The Options Insider Radio Network

Tech stocks are getting wrecked, crypto fears are spreading and VIX is surging as Volatility Views unfolds. Mark Longo and Russell Rhoads break down a turbulent session driven by disappointing tech earnings, concerns about AI spending and uncertainty heading into the midterm elections. The duo examines the VIX futures term structure, heavy VIX options activity and the volatility ETF and ETN action...

Lean hogs are crashing, stocks are stumbling, and crude oil's reversals are hammering trend followers. Mark Longo welcomes Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading for a breakdown of the volatility, unusual options activity, and trading strategies across livestock, energy, equity indexes, and precious metals. On this episode: • Lean hogs get slaughtered: A sharp selloff sparks a volatility surge. Carley...

Alphabet gets hammered, tech stocks tumble, and Trade Alert prepares for its final trading day. It's a Blood-Red Thursday with an extra dose of nostalgia on The Option Block. Mark Longo, "Uncle Mike" Tosaw and Cboe's Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz break down the earnings-driven selloff in Google parent Alphabet, the surprisingly subdued VIX response, and the small-cap rally defying the tech wreck...

Alphabet tumbles and Intel sinks after earnings—but what does the options activity reveal? On today's episode, Mark Longo breaks down the day's 10 most active options names, examining the busiest strikes, short-dated calls, and buying and selling activity behind the headlines. Explore Alphabet's post-earnings sell-off across GOOGL and GOOG, Intel's after-hours slide, and Microsoft's earnings posit...

Did Fed Day bring the heat to the futures markets? Mark Longo breaks down the trading activity across equity index and interest rate futures, with Micro Nasdaq futures taking the volume crown ahead of the 10-Year Treasury. Plus, crude oil leads the weekly winners as Brent and WTI rally, while lean hogs, coffee and oats head lower. We also check the year's biggest movers, from soaring heating oil a...

Tesla stays on top of the options volume charts, Micron surges toward $1,000, and Alphabet tumbles after earnings. Mark Longo breaks down the hottest stock options activity on The Hot Options Report for October 28, 2026. In this episode: • Tesla's heavily traded $400 puts and battle around a key strike. • Micron's sharp rally and the fate of its $1,000 calls. • Alphabet's earnings selloff and bull...

How do you pick stocks for the options wheel strategy—and what happens when you set that wheel on fire? On Options Boot Camp 414, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli explore fundamental analysis for wheel traders, from choosing stocks you're comfortable owning to evaluating companies for long-term covered call and cash-secured put strategies. Dan breaks down P/E ratios, forward earnings, price-to-book,...

Tesla extends its rally, SoFi surges after earnings, and options traders chase the action. On this episode of The Hot Options Report, we break down the most active stock options, led by TSLA as speculation about a potential SpaceX tie-up fuels another move higher. We also explore SoFi's earnings rally and bullish options activity, Micron's sharp climb, Boeing's tumble to a new low, and continued p...

Can you reduce Bitcoin's downside risk without putting a hard cap on its upside? Mark Longo welcomes Mark Adams, co-founder and CIO of Fortuna Funds, to explore the options strategy behind HBTC, the firm's hedged Bitcoin ETF. Adams explains how the fund uses IBIT options, protective puts and call spreads to build an "uncapped collar." They discuss the tradeoffs between downside protection and upsi...

Elon Musk's "guppy death" comments shake up AI cloud stocks while speculation about a potential Tesla–SpaceX tie-up helps send TSLA soaring. On this episode of The Hot Options Report, Mark Longo breaks down the day's busiest stock options, standout contracts, and dramatic intraday reversals. Tesla leads the countdown with more than 3 million contracts, followed by Nvidia and SpaceX (SPCX). We expl...

On this episode we break down the tech rebound, unusual options activity and the S&P 500's own "Mason-Dixon Line." Mark Longo, Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi and Mike Tosaw explore the market's trading range, shifting volatility and the debate over AI spending—including Elon Musk's colorful "guppy death" warning for the neocloud business. On the docket: Trading Block: Tesla, Nvidia, CoreWeav...

VIX is back above 20, stocks are under pressure, and volatility traders have plenty to unpack as Mark Longo and Russell Rhoads celebrate 700 episodes of Volatility Views! On this episode, we break down the market fallout from Meta and Tesla earnings, mounting concerns over AI spending, and what a flatter VIX futures curve reveals about demand for protection. Is volatility establishing a higher flo...

AMD and Micron rally as the broader market ends the week in the red—but where is the hottest options activity? Mark Longo breaks down the ten most active stock options names, the contracts drawing attention and the intraday reversals that left many expiration-day options worthless. On this episode: • AMD, Micron and Intel buck the market selloff. • Tesla edges out Nvidia for the top spot in the op...

Earnings fallout slams tech stocks, but Apple refuses to join the selloff. Mark Longo breaks down the day's busiest equity options as Meta's spending outlook rattles investors, Tesla reverses an early rally and Nvidia tops the options activity countdown. On this episode: • META slides as spending and cash flow concerns overshadow revenue. • TSLA's post-earnings reversal puts short-dated upside bet...

Mark Longo welcomes Dr. Russell Rhoads of Kelley School of Business at Indiana University to break down the futures options activity, volatility shifts and skew changes behind these diverging markets. On this episode: • Natural gas plunges as options volume tops 1 million contracts. Are traders taking profits on puts, positioning for a rebound or rolling their downside exposure? • WTI crude approa...

A massive semiconductor call spread runs into a tech selloff—and the timing gets painful fast. On this episode, Mark Longo, Mike Tosaw and Henry Schwartz break down a $12.1 million bullish position in SMH, unusual options activity in Toast, and the market's latest reaction to Meta and Tesla earnings. Henry takes listeners inside the 55,000-lot SMH call spread, explaining its structure, defined ris...

Earnings season heats up as SpaceX takes the top spot in the options countdown and Tesla rallies ahead of its own results. Mark Longo breaks down the day's busiest stock options, the initial after-hours reaction to Tesla earnings, and whether aggressive short-term bets paid off. On this episode: • SpaceX's post-earnings surge and the fate of its popular upside calls. • Tesla's rally, earnings reac...

Are precious metals losing their shine as higher Treasury yields compete for investors' attention? Mark Longo welcomes Dana Samuelson, President of American Gold Exchange, to explore the forces shaping gold, silver, platinum and palladium. They discuss central bank demand for gold, silver's search for a bottom, palladium's persistent weakness and the longer-term case for copper. Dana also explains...

Can AI identify the biggest problems facing the U.S. options market—or do experienced traders see risks the bots are missing? Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli put ChatGPT and Google Gemini to the test, challenging both to rank the options market's five most pressing concerns. Then they debate the results, separating persistent industry headaches from emerging challenges that could change how you trad...

Earnings shake up the options market as SpaceX climbs after hours and Netflix heads in the opposite direction. Mark Longo breaks down the day's busiest options activity, the contracts drawing attention and what traders appear to be positioning for next. On this episode, we explore: • SpaceX (SPCX) earnings reaction and active November 125 puts. • Netflix's after-hours slide and the outlook for nea...

What happens when Nvidia options meet the world of 24/7 crypto trading? Mark Longo welcomes Jake Sylvestre, founder of Hypercall, to explore the on-chain options exchange built on Hyperliquid—and its push to bring round-the-clock trading to equity and crypto derivatives. Jake explains how perpetual futures support delta hedging, why market makers are entering the space, and how Hypercall's liquidi...

CoreWeave keeps traders on edge while Amazon and Tesla help power a tech rebound. On this episode, we break down the day's busiest stock options, the contracts drawing the most attention and how those trades looked after the closing bell. Highlights include: • CoreWeave's volatile session and traders positioning for a rebound by Friday. • Amazon's rally following a Morgan Stanley upgrade. • Tesla'...

Stocks are bouncing back, but volatility isn't ready to settle down. On this episode, Mark Longo, Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi and Mike Tosaw break down the market rebound, lingering concerns about AI stocks and the options activity heating up ahead of earnings and the midterm elections. The crew explores Cleveland-Cliffs' earnings-fueled surge and the short-term call trading chasing furth...

Apple stands its ground as a brutal Friday selloff slams tech stocks. On this episode, we break down the busiest stock options, with Tesla and Nvidia leading the volume countdown, CoreWeave extending its painful weekly slide, and Apple rallying within striking distance of its all-time high. We examine the most active calls and puts in TSLA, NVDA, AAPL, MU, CRWV, INTC, META, AMZN and PLTR, includin...

VIX surges while we're recording, turning an already unsettled market into a wild ride for volatility traders. On this episode, Mark Longo and Russell Rhoads welcome Dr. Larissa Adamiec, Clinical Associate Professor at Purdue University, to unpack the sudden jump in market fear, shifting VIX futures prices and a rush of options activity. Are inflation concerns, rising Treasury yields and worries a...