This Week in Futures Options
338 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsGold, crude oil, corn, soybeans and more - with so many tradeable products the futures options market is an intimidating place. How can you possibly keep track of the latest trading activity across so many different products? Don’t worry - we’ve got you covered. Welcome to This Week in Futures Options - the program designed to help active futures options traders stay on top of this ever-changing marketplace. Each week we’ll break down the top trades, hot products, volatility explosions and much more. Whether you’re an experienced veteran or a newcomer looking to separate the wheat from the lean hogs, This Week in Futures Options has the information you can’t find anywhere else...
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Episodes
TWIFO 399: The Thief In the Night Makes His Escape
April 25, 2024 21:24 - 36 minutes - 35.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including ags (class III milk, Chicago wheat, corn) and metals (silver).
TWIFO 398: Let's Talk Metals, Crypto and Crude!
April 18, 2024 22:09 - 59 minutes - 56.6 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management Mark and Dan discuss: The movers and shakers in the futures options markets this week The movers in CVOL this week The price action and the fundamentals in copper The puts lighting up the tape in silver The fixatation with crude oil right now And much more
TWIFO 397: Getting Shiny and Explosive
April 11, 2024 22:25 - 59 minutes - 56 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading Academy Mark and Scott discuss: The action in nat gas Gold and silver moving in CVOL And much more
TWIFO 396: It's All About the Metals Baby
April 04, 2024 21:55 - 56 minutes - 53.3 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business - Indiana University Mark and Russell take a deep dive into metals (gold, silver, copper) this week as they are moving the futures options markets and the CVOL indexes this week.
TWIFO 395: Let's Talk About Nat Gas, Live Cattle, Corn and More
March 28, 2024 19:38 - 45 minutes - 43.7 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (nat gas, WTI) and ags (live cattle, corn).
TWIFO 394: Our Man In Japan
March 21, 2024 20:35 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management Mark and Dan discuss: The movers and shakers in the futures options markets this week The movers in CVOL this week A rare detour into the world of FX this week with a deep dive into YEN/USD and the Nikkei All of the options activity in WTI
TWIFO 393: The Head-Scratching World of FX
March 14, 2024 23:38 - 1 hour - 57 MBOn this episode we are joined by: Rich Excell, Gies College of Business - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mark and Rich use the QuikStrike and CVOL tools to discuss interesting options activity, volatility and skew changes in the following products: FX - MXN Rates - 3M SOFR Energy - Nat Gas and more...
TWIFO 392: Chasing Gold, Stealing Silver and Losing Lithium
March 07, 2024 22:04 - 56 minutes - 53.3 MBOn this episode we are joined by: Carley Garner, Senior Analyst and Broker, DeCarley Trading Mark and Carley use the QuikStrike and CVOL tools to discuss interesting options activity, volatility and skew changes in the following products: Nat Gas Gold Silver E-mini Nasdaq 100 and more...
TWIFO 391: Crazy Crypto Leap Day
March 01, 2024 01:01 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management Mark and Dan discuss: What the CVOL indices tell us about volatility going forward All the action in bitcoin and ethereum Some small caps love for Russell 2000 and other equities The energy complex, especially natural gas
TWIFO 390: Let's Talk About Silver, Small Caps and Nat Gas
February 22, 2024 20:26 - 52 minutes - 50.2 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Mike Tosaw, St. Charles Wealth Management Mark and Mike discuss the movers and shakers in futures options and CVOL movers this week including: Equities (Russell 2000) Energy (nat gas) Rates (2 year) Metals (silver) And much more
TWIFO 389: Widowmaker NatGas, Yolo Crypto and Rampant RUT
February 16, 2024 01:01 - 50 minutes - 47.9 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading Academy Mark and Scott discuss: Looking at CVOL movers this week Has the widowmaker in natgas returned? Breaking down all the crazy action and the "ugly chart" in natgas YOLO crypto Not surprising if we see a major breakout in the Russell 2000 And much more
TWIFO 388: What Made the Cut this Week?
February 09, 2024 02:54 - 58 minutes - 55.1 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business - Indiana University Mark and Russell discuss: The movers & shakers in the futures options markets including energy (nat gas) and rates What does copper options activity mean for Chinese demand and the strength of the economy? Market reaction to the latest Fed announcement this week And much more
TWIFO 387: All About Gas and Rates
February 01, 2024 23:33 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management Mark and Dan discuss: What the Fed Watch tool tells us about what's going on with rates going forward What the CVOL indices tell us about volatility going forward What is driving the massive explosion in Nat Gas options What is going on in the 10 Year and 3 M SOFR this week
TWIFO 386: Nat Gas is Undeniable
January 25, 2024 22:51 - 44 minutes - 42.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets for this past week including ags, energy and crypto.
TWIFO 385: Crypto Crush, NatGas Normalization and $100 Crude?
January 18, 2024 21:16 - 50 minutes - 47.6 MBOn this episode we are joined by: Carley Garner, Senior Analyst and Broker, DeCarley Trading Mark and Carley look back at 2023 and trend trades. They also discuss interesting options activity, volatility and skew changes in the following products: Bitcoin WTI Nat Gas Crude Oil and more...
TWIFO 384: Talking Crypto, Equities and Ags
January 11, 2024 23:15 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags (lean hogs, soybean meal), equities (Russell 2000), crypto (bitcoin) and much more.
TWIFO 383: Looking Back on a Wild Year..
January 05, 2024 01:21 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management We discuss the top 10 movers and shakers in the futures options markets for 2023. We discuss bitcoin, equities, metals, ags and much more on this episode of This Week in Futures Options.
TWIFO 382: Futures Options Year-End Round Up
December 21, 2023 21:36 - 38 minutes - 37.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets for this past week as well as for the past year. We also look at our audience polls in futures options over the past year.
TWIFO 381: Explosive Equities, Apathetic Ags and Secret Energy Upside
December 14, 2023 21:40 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags (SRW Wheat), energy (nat gas, crude oil, WTI), equities (Russell 2000), and much more.
TWIFO 380: A Year Of Futures Options Sub-Stories
December 07, 2023 23:15 - 48 minutes - 46.4 MBHost: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group Hot Seat: Derek Sammann, CME Group On this episode, Mark and Derek discuss: the hot products, trends and developments in options at CME Group in 2023; the biggest surprise of the year; the product that saw the most growth in 2023; the rise of 0dte options; short-duration contracts into nat gas; the future of CVOL indices and recommendations on how to incorporate them into your options trading; what to look forward to from CME ...
TWIFO 379: Lets Talk About Metals, Energy and Ags
December 01, 2023 04:17 - 56 minutes - 53.4 MBOn this episode we are joined by: CARLEY GARNER, SENIOR ANALYST AND BROKER, DECARLEY TRADING Mark and Carley discuss interesting options activity, volatility and skew changes in the following products: Nat Gas WTI Silver Soybean Oil Corn Chicago Wheat and more...
TWIFO 378: Small Caps Bust A Move
November 16, 2023 23:15 - 46 minutes - 44.2 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including equities, energy, and much more.
TWIFO 377: Exploring the Latest Economic Research in Rates, Metals, Energy and More
November 08, 2023 22:32 - 54 minutes - 51.7 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME/FTSE RUSSELL HOT SEAT: Blu Putnam, CME Group We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including rates, metals, energy, and much more.
TWIFO 376: Rip-Roaring Equities Dominate the Tape
November 03, 2023 00:15 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including equities (E-Mini Nasdaq 100, E-Mini Russell 2000), metals (gold, silver), energy (natgas), and much more on this episode of This Week in Futures Options.
TWIFO 375: Is Halloween Spooking These Markets?
October 27, 2023 01:30 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading Academy We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including equities, metals, energy, and much more.
TWIFO 374: Everyone Has Energy On the Brain
October 19, 2023 21:19 - 40 minutes - 38.9 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy (WTI, nat gas), ags (soybean meal, lean hogs), and much more.
TWIFO 373: What A Difference A Week Makes
October 13, 2023 00:22 - 59 minutes - 56.5 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy, grains, equities, rates, and much more.
TWIFO 372: A Blood-Red Week
October 05, 2023 19:46 - 37 minutes - 36.3 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy, rates, and much more.
TWIFO 371: Is it Time for 0 DTE Rates Options?
September 29, 2023 00:57 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including rates (30 year, 10 year), energy (natgas, WTI), equities (Russell 2000), and much more.
TWIFO 370: Fed Week Palooza - Rates, Metals, Equities and more...
September 22, 2023 00:19 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including metals (silver, gold), rates (10-year), equities (Emini S&P 500, Russell 2000), metals (silver, gold), and much more on this episode of This Week in Futures Options.
TWIFO 369: Exploring the Odd Corners of the Options Market
September 14, 2023 21:44 - 51 minutes - 48.7 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags, metals, energy, equities, and much more.
TWIFO 368: Crude Iron Flies and Tactical Nukes
September 08, 2023 02:11 - 57 minutes - 54.7 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy (crude oil, nat gas), ags (wheat), equities, and much more.
TWIFO 367: $100 Oil on the Horizon?
August 31, 2023 21:24 - 56 minutes - 53.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including equities (E-mini S&P), energy (WTI, nat gas), ags (wheat), and much more.
#TWIFO 366: Mixing It Up in Energy, Equities, Metals and More
August 25, 2023 01:26 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy (nat gas, WTI, crude oil), equities (Russell 2000), metals (silver, gold), and much more on this episode of This Week in Futures Options.
TWIFO 365: Rates Straddles, Energy Ratios and More
August 17, 2023 22:10 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Rich Excell, University of Illinois We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including rates (2-year), energy (WTI, nat gas), ags (soybean oil, wheat), and much more.
TWIFO 364: Exploring New Markets for Volatility Traders
August 11, 2023 02:57 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy (nat gas, heating oil), ags (wheat, lean hogs), equities, rates and much more.
TWIFO 363: Ags with a Side of Crude
August 03, 2023 23:25 - 33 minutes - 32.1 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags, energy, equities, and much more.
TWIFO 362: Energy and Equities Whiplash
July 27, 2023 21:58 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy (crude oil, nat gas), equities (communications sector), metals (gold) and much more.
TWIFO 361: Saber Rattling and Ags PTSD
July 20, 2023 23:37 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags (wheat, corn, soybeans, oats), energy (nat gas), equities (E-mini Dow) and much more.
TWIFO 360: A Comprehensive Tour of Metals and More
July 14, 2023 02:37 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management We have a nice comprehensive tour of metals (silver, copper, gold). Then we discuss equities, energy and much more.
TWIFO 359: Holiday Fireworks
July 06, 2023 19:58 - 47 minutes - 44.9 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags, energy, equities, and much more.
TWIFO 358: Just the Ags, Ma'am
June 29, 2023 20:50 - 36 minutes - 35 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We take a deep dive in the ags complex as we discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including corn, SRW wheat, soybean oil, soybean meal, feeder cattle, lean hogs and much more.
TWIFO 357: Crypto, Ags, Metals and the Mysteries of Recon
June 22, 2023 17:57 - 57 minutes - 54.5 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME HOT SEAT: Catherine Yoshimoto, FTSE Russell We take a deep dive into the Russell Recon. We also discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including crypto, ags, metals and much more.
TWIFO 356: The Most-Hated Rally Ever?
June 15, 2023 22:46 - 52 minutes - 49.7 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading Academy We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy, equities, crypto, and much more.
TWIFO 355: Energy Lovefest
June 09, 2023 00:49 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy (nat gas), ags (wheat, corn), equities (Small Caps, Russell 2000), and much more.
TWIFO 354: The Nat Gas Bat-Signal
June 02, 2023 01:20 - 58 minutes - 55.4 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including energy, ags (live stock and grains), and much more.
TWIFO 353: Bee in our Bonnet about Binaries
May 26, 2023 00:46 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Nick Howard, Bantix Technologies (maker of QuikStrike) We take a deep dive into the event contracts at CME. We also talk about the movers and shakers in the futures markets this week, answer your questions and much more.
TWIFO 352: Lumber Questions, Ag Implosions and Nat Gas Resurgences
May 19, 2023 02:41 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME/FTSE RUSSELL HOT SEAT: Dan Gramza, Gramza Capital Management We talk about the movers and shakers in the futures markets this week including lumber, corn, soybeans, nat gas and much more.
TWIFO 351: The Mysterious Nexus of Ags, Metals and Crypto
May 11, 2023 19:25 - 56 minutes - 53.5 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME/FTSE RUSSELL HOT SEAT: Rich Excell, University of Illinois We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags (corn, wheat), metals (copper, silver, gold), crypto (bitcoin, ethereum) and much more.
TWIFO 350: Let's Talk About Metals, Rates and Energy
May 04, 2023 21:09 - 43 minutes - 41.8 MBHOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including metals, energy, rates, and much more.