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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.

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This Week in Futures Options 132: Looking Back at a Historic Year

Dec 28, 2018

2018 Year-in-Review:

  • Ags/Soybeans
  • Nat Gas
  • Equities/Russell
  • Metal/Gold
  • Cyrpto

Futures Options Feedback: Listener thoughts and musings

  • Question from Jamal A. Lee - Thoughts on chance of BTC options listing in 2019?
  • Question from Shasha3 - Biggest surprise of 2018? Any crazy expectations for next year?
  • Question from Tarles - Concrete plans to bring back RVX in 2019? Seems like market makers would be interested in more volatility offerings these days?
  • Question from C Tauck - Is this market whipsaw enough to make people rethink purely passive investing? Maybe they will consider an active allocation or perhaps even hedging themselves in 2019?
  • Question from BBoy2 - What is the technical definition of a skew trade?
  • Question from Burns - Is buying a call actually the best way to get long stock in this market?