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Now displaying: December, 2017
Dec 26, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Bitcoin
  • Crude Oil
  • Gold
  • Winners - RBOB, Platinum
  • Losers - Feeder Cattle, Oats

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say

  • Comment from TinySpec - @Options @QuikStrike1 @CMEGroup "Donald Trump might be long bitcoin! "?!?!?!?!?
  • Question from MarkClydeBrant1 - Should CL be priced in BTC value of GC to strip out USD risk?...Can't wait to see the COT reports on BTC Commercial Shorts: BANKS.
  • Comment from Ezpreso - Good bit on gold v #bitcoin from CME - openmarkets.cmegroup.com/12749/bitcoin-gold-growth-comparison
  • Comment from Bilc - Good job on the show Nick! Mark left the show in good hands. He can take vacations more often.
  • Question from LV67: Why is futures and FO data so hard to get?
  • Question from Camper: Do you notice any interesting patterns in corn volatility skew ahead of crop planting or harvesting?
  • Question from Tim Haver: What's the cost for the premium version of quikstrike? I like the free stuff that I play with during the show and I'm thinking about taking the plunge.
  • Question from NOZ3T: Is it possible to hedge some of these aggregate commodity ETFs with puts in their underlying itself - so hedge USO with WTI puts, Corn with corn puts - you get the idea?
  • Question from NOMNOM: I was excited about #bitcoin but this is giving me pause.
From the article: About 40 percent of bitcoin is held by perhaps 1,000 users; at current prices, each may want to sell about half of his or her holdings, says Aaron Brown, former managing director and head of financial markets research at AQR Capital Management. (Brown is a contributor to the Bloomberg Prophets online column.) What's more, the whales can coordinate their moves or preview them to a select few. Many of the large owners have known one another for years and stuck by bitcoin through the early days when it was derided, and they can potentially band together to tank or prop up the market.

Because bitcoin is a digital currency and not a security, he says, there's no prohibition against a trade in which a group agrees to buy enough to push the price up and then cashes out in minutes.

Other investors say the whales won't dump their holdings, because they have faith in the long-term potential of the coins. "I believe that it's common sense that these whales that own so much bitcoin and bitcoin cash, they don't want to destroy either one," says Sebastian Kinsman, who lives in Prague and trades coins. But as prices go through the roof, that calculation might change.

Dec 18, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Crude Oil
  • Silver
  • Bitcoin

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners weigh in

  • Question from Knack - Like the show with the QuikSkew updates. What's the best way for me to take advantage of that information? Should I be trading risk reversals?
  • Question from B98 - I know straddle runs are big thing in the indexes. Don't hear them used much in the ags or metals though. Why's that?
Dec 11, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Crude
  • Gold
  • Winners: Soybean Meal, Class 3 Milk
  • Losers: Nat Gas, Oats

Futures Options Feedback: Options question of the week

The war for Bitcoin derivatives is heating up again. CME Group is launching #futures on 12/18. CBOE just announced a 12/10 launch date. Not enough? Nasdaq also announced futures with a planned Q2 2018 launch. With so many choices-How will you trade Bitcoin in 2018?

  • CBOE Futures 12/10
  • CME Futures 12/18
  • Nasdaq Futures Q2 2018
  • "Old School" Bitcoin

Listener questions and comments:

  • Comment from Mark Clyde Brant‏: Who is listing options first? Probably CBOE!
  • Many thx to Nick @QuikStrike1 for the heads up about miners bitcoin recycling and selling calls thereby dampening call skew! Keep the inside BTC skinny coming!
  • Question from Chilic - Love the TWIFO. Good info. Back to collars - do you guys think bitcoin will be as favorable to collars as other commodities like precious metals?
  • Comment from JonasGrumble - Last night, my 19yr old daughter texted me "Have you invested in #Bitcoin yet?" I think we are near a top. Can you say #Shoeshinegirl?
  • Question from B98 - I know straddle runs are big thing in the indexes. Don't hear them used much in the ags or metals though. Why's that?
  • Question from Baspin - Is gold still the leading candidate for you guys when you're lining up collar trades?
  • Question from JacksonTill - What's the biggest #option with retail crowd? WTI? Emini? Gold? Something else?
Dec 11, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Crude
  • Gold
  • Winners: Soybean Meal, Class 3 Milk
  • Losers: Nat Gas, Oats

Futures Options Feedback: Options question of the week

The war for Bitcoin derivatives is heating up again. CME Group is launching #futures on 12/18. CBOE just announced a 12/10 launch date. Not enough? Nasdaq also announced futures with a planned Q2 2018 launch. With so many choices-How will you trade Bitcoin in 2018?

  • CBOE Futures 12/10
  • CME Futures 12/18
  • Nasdaq Futures Q2 2018
  • "Old School" Bitcoin

Listener questions and comments:

  • Comment from Mark Clyde Brant‏: Who is listing options first? Probably CBOE!
  • Many thx to Nick @QuikStrike1 for the heads up about miners bitcoin recycling and selling calls thereby dampening call skew! Keep the inside BTC skinny coming!
  • Question from Chilic - Love the TWIFO. Good info. Back to collars - do you guys think bitcoin will be as favorable to collars as other commodities like precious metals?
  • Comment from JonasGrumble - Last night, my 19yr old daughter texted me "Have you invested in #Bitcoin yet?" I think we are near a top. Can you say #Shoeshinegirl?
  • Question from B98 - I know straddle runs are big thing in the indexes. Don't hear them used much in the ags or metals though. Why's that?
  • Question from Baspin - Is gold still the leading candidate for you guys when you're lining up collar trades?
  • Question from JacksonTill - What's the biggest #option with retail crowd? WTI? Emini? Gold? Something else?
Dec 4, 2017

Today's CME hot seat guest is Matt Bradbard from RCM ALTS.

Topics this week include:

  • Crude Oil
  • WTI
  • Gold
  • Winners - Iron Ore, Nat Gas
  • Losers - Silver, Copper

Futures Options Feedback

  • Question from Lil Nic - Updates on CME #bitcoin futures?
  • Question from Nick - Update on your covered put spread from 11/10?
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