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Options Insider Radio: LiveVol Live at OIC
Mark is joined by Catherine Clay, Chief Strategy Officer of LiveVol... More »
Options Insider Radio 117: Interview with Optionshop
Join Mark and Chris as they talk shop with Optionshop... More »
Options Insider Radio 110: Interview with George Ruhana, CEO of OptionsHouse
In this episode, Mark and Chris are joined by George Ruhana, CEO of OptionsHouse.... More »
Option Block 180: A Whimper Not A Scream
Trading Block: Finally a strong rally across the board. Vol and VIX rundown. CBOE announced at RMC Europe that they are hoping to trade VIX futures around the clock next year. Amazon announces new Kindle devices today,... More »
Option Block 160: Blue Horeshoe Loves Option Block
Trading Block: Greek pro-bailout ruling was not exactly the boon the markets expected. Spanish load concerns still weighing on the market. Almost like a post-earnings throughout the market with vol coming in across the... More »
Option Block 159: The 1-3.5-6 Ratio Condor Swap
Trading Block: News is out that the central banks are trying to make a coordinated effort to help out Greece after the elections. Commodity rundown - open quota unchanged. Fallout for Apple after WWDC. Nokia down 15% on... More »
Option Block 158: Mini Widowmaker
Trading Block: VIX provided most of the movement in the market. Spain concerns weigh on the market again. Analyst says JP Morgan could make an upside surprise as they disclose more about the $2 billion... More »
Option Block 157: We Are in a Holding Pattern Until We Are Not
Trading Block: For the second show in a row, the S&P is literally closed unchanged at 0.0%, what are the odds? The Fed pretty much stymied most activity. Have to love the Feds - says end of tax cuts is the most... More »
Option Block 156: Greek Tragedy
Trading Block: The selloff eased after the bloodbath on Friday. The S&P closed almost completely unchanged today. Still waiting for the Greeks. All-time record lows in the 10- and 30-year bonds. VIX headed to... More »
PEAK 6 to Acquire Penson Worldwide? Rumor Confirmed!
Back on May 25, the Options Insider heard a rumor that PEAK 6 was acquiring Penson Worldwide. Today, it's been cofirmed and remember, you read it here first.... More »
Option Block 155: The Long and Winding Road to Nowhere
Trading Block: Given the end of month, it was a strange seesaw-like day on the market. Facebook is actually going up, closing today at $29.53. There is a lot of opportunity in those options. Commodities movers today... More »
Overnight Retail Traders Start Changing Market Timing
Mobile trading has surprising affects on market liquidity say experts.... More »
Option Block 154: When In Doubt, Roll It Out
Trading Block: More Facebook fallout - What's the situation been like at OX? Participate in our Facebook options survey, link on Options Insider. Facebook dragged other social media stock, like Zynga and LinkedIn,... More »
Rumor Mill: PEAK 6 Acquiring Penson Worldwide?
Rumors are pouring into The Options Insider that PEAK 6, the parent company of Options House, may have purchased Penson Worldwide at the close of business on Thursday. Stay tuned to The Options Insider for more... More »
Option Block 153: Facebook Faceplant
Trading Block: The market had no real direction. The Euro got crushed and bonds had the only give back of the day. Sebastian looks at the correlation between TLT and VIX. Commodities rundown featuring gold, crude oil... More »
Option Block 152: Facebook: Buy, Sell, or Wait for Options?
Trading Block: Not a great day on the market, NASDAQ down significantly. The big grind toward summer begins, almost an exact replay on last year. OTM premium looks like a good buy. A rundown of commodities - gold is... More »
Option Block 151: The After-Hours Trading Debate
Trading Block: Groupon earnings after the close, up by just a dollar. Red throughout most of the commodities today. Zynga had a little pop on the heels of the Facebook IPO news. Much like GRPN, a lot of legging... More »
Option Block 150: I'm a Trader, Not a Miracle Worker
Trading Block: Cisco moving to the downside again after disappointing earnings. Priceline brought in a lot of calls to OX after they missed their earnings mark. New tools, provided by CME, are planned to help traders... More »
Option Block 149: Beignets, Chicory Coffee, and Facebook
Trading Block: Markets marginally changed. Thoughts on the Bloomberg article comparing it to the Markit CDX North America High Yield Index. The European issues continue. Post-elections reactions. Keeping an eye on EA... More »
Option Block 148: Bizarro Day
Trading Block: Preparing for Non-farms tomorrow. Now is a great time to get out of any short premium, if it's for a small price, and moving into long VIX calls. Gold got smacked out today. Natural gas up while oil... More »
Option Block 147: Is ZYNGA the Synthetic Facebook?
Trading Block: Most of the bleeding in the NASDAQ came from Apple, down again, and having trouble holding its highs. Denny's earning after the bell.Odd Block: Interesting and usual activity in Manitowoc Company,... More »
Option Block 146: The Art of Position Management
Trading Block: Apple, Apple, Apple! Off to the upside post earnings after getting beaten up last week. Waiting for Zenga and Amazon earnings after the bell.Odd Block: Unusual and interesting activity in Skullcandy, Inc.... More »
Option Block 145: What's the Point of Open Interest?
Trading Block: The term structure of the VIX was today's worst enemy. Netflix, the widowmaker, reporting after the bell, and exhibiting its typical bad behavior. Apple seems stuck in the $570 range going into... More »
Option Block 144: Walking into the Bandsaw of Theta
Trading Block: Tosaw's run with Apple may be on its last legs. Loads of earnings after the close: NOT AAPL, but AMD, Bank of America (BOA), and Microsoft (MSFT). Odd Block: Unusual and interesting activity... More »
Options Boot Camp 3: Buying Options
Join Mark, Dan and special guest Joe Burgoyne from the OIC as they unravel the mysteries of buying options. They cover the basics of buying options, provide examples of bullish and bearish positions and also discuss... More »
Option Block 143: Apple Apocalypse
Trading Block: S&P rally vs. NASDAQ (Apple) apocalypse. AAPL sold out aggressively, down about 4%. Tosaw suggested last week the many buyers were lurking around $600. Priceline, Google and Apple were all down on the... More »
Option Block 142: Premium Selling Idiots
Trading Block: VIX popped out of its range -- so much for fading to the downside. Apple, the target of an antitrust suit, was still up 1% yesterday. Commodities rundown -- new 10 year lows reached in the natural gas... More »
Option Block 141: Getting Long Prison Premium
Trading Block: Market down today in the wake of weak non-farm numbers on Friday. Yet Apple still up, if only by 1/2%. VIX heading north. It’s the $1billion day -- Microsoft buys 800 AOL patents for $1B and... More »
Option Block 140: Doing Stuff with the Funk
Trading Block: The markets were aimless today except for Apple carrying the NASDAQ. It's a weekday, so Apple must be up 1%. Vol rundown. The mainstream media finally starts to pick up on what we've been saying... More »
Financial Innovation and Complexity
It's become really popular in the financial media to rail against the complexity of financial products. For products offered to the public, those complaints seem justified.... More »
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