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- Their volatility-oriented products
- How customers are using their vol products
- Rob’s reaction to Flash Boys
- Mini options and the lack of adoption
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| TIME (ET) | REPORT | PERIOD | FORECAST | PREVIOUS | | MONDAY, JULY 16 | | 8:30 AM | Retail sales | June | 0.50% | 0.80% | | 8:30 AM | Retail sales ex-autos | June | 0.30% | 0.90% | | 8:30 AM | Empire state index | July | -- | 25 | | 10:00 AM | Business inventories | May | -- | 0.30% | | TUESDAY, JULY 17 | | 9:15 AM | Industrial production | June | 0.60% | -0.10% | | 9:15 AM | Capacity utilization | June | 78.30% | 77.90% | | 10:00 AM | Jerome Powell testimony | Â | Â | Â | | 10:00 AM | Home builders' index | July | -- | 68 | | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 | | 8:30 AM | Housing starts | June | 1.312 mln | 1.350mln | | 8:30 AM | Building permits | June | -- | 1.301mln | | 10:00 AM | Jerome Powell testimony | Â | Â | Â | | 2:00 PM | Beige book | Â | Â | Â | | THURSDAY, JULY 19 | | 8:30 AM | Weekly jobless claims | 14-Jul | 220,000 | 214,000 | | 8:30 AM | Philly Fed | July | 22 | 19.9 | | 10:00 AM | Leading economic indicators | June | -- | 0.20% | | FRIDAY, JULY 20 | | Â | None scheduled | Â | Â | Â |
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Options Insider Radio Network Episodes you may have missed from Options Insider Radio last week
Posted July 13th, 2018 Trading Block: Earnings! - Tuesday - PepsiCo
- Thursday - Delta Airlines
- Friday - JPMorganChase, Citi, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank
Plus, crude is taking it on the chin this week. Odd Block: Call love in D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI), call vertical in PagSeguro Digital Ltd (PAGS), put/call palooza in Materials Select Sector SPDR (XLB). Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses premium buying vs selling. Mail Block: Options question of the week Options during earnings season can be challenging. Some live for it while others avoid it. Do you hold options positions through earnings announcements? If so, what is your approach? Or do you prefer to trade just before/after the event? Or is it all too risky? - Yes, Short Premium
- Yes, Long Premium
- No, Too Risky
- I trade around the event
Around the Block/This Week in the Markets: - Jul 13 - Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment
 Posted July 12th, 2018 We are back into earnings season. Let's take a look at a skip-strike butterfly in NFLX. 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 the Boeing calendar spread from last time
- What happened since the paper trade was put on?
- Looking ahead to NFLX earnings
- Where is NFLX now?
- What is the expected move?
- What happens if we are wrong?
- What is the maximum return? Reward?
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.  Posted July 10th, 2018 Trading Block: The trade war scares no one?? Earnings: - Tuesday - PepsiCo
- Thursday - Delta Airlines
- Friday - JPMorganChase, Citi, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank
- SPX is celebrating its 35-year anniversary.
Odd Block: Rolling put spread in iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index (IWO), vertical roll in Endo International PLC (ENDP) and small verticals in Amgen, Inc. (AMGN) Mail Block: Listeners have their say Options question of the week: Traders generally fade volatility going into holidays (today notwithstanding). What's your favorite vehicle when you want to wager on the dark side of volatility? Short-term or Long-term - that's up to you. - 27% - Short VIX Futures
- 17% - Long $VIX Puts/Spread
- 33% - Long $VXX Puts/Spread
- 23% - Short $VIX Calls/Spreads
Another options question of the week: Trading options during earnings season can be challenging. Some live for it while others avoid it. Do you hold options positions through earnings announcements? If so, what is your approach? Or do you prefer to trade just before/after the event? Or is it all too risky? - Yes, Short Premium
- Yes, Long Premium
- No, Too Risky
- I trade around the event
Listener questions and comments: - Question from Splitsville - Why is long put/covered call a "collar" while short put/long call is a "risk reversal." Never understood that one.
- Question from Alto - Which do you think has a better chance of happening - no more earnings calls or after hours options trading? And which do you think would be more impactful for options traders? Do you have a preference?
Around the Block/This Week in the Markets: - Jul 10 - JOLTS
- Jul 11 - PPI
- Jul 12 - Jobless Claims
- Consumer Price Index, Treasury Budget
- Jul 13 - Import and Export Prices, Consumer Sentiment
 Posted July 9th, 2018 Topics this week include: - Metals
- Crude
- Equities/Russell
- Ags/Soybeans
- Crypto/Bitcoin
Futures Options Feedback: Listeners chime in - Comment from Trade_The_Swing -Today is sunny as trade tariffs begin, yesterday was cloudy as trade tariffs were about to start, tomorrow will be hot weather cause tariff war de-escalate, all this tariffs noise is beyond silly.
- Comment from Son of Algos - #BuckleUp #TradeWar No #MAGA Just massive debt, shrinking system liquidity & Trump plunging the West into the Dark ages.
- Comment from Leveq - I agree with your other listener that it's the brokers putting the brakes on weeklies. I don't even see them listed on my platform. Wth?
- Question from Desmond - What is the one thing you think people really should know, but don't about the differences between futures options and equity options?
 Posted July 9th, 2018 Volatility Review: What trade war? The market rallies despite the fact that the trade war has begun. Market review: - VIX Cash - 13.75, 1.25-points lower than last week.
- VVIX - 103, almost unchanged from last week.
- VIX Options - ADV: 496K, VIX call/put: 2.7/1, Total 7.04m (5.16m Calls, 1.88m Puts)
- A lot of VIX risk reversals hitting the tape today.
- VXX - 34.6,0.5-points lower than last week.
Volatility Voicemail: Flash poll Which product or complex will experience the greatest #Volatility going forward as a result of this trade war? Gold? Crude Oil? Equities? Soybeans? - Soybeans
- Gold
- Crude Oil
- Equities
Options question of the week: Traders generally fade volatility going into holidays (today notwithstanding). What's your favorite vehicle when you want to wager on the dark side of volatility? Short-term or Long-term - that's up to you. - Short VIX Futures
- Long VIX Puts/Spread
- Long VXX Puts/Spread
- Short VIX Calls/Spreads
Listener questions and comments - Question from LVist - Are you guys as surprised as me by VXX's stubbornness? It refuses to break the 30 handle.
- Question from Casey - Is it me or is the vol space much more boring after VIX/SVXY? Those were my two favs. Seems like there's not much to take their place. What's the new short vol play?
Crystal Ball: Your prognostication headquarters Last week: - Mark L. -12.55
- Mark S. -12.95
This week: - Mark L. - 12.50
- Mark S. - 12.90
- Guest - 13.63
 Posted July 9th, 2018 This rebroadcast of OIC’s webinar panel on Put-Call Parity covers whether understanding these priceÂ
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