Featured Interview Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking Tradefinder and More with TD Ameritrade Posted June 16th, 2015 In this episode, Mark is joined by JJ Kinahan, Chief Market Strategist at TD Ameritrade. They discuss: - JJ's background in the options industry
- Highlights of the TD Ameritrade platform
- Platform upgrades
- How to avoid back testing in a vacuum
- The Tradefinder application
- The Sizzle Index
- What is driving the decrease in volume
- After hours liquidity
- The rise in the use of futures and futures options
- The push towards APIs
Upcoming Economic Reports A preview of what may move the market this week
| TIME (ET) | REPORT | PERIOD | FORECAST | PREVIOUS | | MONDAY, JUNE 25 | | 8:30 AM | Chicago Fed national activity index | May | -- | 0.34 | | 10:00 AM | New home sales | May | 668,000 | 662,000 | | TUESDAY, JUNE 26 | | 9:00 AM | Case-Shiller home price index | April | -- | Â | | 10:00 AM | Consumer confidence index | June | 127.8 | 128 | | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 | | 8:30 AM | Durable goods orders | May | -1.40% | -1.70% | | 8:30 AM | Core capex orders | May | -- | 1.00% | | 8:30 AM | Advance trade in goods | May | -$69.4 bln | -$68.2 bln | | 10:00 AM | Pending home sales | May | -- | -1.30% | | THURSDAY, JUNE 28 | | 8:30 AM | Weekly jobless claims | 16-Jun | 220,000 | 218,000Â | | 8:30 AM | GDP revision | Q1 | 2.30% | 2.20% | | FRIDAY, JUNE 29 | | 8:30 AM | Personal income | May | 0.40% | 0.30% | | 8:30 AM | Consumer spending | May | 0.50% | 0.60% | | 8:30 AM | Core inflation | May | 0.20% | 0.20% | | 9:45 AM | Chicago PMI | June | -- | 62.7 | | 10:00 AM | Consumer sentiment (final) | June | 99 | 99.3 |
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Options Insider Radio Network Episodes you may have missed from Options Insider Radio last week
Option Block 725: Well-Timed Puts and Funky Verticals Posted June 22nd, 2018 Trading Block: Trump trade war spooks markets again. We are fully into zone two. Will vol explode, or is it just a bunch of nothing? Will there be a 50-handle move in the S&P within the next three days? Will this be another year of record volume? Which exchange is dominating the flow so far? Odd Block: TSLA takes a drubbing. Returning to the Rent-A-Center trade from Tuesday. SBUX closing some locations. Is IQIY Inc. being impacted by the threat of trade war? Strategy Block: Managing risk comes before sentiment. Going from a diagonal spread into a put spread. Mail Block: Listener questions and comments Options question of the week: Let's have some fun. These "entertainment" stocks are pricing in big moves. Gun to your head: Which July ATM straddle would you rather own in your portfolio? WWE? DIS? WYNN? SEAS? #DegeneratePremiumBuyers #PalmsIn #FearNoTheta Listener questions: -
Question from Running Roger:Â Forgive me for asking but I need some help and have done something I didn't mean to. I bought ETSY puts at 40.00 strike and then wanted to sell to close. I accidentally sold a put contract, same strike price and same expiration date. Do they wash out? At this point I'm not even worried about the couple of hundred bucks I lost on the spread. I'm worried about selling the put contract. I used Robinhood on this one (instead of TOS) and I can't find a way to sell to close. Some help would be appreciated. -
Question from nowledg3ispower:Â I think I understand most things about calls. But I can't figure out and no one is able to give me an estimate if I have an option in the money. And I want to sell the option as opposed to letting the contract expire and buying the shares. What's my ballpark profit? I've been looking at this option for Twitter. If you have to provide an example.
Around the Block: What are we watching for the near future? Watching VIX. Andrew doubles down on a big move in the S&P.  Options Playbook Radio 214: Cannabis Covered Combo Posted June 21st, 2018 News out of Canada regarding the legalization of marijuana has impacted volatility of medical marijuana stocks. This is an interesting opportunity to get back to basics, including a covered call and a cash-secured put. You can find more in The Options Playbook, which is always available on OptionsPlaybook.com, in on the Amazon Kindle edition. Specifically: -
A review of last week -
How did the trade work out? -
Legal pot in Canada? That impacts IV for CGC -
What is our outlook? -
Setting up the trade -
What do we want to happen?
Do you have a question that you want answered on a future episode? Send them to Brian at theoptionsguy@invest.ally.com, or to the Options Insider at questions@theoptionsinsider.com.  Option Block 724: Live from the Southern Studio Posted June 19th, 2018 Trading Block: Making up for lost ground. Weekend risk. Silver give up gains on tariff talks. New low in the July VIX futures. Square up for no discernible reason. TWTR. TSLA. Put buyers. VIX zones. Fifty cent is back. Why are there so few market makers left? IL Rep takes it on. Where should regulators focus their attention? Odd Block: Mystery TSLA puts. Rally-ho in Dropbox. Finding value in Rent-A-Center. Mail Block: Listeners take over Last week's question of the week: We've broken down the weekly ATM straddles expiring 6/22 for the follow popular names. Gun to your head, which ATM straddle would you rather buy? TSLA? FB? SPY? GLD? -
42% - TSLA -
25% - FB -
15% - SPY -
18% - GLD
This week's question of the week: : Let's have some fun. These "entertainment" stocks are pricing in big moves. Gun to your head: Which July ATM straddle would you rather own in your portfolio? WWE? DIS? WYNN? SEAS? #DegeneratePremiumBuyers #PalmsIn #FearNoTheta -
WWE July ATM Strad: $7 -
WYNN July ATM Strad: $12 -
SEAS July ATM Strad: $2 -
DIS July ATM Strad: $5 -
Comment from ThetaSeller: Can't we just sell an O.T.M. strangle instead? LOL -
Comment from traderjrae: I'm trying to decide which would be worse... Placing an ATM straddle when long options are overpriced, or getting shot in the head. -
Comment from 1SimpleTrader: Re: TSLA. Musk sells $600 million worth of stock in 2016, nobody bats an eye. He buys $10 million back and everyone loses their s*#t.
Around the Block: Trade wars? Watching the POTUS Twitter account. Â Options Insider Radio Interviews: Catching Up With Sullivan Award Winner Gary Katz Posted June 18th, 2018 In this episode, Mark is joined by Gary Katz, co-founder and former CEO of the International Securities Exchange. They discuss: -
Gary receiving the Sullivan award at the Options Industry Conference -
Thoughts after being away from the conference for a few years -
His thoughts on how Nasdaq is integrating ISE -
Issues with liquidity -
The importance of market makers -
Caring for people on the autism spectrum -
Snack foods -
And more
 Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking Enhanced Data and Real Time Risk with Hanweck Posted June 18th, 2018 In this episode, Mark is joined by Jerry Hanweck, CEO at Hanweck. They discussed: -
How did Jerry start Hanweck? -
Their new real-time risk platform -
What is powering the platform? -
What are the components of the real-time risk platform? -
What can the industry to do incentivize market makers to stay? -
What else is coming from Hanweck? -
And more...
Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking Options Coaching with Dan Passarelli
Posted June 18th, 2018 In this episode, Mark is joined by Dan Passarelli, founder of Market Taker Mentoring, and co-host of our very own Options Bootcamp. They discuss: -
How to navigate liquidity issues -
The plight of liquidity providers -
Are people interesting in learning about crypto? -
The upcoming annual retreat -
And more...
 This Week in Futures Options 106: Reconstitution Is Good for Business Posted June 18th, 2018 This Week in Futures Options 106: Reconstitution Is Good for Business 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: Futures Options Feedback: What's on your mind? -
Question from Mark Brandt: Does Nick use the weather to trade ags? Does he have any esoteric Eurodollar information to share? -
Question from Olive Trader: Will gold vol go bid after the Fed decision? -
Question from 8Ack: Is there an easy way to compare the relative skew levels of E-mini Russell vs E-mini S&P? -
Question from Silvan8: I think I was the one guy who used to trade RVX options back in the day. Can you ask FTSE for an update on RVX options? I see some juicy spreads lining up with VIX and I would love to get back in action.
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