The Options Insider Radio Network

We look at the most active equity options for the day (including RKT, UBER) and we review unusual options activity today in UBER, BILL and YPF. We discuss boredom in the markets right now, we look at the options volume numbers from April and we discuss the gamification of trading and the closing of the trading pits. We also talk about what’s on our radar for the rest of the week and this weekend.

In this episode, Brian looks at last week's Amazon (Ticker AMZN) earnings play.  This week he does a back spread in Coinbase (Ticker COIN) ahead of earnings. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

In this episode, Mark and Dan revisit the covered call strategy: pros/cons; examples; potential outcomes; collars, covered call verticals, covered calla with put kickers; and much more.

Today's guest is Rory O'Kane, Managing Director - Simplex Trading Mark and Rory discuss: - What is Simplex Trading? - How difficult was it to be an options market maker during the height of the pandemic and meme stock madness? - Why did Simplex decide to get into options market making business when so many firms are getting out? - Are OTM calls mispriced? - Do we need to put more obstacles in the way of retail traders? - Can the 2021 options volume party continue? - And more...

On this episode, Mark does a quick overview of the volume, volatility, skew, unusual activity, open interest and more across a broad spectrum of crypto derivatives ranging from Bitcoin to the explosion in Ether.

We look at the most active equity options for the day (including F, FB, PFE, PLTR, AMZN, NIO, TWTR, AMD, TSLA, APPL), earnings (PETS, EL, CHGG, PFE, GM) and we review unusual options activity today in BBD, COUP and ABBV. We discuss the ags space going bananas (looking at ADM, TSN, JBHT), looking for yield in an unyield environment and what would be the advantage to selling a straddle. We also talk at what’s on our radar for the rest of the week.

In this episode, we discuss how volatility has stopped dropping for the moment. We look at the top trades this week in SPIKES, VIX, VVIX, VXX, UVXY as well as earnings. We talk about the launch of corporate tax rate futures on May 24. We also talk about where VIX/SPIKES will be next week.

On this episode, we discuss the current market environment, earnings season volatility, Robinhood's continued effect on the marketplace and could we be entering a new volatility regime. We also talk about the covered call strategy for financial advisors, auto trading and paper trading strategies and total options volume for March. We answer your question about why you would sell covered calls shorter term.

On this episode, we discuss the movers and shakers this week in futures options including lumber, equities, nat gas, soybean meal/soybean oil, rates, copper and much more.

We look at the most active equity options for the day (including SNAP, C, NOK, AMD), earnings (TSLA, MSFT, FB, MCD) and we review unusual options activity today in GE, CLIR, F and UA. We answer your questions about put credit spreads and selling puts in Canadian retirement accounts. We look at what’s on our radar for the rest of the week and the weekend.

On this special mail call palooza, Mark and Dan answer your options questions from across the globe including: - Applying traditional options strategies to crypto - What to do when a short put spread goes against you? - Why sell a covered call when you can sell a short put? - Can a diagonal credit spread save your bacon when a stock moves against you? - Dan prepares a haiku about love - and much more...

In this episode, Brian looks at his back spread trade in Apple from last week. This week he does a trade in Amazon ahead of earnings. The Options Playbook is available on OptionsPlaybook.com, or on the Amazon Kindle edition. Do you have a question that you want to be answered on a future episode? Send it to Brian at TheOptionsGuy@Invest.Ally.Com, or to the Options Insider at Questions@TheOptionsInsider.com. You can also find Brian on Twitter at @BrianOverby.

Mark and Richard discuss the Canadian options market, the retail options explosion during the pandemic in Canada, the world's first bitcoin ETF, will we soon see 24 hours derivatives trading in Canada, the Options Industry Conference, Why you can't sell a put in a Canadian RRSP account and much more.

In this episode, we talk with Greg Stevens, VP - Options Experience, Fidelity. Mark and Greg discuss what is new with Fidelity options, the retail options explosion during the pandemic, the upcoming Options Industry Conference, how they have redesigned their offerings to cater to options traders, why you can't trade options in accounts and much more.

Our guest is Zach Dexter, Co-Founder and CEO, LedgerX. We discuss what kind of options trades you can do on their platform, physically-settled bitcoin options vs cash-settled contracts, the bitcoin volatility index BitVol and much more. We also break down the latest trends, trades, volume, and skew in bitcoin and altcoin.