• HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
• CME HOTSEAT GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, TABB GROUP

WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK?

RATES

• Eurodollars

• FedWatch Tool - https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html

WTI

• HOW ARAMCO IPO WILL CHANGE OIL DYNAMICS by Blu Putnam

AGS

CORN

• Demand helps turn corn market green, soybeans turn lower

EQUITIES

• Talking Russell2000 with Russell Rhoads
• TRADE WAR OPTIMISM LIFTING MARKETS, CRUSHING VOLATILITY
• VIX 13.75 - ALMOST UNCHD  FROM LAST SHOW
• VVIX: 95.75 - UP 1 FROM LAST SHOW
• RVX: 16.74 - DOWN .01 FROM LAST WEEK 
• VIX/RVX SPREAD - 3 - EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST WEEK

METALS

• Looking at Lower Gold Prices

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

• COMMENT FROM RCOUT: Corn baby!
• COMMENT FROM EKG3: What are some of the biggest futures options markets outside of the u.s.?
• QUESTION FROM ELLIOTT: Why do some products do large futures volume but small options volume? Doesn’t one usually lead to the other?

TWIFO 177: 

• HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
• CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL
•  GUEST: RICK ROSENTHAL - DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, FTSE RUSSELL INDICES - Cboe

WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK?

EQUITIES

• TRADE WAR OPTIMISM LIFTING MARKETS, CRUSHING VOLATILITY
• VIX: 13.75 - UP 1.35 FROM LAST SHOW
• VVIX: 95.75 - UP 6.75 FROM LAST SHOW
• RVX: 16.75 - UNCHD FROM LAST WEEK 
• VIX/RVX SPREAD: 3 - MUCH TIGHTER THAN LAST WEEK

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK (FULL EPISODE)

• QUESTION FROM LIKEME: How do I create the movers and shakers report that starts the show each week. Also - can I get some burgers? 
• COMMENT FROM INGENUOUS: I love the network and twifo is my favorite show. I tune in every week. No one else talks small cap vol let alone crude and metals vol. It’s a must-listen!
• QUESTION FROM NICO: Why does eurodollar trade so many options?
• QUESTION FROM HOYLER: How far out can I trade russell 2000 options? How is liquidity beyond one year?
• QUESTION FROM ADAM SAM: Hello, I have been using futures options recently to stay in trades longer. My main trade is to sell the opposite of the direction that I think the future is going. So if I think it is going up I sell puts. I used to sell calls further otm as a hedge. This decreases my profit significantly when I am right. Would it be better to buy further otm puts as a hedge with same expiration date or go further in the future for hedging? Thank You for your input.
• QUESTION FROM DLISTER: Since atm implied volatility is structurally higher in russell 2000 does that mean I’m getting better returns for covered calls in small caps than in spy?
• QUESTION FROM MICHAEL SHEEN: How about some gp/usd with all the brexit nonsense going on? 
• 5 STAR REVIEW By Rocket Labs: Great show, dynamic and educational! Greatly enjoy listening to your guys show, I am just getting into trading futures and am finding your show educational as well as entertaining! Keep up the great work :)
• COMMENT FROM KEANU3: I greatly appreciate your information on the dairy markets. We need more info on these marketplaces. Please continue. 
• QUESTION FROM JACTAN: What’s more volatile these days- WTI or nat gas?
• QUESTION FROM GLIO: What about a product complex report where you break down the most active options in each complex. So an Ags compex report then a Metals complex report and so on. 
• QUESTION FROM BELOW: Can you provide any information on upcoming russell volatility products?

• HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
• CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL

WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK?

WTI

• POTENTIAL TRADE WAR END GIVES LIFT TO CRUDE
• THE RETURN OF GLOBAL DEMAND DRIVING UP PRICES

• CRUDE PRODUCTION SHIFTING TO SHORTER TERM?

NAT GAS

• Ready For NatGas' Biggest Bull Market This Year?
• The biggest bull market of the year in natural gas is shaping up, with huge stakes riding on an intense freeze forecast in the eastern two-thirds of the United States — the country’s most-closely watched heating market.

EQUITIES

• TRADE WAR OPTIMISM LIFTING MARKETS, CRUSHING VOLATILITY
• VIX 12.4 - DOWN 1
• VVIX: 89 - UP 1 FROM LAST SHOW
• RVX: 16.70 - DOWN .7 FROM LAST WEEK 
• VIX/RVX SPREAD - 4.3 - EVEN WIDER THAN LAST WEEK

FX

• EURODOLLAR OPTIONS

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

• QUESTION FROM LLJ: What are the tickers for the russell 2000 buywrite indices?
• QUESTION FROM YTI97: Are the puts in rut options more bid than the similar term puts in s&p?

• HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
• CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, MD OF DERIVATIVES LICENSING, FTSE RUSSELL

WHAT WERE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN FUTURES OPTIONS THIS WEEK?

RATES

• FED CUTS RATES FOR THIRD TIME THIS YEAR
• FED CUT BY A QUARTER POINT
• WAS EXPECTED BY THE MARKET - FEDWATCH TOOL WAS AT 95%
• QUESTION FROM NEIL: What is fedwatch saying now about cut in Dec?
• QUESTION FROM NTILL: Did you guy see the recent issue with eurodollar quotes? Maybe this is what’s driving some of the volume in the options lately? RE: THIS STORY - Futures Exchange Reins In Runaway Trading Algorithms

EQUITIES

• DOUBTS ON THE TRADE DEAL SPOOK THE MARKET IN THE WAKE OF FED DECISION
• VIX 13.35 - UP .35
• VVIX: 86.5- UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW
• VXX: 19.95 - NEARLY UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW 
• RVX: 17.40 - DOWN .3 FROM LAST WEEK 
• VIX/RVX SPREAD - 4.05 - SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN LAST WEEK

WTI

• Oil falls 1% as US inventory rises

NAT GAS

• Natural Gas Experts: 'Follow The Money, Forget The Cold' 

METALS

• Gold futures climb above $1,500 to log highest finish in 5 weeks

FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK

• QUESTION FROM JAKE: Why do products like dairy and iron ore that move quite a bit have such light or nonexistent options volume?
• QUESTION FROM LILEANTHAL: What’s the answer as to why weekly WTI options don’t trade?
• QUESTION FROM BEAMS: I think the long-term russell 2000 put trader is a seller taking advantage of inflated put skew to generate higher premiums than comparable spy strikes. Thoughts?
• QUESITON FROM ELTIM: Do you buy that metals only selloff when the calls are bid?