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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.

Dec 21, 2023

HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network

We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets for this past week as well as for the past year.  We also look at our audience polls in futures options over the past year.


Dec 14, 2023

HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network

CME GROUP HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

We discuss the movers and shakers in the futures options markets including ags (SRW Wheat), energy (nat gas, crude oil, WTI), equities (Russell 2000), and much more.


Dec 7, 2023

Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group
Hot Seat:
Derek Sammann, CME Group

On this episode, Mark and Derek discuss:

  • the hot products, trends and developments in options at CME Group in 2023;
  • the biggest surprise of the year;
  • the product that saw the most growth in 2023;
  • the rise of 0dte options;
  • short-duration...


Dec 1, 2023

On this episode we are joined by:

  • CARLEY GARNER, SENIOR ANALYST AND BROKER, DECARLEY TRADING

Mark and Carley discuss interesting options activity, volatility and skew changes in the following products:

  • Nat Gas
  • WTI
  • Silver
  • Soybean Oil
  • Corn
  • Chicago Wheat 
  • and more...