This Week In Futures Options

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: SEAN SMITH, FTSE RUSSELL EQUITIES VIX  17.65 (13.90) - UP NEARLY 4.5 FROM LAST SHOW -  HIT A HIGH OF 15.44 EARLIER THIS WEEK VVIX: 106 (91.5) -  UP 21 FROM LAST SHOW RVX: 19.65 (17.15) - 15.80 -  UP 3.85  VIX/RVX SPREAD - 2 (3.25) - TIGHTER BY .75 (wider by half a point from last week) Earnings season driving more volume in micro e-mini futures. Micro E-mini Equity futures traded a record high of 919.6K contracts ($13.5B notional) on July 31 as market participants looked to efficiently manage risk amid the FOMC rate cut announcement. Russell US Equity Indices Reconstitution Results The Reconstitution event itself culminated in one of the highest trading volume days in US equity shares in the last year.  The Nasdaq Closing Cross, for instance, witnessed a record 1.279 billion shares, worth $42.59 billion, executed within 1.14 seconds2. Russell 3000® market capitalization hit an all-time high of $31.7 trillion on Reconstitution day, up 3% from a ye