is the digital flight to quality after all. No selloff with equities. Question from Matteo - I'm selling monthly put options on the eMini. So I'm short options and...

Topics this week include: Energy/Crude Equities Metals/Gold Rates Ags Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over Question from Mate7 - Good talk on ex. and settle on last show. I'm looking over the CME website option specs pages and I don't see many American style contracts. Why does CME use so many European contracts? Are they against early exercise?

Topics This Week Include: Crude Rates Equities Metals Ags Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Cambel: Oh no! Did the millennials kill cheese ? Are they coming for fluid milk next? Question from Inlo: Is it only possible to exercise a FOP that has the same month as the underlying future? If I'm long an April CL future do I also need an April put option? Or...

Topics this week include: FX Metals/Gold Crude/WTI Equities Crypto < Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments. Question from Leo Orland: What is the base mining/production cost for gold? Are we approaching that level? Question from Tatlas: Love Vol Views and TWIFO. I miss the Two-fer Fridays with both shows. Keep up the crude info. Have a somewhat basic question. Can I trade optio...

Topics this week include: Rates Crude/WTI Metals/Gold Equities/RVX Ags Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins Question from Nittles - Maybe Nick can talk about what the Euro pit was like back in go-go 90s when rates were rocking under Greenspan? Comment from John C David -Trade Wars & Loss of Farmers' Soy & Other Agriculture Exports?! American Economy Slowing: Trade Imbalance/Tax Cuts...

Topics this week include: Crude Metals/Gold Equities/RVX Crypto/Bitcoin Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from George Pat - You say equity put skew isn't interesting. I find it pretty fascinating because it's a barometer for the market's demand for protection and income. I'm in for more equity skew. Question from Ron S6 - What's your suggested minimum account size...

Topics this week include: Equities/Russell Crude/WTI Gold/Silver/Copper Crypto/Bitcoin Ags/Corn Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from Varga - Which strategy should futures options traders learn about and focus on first? Question from BelaRussian - I'm long futures options and they are ITM. If I want to exercise it now as oppose to selling them, I can do that any t...

Topics this week include: Equities Russell/EMini Crude Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say Options question of the week: We talked about crypto derivatives at the @BlockchainVoice Conference. So this week we want to know which Crypto product you'd like to see listed on a major venue next. 72% - Bitcoin Options 8% - Ripple Options/Futures 15% - Ether Options/Futures 5% - Litec...

This episode was originally posted on August 28th, 2017 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?...

Topics this week include: Crude Equities/S&P Metals/Silver Bitcoin/Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Options question of the week We're talking about #Crypto #Derivatives at the upcoming @BlockchainVoice Conference (register at http://VoiceOfBlockChain.com). So this week we want to know which #Crypto product you'd like to see listed on a major venue next. 72% - Bitcoin Options 8% - Ripple Options/F...

Topics this week include: Crude/WTI Ags/Soybeans Equities Metals/Gold Bitcoin/Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take the reins Comments on the U.S./China soybean battlefield Ned Brown has comments on the switch from soybeans to sugar cane Keifer says don't expect business to come back to the U.S. once the tariff is lifted. Liz O. wants to know where to find all of Blu's research ( Right h...

Today we are joined by: Mike Tosaw from St. Charles wealth management Sean Smith, Managing Director of Derivatives Licensing at FTSE Russell Ron Bundy, CEO of Benchmarks, North America at FTSE Russell Topics this week include: Equities Indices/Russell Crude/WTI Metals/Silver Winners: Oats, Nat Gas, Iron Ore Losers: Rough Rice, WTI, Lumber Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in Question from...

Our featured guest in this episode is Blu Putnam, Chief Economist at CME Group. Topics this week include: Crude/Brent/WTI Equities/Russell Ags/Soybeans Question form Robinar - La nina or el nino? Which one is good for U.S. Ags? I always forget. Gold/Metals Bitcoin/Crypto

Topics this week include: Crude Ags/Soybeans Question from LLN9 - Are beans calls showing any hope for an upside move in next six months? Bitcoin/Crypto Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments Question from HLC - I have a couple of FOPs that are going to expire deep in the money but covered by the underlying long future position. When should I expect the long position to disappea...

Topics This Week Include: Silver/Gold Crude Equities/Russell Futures Options Feedback Question from Daniel - Saw what looked like a gold fly in the TWIFO report but Nick from QuikStrike said he didn't see it in the block reports. Why is that? Are all trades not reported in the block trade reports? Question from Yancy - I heard it said that there are 20 active names and about 75 tradeable names in...

Topics this week include: Crude Equities/Russell Metals/Gold Ags/Soybeans Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in Comment from L Sert - Missed Nick on the show. What's his thought on the big $150 crude prediction? Question from P Kell - Looking at CME TWIFO page and trying to figure it out. What do the numbers in the 25D and 25D QuikSkew columns mean? Apologize if you've answered this before...

Topics this week include: Metals Crude Equities/Russell Ags/Soybeans Crypto/Bitcoin Futures Options Feedback: Listners chime in Comment from Trade_The_Swing -Today is sunny as trade tariffs begin, yesterday was cloudy as trade tariffs were about to start, tomorrow will be hot weather cause tariff war de-escalate, all this tariffs noise is beyond silly. Comment from Son of Algos - #BuckleUp #TradeW...