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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.

Oct 30, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Nasdaq Skew
  • Crude Oil
  • Gold/Metals
  • Winners: Lumber, RBOB
  • Losers: Iron Ore, Nat Gas

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say

  • Question from Danubs - Can I buy options on milk?
  • Question from Bxvets - What's your favorite sell signal?
  • Question from Bullobo11 - What was your most recent...


Oct 23, 2017

Today in the CME hot seat is Derek Sammann, CME Group Global Head of Commodities and Options Products.

Topics this week include:

  • Looking back on “Black Monday”
  • Crude Oil/WTI
  • Gold/Metals
  • Winner this week: Lean Hogs

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say

  • Comment form T6BTL - Big on Fed watch. Any other...


Oct 16, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Gold
  • Crude Oil
  • Winners: Nat Gas, Palladium
  • Losers: Class 3 Milk, Wheat

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners tell us what's on their minds

  • Question from TMD4817: Which is a better timeframe for maxing a 1-3 day "swing" trade with options: wkly expire vs out 1 month vs out 2-3 month
  • Question...


Oct 9, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Crude hitting an important psychological number
  • Comment from Alan: I'm down for some lean hogs and livestock
  • Hogs, hog skew (gesundheit) and going hog wild
  • Gold, no love for the weeklies, but standard contracts are golden
    • 15,000 Dec 2018 3000-strike calls trade; plus 7,500 each of the 2000 and...


Oct 2, 2017

Topics this week include:

  • Crude Oil
  • Corn
  • Gold
  • Winners: Lean hogs, E-mini, Russell
  • Losers: Soybean oil, rough rice, feeder cattle

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners have their say

  • Question from Friendship: You mentioned the livestock products are difficult to trade. What makes them so impenetrable?
  • Comment from Timz:...