This Week In Futures Options

TWIFO 159: Pop-Tart Arbitrage And The Mysteries of the Options Liquidity Matrix. Russell Rhoads, Director of Derivatives Research at Tabb Group,  joins us to break down the latest findings from his Options Liquidity Matrix. Mark and Russell also discuss: - Is pop tart arbitrage the new frontier of trading? - Why is WTI call skew so weak? - What is going on with Gold volatility? - How does the explosion of micro emini futures volume impact the broader equity market? - What the heck is going on in the crypto markets? - And much more... Futures Options Feedback QUESTION FROM ANTHONY: Are we in a new volatility regime for gold? QUESTION FROM CLDD: How do I read this Fedwatch tool? QUESTION FROM 787WEST: I like the movers and shakers but you only do them for futures. Is there a futures options movers and shakers report as well?

Topics this week include: Equities Crud Oil/WTI Ags/Soybeans Metals/Gold     FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Dazzne - Can you explain how the FedWatch tool actually works? Question from ELE3S - What does Sean think of the new micro futures Russell products? Are there more planned in the future? When does he expect options to be listed? Question from Omar - Does recent BTC spike make CME more likely to list additional crypto futures like Eth? Question from Adam Sam - Hello, I have a question about best way of hedging for day traders? I want to short oil ( or anything for that matter) what would be best way for hedging using options? I short oil future but I want to protect the upside. Would you buy ITM call? Write OTM put? Considering that I am day trading would you recommend hedging using shortest expiration or go further out in the month?

Topics this week include: Equities Russell/E-mini Crude Oil/WTI Metals/Gold     FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK #QuestionoftheWeek: Let's play a guessing game. Which of the following names has the highest 30-day REALIZED volatility? No cheating. What does your gut tell you? $TSLA #BITCOIN #CRUDEOIL #NASDAQ $QQQ #WTI $TSLA #BITCOIN #WTI #CRUDE OIL $QQQ

Topics this week include: Equities Metals/Gold Crude Oil Ags/Corn     FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from SHUTDL - Nick still scalping his gold gamma? Question from Tom D. - What is the biggest stumbling block for an equity option guy looking to dip his toes into the massive futures options pool? I’ll probably start with E-mini options. Question from Trilo47W - I have to admit that your show is luring me to the “dark side” of futures options. I’m thinking about diving into corn. Good choice? Question from Elle SW - What is the date for the Russell 2000 reconstitution to take effect? Question from AllenTown - If you had to bet on the next big crypto derivatives what would it be?

Topics this week include: Crude Oil/WTI Rates Equities Metals/Gold       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Comment from Optionsgame - You don’t need to talk about gold anymore. There is no Vol. Question from Animele - OIV is back in the mid 40s. Do you feel crude vol is somewhat unheralded these days as a tradeable vehicle compared to equity vol? Maybe it’s time for a crude vol tradeable product like a VXX to get people into this space?

Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Equities Crude Oil Ags/Corn         FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Lil Cast - Are $gld and $slv really the best choices for traders looking for etf exposure to commodities? I like the fact that they hold the physical commodity.

Topics this week include: Equities Crude Oil Ags/Corn Metals       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Bilcan - Why no $BTC opts yet? Question from CL Dance - Why is S&P volatility the only one most people pay attention to? Question from Frank - What do you guys think of this article? Do you ever use the commodity volatility indices in your analysis? https://www.investing.com/analysis/oil--gold-vs-oil--gold-volatility-indices-200307186. As I've noted recently, the major price resistance and support levels are 80.00 and 60.00, respectively. Corresponding to those are the major ratio resistance and support levels of 3.00 and 2.00, respectively. In this regard, it will be important for the ratio to remain above 2.00 and the ratio 5 MA to remain above the 8 MA to confirm an upward bias on oil on this timeframe.

Topics this week include: CME Group hits new OI record of 138.2M contracts. Crude Oil Equities Ags Metals       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from BOTB - What do you think of GOT this season? You feeling the hate like everyone else? Comment from Docer - How tasty is that CME Bacon? Question from Danan Ace - What’s the difference between realized and historical volatility? Question from Tank - Will we see Eth futures soon. Also how are Ag options shaping up here?

Topics this week include: Equities Crude Oil Metals/Gold       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Desanya - Can you get the dairy folks on the show from CME? Also is CME planning to list more crypto anytime soon? Question from LDC - There are rumors that CFTC is looking to approve ether futures. Can we expect an Eth offering from CME anytime soon? Question from McIge - Has anyone ever put out an index with the top 5 or 10 names by market cap in the respective indices. Seems like you could get the lion's share of the move in big indices like SPY or SPX with just a few names.

Guest: Russell Rhoads   Topics this week include Crude Oil Metals/Gold Equities/Russell 2000       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Comment from MCB - Took Dogecoin profits this morning. This crypto rally can't get much hotter! Question from Lightcon - Why no brent love on the show? Comment from Lachlan comport - Best options podcast full stop. Question from Colby Alvarez - What is the weirdest print you’ve seen go up on this show?

Topics this week include: Crude Oil Ags Metals/Gold Equities/Russell 2000       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from DeSanya - Can you get the dairy folks on the show from CME? Also is CME planning to list more crypto anytime soon?

Topics this week include Crude Oil Metals/Gold Ags/Soybeans Equities/Russell 2000       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from JJack - What did Eric think of GOT? Did it live up to his report? Question from Chickenassluvr - Do you know if there is anyway you can tell if positions are being opened or closed intra day? Live options open interest? Question from Glen 00915249 - What I want to know is are copper futures about to break out?

Topics this week include: Equities Russell eMini Gold Crude Oil

Topics this week include: Gold Silver Copper Ferrous Metals Crude Oil

Topics this week include: Metals: Gold, Copper Crude Oil Equities: Eurodollar Ags       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Jack T - Is it better to slip or slide when you’re trading skew? Question from Tarry - Maybe include a paying the rent report on the TWIFO program or in the Quikstrike reports? Would be cool to know which names are paying the rent each week.

Topics this week include: Equities/RVX Crude Oil Metals/Gold Ags       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Frank C. - There are so many Russell options products - can you break down the main differences between the offerings on the different exchanges? Question from Level F - How far out can I trade RUT options? Looking for 2-3 yrs.

Topics this week include: Crude Oil Equities/Russell Ags Metals/Gold       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Comment from Options Game  Should be a nice TWIFO on Thursday. Ready to talk about Ags? Question from FTTP - All the talk about skew is there any way that I can just buy or sell skew? Is it quoted anywhere as a product that I can trade - maybe Ag skew is high this week and I want to sell it, etc? Question from Mark R. - Which version of QS has the slipping and sliding stuff? Question from Tomas - Do all brokers offer futures options?  

Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Crude Oil Equities       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK PALOOZA Comment from Olive Trader - A long straddle in gold didn’t work for me. You had good points about scalping. My loss has been really small, and I’ve had a few good trades going that this year. Comment from Mark Bryant - I hope cannabis futures will be coming soon. I hope I can get options on cannabis futures. Question from Nashly - Is there the same bias towards puts in most futures options that we see in equity options? Question from Tag Analysis - What’s the difference between a slide and a shift when it comes to skew? Aren’t they the same thing?

Topics this week include: Metals/Gold Crude Oil/WTI Equities/RVX Crypto Ags       FUTURES OPTIONS FEEDBACK Question from Jose Morales - Why do you like trading opts on WTI instead of USO? USO can be traded in most accounts. Need a futures options account to trade WTI. Question from Brett R. - Can you hit some FX on the show? Question from George Pete - Russell 2000 gets all the love. What about futures options on 1000 or 3000? Or maybe some of the other indices under FTSE umbrella? Question from Khariton - Was there ever a VIX RVX spread product? Thanks for TWIFO show.