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The Crypto Rundown 17: Winter is Over
05/14/2019 11:14

CRYPTO HOT SEAT

Guest: Jeff Dorman, CIO and Partner - Arca

 

 

 

ALTCOIN UNIVERSE

Top coins by market cap: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin

 

 

CRYPTO  QUESTIONS

Question from JBD - Is this the end of the #CryptoWinter?

Question from May Diamond - Does the recent price rally for Bitcoin open the doors for major exchanges to start listing new derivatives products, like Ethereum Futures or Bitcoin Options. Thanks for this great program, you’re the only folks in the space talking about the derivatives angle
Option Block 805: The End of the World
05/14/2019 09:15

TRADING BLOCK

Trade war premium is back

VIX : 20.6 - 1.5-points lower than last show

VVIX: Back up to 106
Most active indices - VIX: 764k, SPY: 1.9M, SPX: 776k

Most active equity options - AAPL, AMD, TSLA, BAC, BABA, FB, NFLX, AMZN, NVDA, MSFT

UBER struggles post IPO

 

 

 

ODD BLOCK

Call love in PagSeguro Digital Ltd (PAGS) - from 3/25

Call palooza in Mylan NV (MYL)

Call overwrite in Cummins Inc (CMI)

 

 

STRATEGY BLOCK

Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses the advantages and disadvantages when buying and selling options

 

AROUND THE BLOCK

This week in the market:

May 14 - Import and Export Prices
 May 15 - Retail Sales, Industrial Production, Business Inventories
 May 16 - Jobless Claims, Housing Starts
 May 17 - Consumer Sentiment
Volatility Views 352: The Volatility Beast is Back... or maybe not
05/13/2019 19:31

VOLATILITY REVIEW

Trade was premium is back as Trump continues to ratchet up the tariffs.

SPIKES - 20, up 7-points from last show

VIX Cash - 19.5., 7-points higher than last week

VVIX - 103, almost 20-points higher than last show

VIX Options - ADV: 459k, very low.

VXXB - 30.3, 5-points higher than last week, ADV: 167k

SPIKES Versus VIX: How to Take Advantage of the Differences - https://www.investorsalley.com/spikes-versus-vix-how-to-take-advantage-of-the-differences-article-jay/

 

 

 

VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL

Question from Super Dragon - Is the $VIX curve inverting as bad as the yield curve inverting?

Question from Anthony Johnston - I’ve heard you guys call otm puts bullets before? Where does this come from and why are they called that?

 

 

 

CRYSTAL BALL

Next week:

Mark L. - 13.25

Mark S. - 14.06

 

 
 
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