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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.

Feb 27, 2017

This week features Larry Shover co-founder of Mutual Fund Solutions Group.

Topics this week include:

  • Crude Oil
  • WTI
  • Silver

Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from LL43: Is buying straddles a more effective strategy in #futuresoptions due to the different nature of decay or is it still...


Feb 20, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • WTI Skew
  • Crude vol
  • Eurodollars
  • Lean Hogs

Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from Tom Rios - How has Mexico threatening to buy corn from Brazil and Argentina, rather than the US, impacted corn volatility?
  • Question from McTinney - Hello to the TWIFO team and...


Feb 13, 2017

We have a very special guest this week, Dan Passarelli, the Founder of Market Taker Mentoring.

Topics this week include:

  • Brent/WTI Spread
  • Vol Skew
  • Gold

Futures Options Feedback: Quizzes and questions and comments

TWIFO Pop Quiz: What is your go-to Futures Options strategy? Did yours not make the cut? Reply/DM with it...


Feb 6, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • WTI/Brent spread
  • Gold

Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments

  • Question from JVIL: Can we get an update on corn?
  • Question from Alan Mayne: What's it going to take to bump WTI volatility back into the 2016 range?
  • Question from TLOCA4: How do I find the quickskew setting...