Options Talk with OIC

OIC Instructor Todd Wilemon from NYSE Arca and Dave Stuber from OCC’s Investor Services speak with host Joe Burgoyne about the intricacies of the Butterfly Spread. This podcast will cover what this strategy entails as well as the potential risks and rewards.

Dave Stuber from OCC Investor Services and OIC Instructor Todd Wilemon from NYSE Arca join host Joe Burgoyne in discussing LEAP Diagonal Spreads. This podcast will discuss the ins and outs of this strategy, how it can be used, as well as the benefits and risks.

This podcast will explore how technology has evolved within the options industry over the past few decades and how these advances have shaped the current marketplace. OIC Instructor Todd Wilemon from NYSE Arca and Dave Stuber from OCC’s Investor Services join host Joe Burgoyne in the discussion.

Options Talk host Joe Burgoyne answers a question from an investor who wants to exercise a long option position. Joe also speaks on the topic of Weekly Options – what they are and how to distinguish Weeklys from standard options.

Phil Gocke, Managing Director for OIC and Joe Harwood from OCC’s Investor Services speak with Options Talk host Joe Burgoyne about how rumors in the marketplace can create speculation and uncertainty in a way that can impact options pricing.

Host Joe Burgoyne will answer a question from an investor who wants to know how the terms "deep-in-the-money" and "in-the-money" differ from one another. Next, Joe will discuss the correlation between options and Japanese candlesticks.

Host Joe Burgoyne will answer an options question from an investor: Will he receive a dividend if he is long an in-the-money call and has instructed his broker to exercise the call the day prior to it going ex-dividend? Next, Joe will explain why an investor can't close her position until expiration on an index put option that is "European" exercise style.

Phil Gocke, Managing Director for OIC and Joe Harwood from OCC's Investor Services speak with host Joe Burgoyne about two important strategies that utilizes options the buy-write and the covered call. This podcast will highlight the differences between the two strategies, how these strategies can be used and the potential risks and rewards.

Host Joe Burgoyne will answer a question from an investor who wants to know what will happen to the dividend if they are long an in-the-money call that goes ex-dividend and they have instructed their broker to exercise the call before close of the day. Joe will also discuss what takes place when an option has a European exercise style.

Host Joe Burgoyne and options tax expert Bill Paul from Covington & Burling LLP wrap up this four-part series on taxes and investing by focusing on the Qualified Covered Call (QCC). They will examine what QCC is, how it works and some special tax rules regarding the QCC that every investor should know.

Tax attorney Bill Paul from Covington & Burling LLP joins host Joe Burgoyne to discussing tax straddle rules. Bill will explain, in layman's terms, rules for deferring losses, the impact on the holding period, and the capitalization of charges.

This podcast will focus on a select group of listed options known as Section 1256 contracts that are taxed under special IRS tax rules. Options tax expert Bill Paul from Covington & Burling LLP and host Joe Burgoyne will explain the 60/40 treatment, the type of options that receive this special treatment, and the rationale behind it.

In this special four-part series on taxes and investing, host Joe Burgoyne speaks with options tax expert Bill Paul from Covington & Burling LLP. This podcast explores basic tax treatments of one-sided equity options such as long calls and short puts.

OIC host Joe Burgoyne will explain whether a broker will "automatically" exercise an option if it expires in-the-money and then he'll discuss the assignment of a short call option that is in-the-money.

OIC Instructor Steve Meizinger from ISE discusses horizontal and vertical skews with host Joe Burgoyne. This podcast will cover what these skews are and how they can impact an options position.