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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: April, 2017
Apr 24, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • WTI
  • Gold

Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from Silvan - Does Quikstrike actually quantify the rent? So you could collect X rent in product Y if you sold it, etc. Also how do I read that quickskew graph? Not sure I'm looking at it correctly.
  • Question from Meravol - Interesting piece in Modern Trader about selling breakeven strangles. Have you seen? What are your thoughts of this technique? Is it me or are there new techniques for selling strangles all the time that always tend to blow out? Are you not better off selling IC or IB due to limited risk?
  • Comment from Tom S. - The barrel of oil question was cute. Maybe worth a show about the actual delivery process?
Apr 17, 2017
Originally posted on January 23, 2017, this "Best Of" This Week in Futures Options features Blu Putnam Chief Economist of CME Group.

Topics in this episode include:

  • The election, inauguration
  • WTI/Brent spread
  • QuikStrike

Future Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from Jeff Myers: What is the prediction for platinum options?
  • Question from Eddy: Is the trade in crude more cautious right now, or are the bulls all in? Is it an all-in trade?
  • Question from Sean: When it come to currency options, is there a market, like Euro, that trades more smoothly?

 

Apr 10, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • WTI/Crude Oil
  • Gold
  • Skew

Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from Andrew L. - On the note of your oil sulfur question here is another weird one that's been bugging me. If I buy a contract for a barrel of oil and take delivery do I actually get the barrel?
  • Question from SillyPuddy - I am a newly minted FO approved trader but yet to make my first trade. What product and strategy is your go to for noobs.
  • Question from NoizeFun - Can we get a silver recap on the show this week? Plz?
Apr 3, 2017

In the CME hot seat for this episode, we have Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity Products, CME Group.

Topics this week include:

  • QuikSkew
  • Index Options
  • Crude Oil/WTI

Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from A Joban - When are we gonna have weeky options expiring on every day of the trading week? So affectively I am asking when are we gonna have daily options?
  • Question from StockAce - Does the CME Futures Institute offer options education as well? If not, can you recommend any good outlets that do futures options education?
  • Question from AM85 - How can you guys tell, when you are looking at the reports, if a trade is opening or not? Thanks and love the show - wish it was daily.
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