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This Week in Futures Options

Gold, 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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Now displaying: May, 2016
May 31, 2016

This week, Mark and Nick discuss:

  • Treasury Futures Options
  • Soybean Options
  • Crude Oil
  • Gold

Here are the TWIFO reports for this week:

TWIFO Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from Groose - Regarding Eurodollar futures options. Are there different quirks between the months?
May 20, 2016

This week Mark and Nick discuss:

  • A review of the last week in futures options
  • How to navigate limit up/down markets in soybeans and other futures options products
  • Paper trading tips for the soybean market
  • Analyzing recent volatility skew distortions in soybeans
  • Using collars and risk reverals to exploit recent movements in the soybean markets
May 9, 2016

In this episode, which was recorded on Friday, May 6, 2016, Mark and Nick discuss:

WTI:

  • June volume 55% of volume
  • Volume up 4% over last week
  • July 53 calls most active in July
  • Open interest up 13% in July
  • Aug 55 calls also active
  • Skew creeping up across the board
  • Why aren't weeklies trading in WTI?

Gold

  • June accounted for over 50% of volume this week
  • OI up 5% this week

Nat Gas

  • June 1.85 puts

Soybeans

  • Soybeans up a bit toward end of the week
  • Calls got beat up and puts are bid skew getting bid up particularly in July
May 2, 2016
  • What happened in crude? It was a dance between the bulls andbears, but much of the action around the 35 strike, especially the35 puts.
  • Here is a link to the report Mark and Nick discussed on theshow.
  • An update on QuikSkew, but shhhh...it's a secret
  • What's happening in gold?
  • Here's the TWIFO gold report
  • Risk reversal terminology: old school versus new school
  • Treasuries, esp. the 10 year
  • Soybeans. Yes, beans!
  • Chinese futures otpions and some numbers that might giveregulators pause
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