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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.

Jun 25, 2018

Topics this week include:

  • It's Russell Reconstitution time: Russell 1000 & 2000 rebalancing today. Could result in the most heavily traded session of 2018.
  • Equity volatility. Will we see a vertical asymptote?
  • CME's new OPEC watch tool
  • Crude: OPEC ministers agree to raise oil production but don't say by how much
  • Ag...


Jun 18, 2018

Your co-hosts this week are Sean Smith, Managing Director of Derivatives Licensing at FTSE Russell and Nick Howard, Managing Principal at Bantix Technologies.

Topics this week include:

  • Russell reconstitution time
  • Beans!
  • Purdue, CME Group Ag Barometer hits 16-month high
  • Crude

Futures Options Feedback: What's on your...


Jun 11, 2018

Today's CME hot seat guests are Eric Baum, Senior Commodity Trader, and John Rothstein, Chief Operating Officer at Optiver US.

Topics this week include:

  • Ags
  • Corn
  • Soybeans
  • Equities/RVX
  • Crude/WTI

Futures Options Feedback: Flash poll! Let's stick with our Volatility theme to round out the week. Quite simply -...


Jun 4, 2018

Topics this week include:

  • WTI/Crude
  • Gold
  • Equities
  • Ags/Soybeand
  • Rates
  • Crypto

Futures Options Feedback: Flash Poll!

Let's stick with our Volatility theme to round out the week. Quite simply - which product do you think has the highest 30-day implied Volatility? No cheating (or checking with your broker)! What does your...