Today, Mark is joined by co-hosts Chris Hausman and Aash Vyas from Swan Global Investments and Russell Rhoads from the CBOE Options Institute.

The Buzz: The Dawn of a New Regime - how will it impact the markets? An overview of the STAC Regulatory Reform Session: the Choice Act, the Volcker Rule, migration of OTC derivates and DOL fiduciary rule.

A breakdown of Inside ETFs Conference:

• What is it?
• Who goes to it?
• What interesting developments/research came out of it?

A preview of the CBOE RMC Conference:

• What is it?
• Who attends it?
• Learn the latest risk management tools and tactics from top traders and strategists.

A new paper from Swan Global Investments: What Return Are You Targeting? Setting Expectations and Benchmarking in a Myopic World

Next Swan Conference:

• 10th Box - St. Louis, MO – Heartlands Region
• February 28 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
• More information is online

Office Hours: Options #PopQuiz: What are you primarily looking for when buying an options-oriented fund?

• Levered Returns (2x, etc)
• Income Generation
• Hedge/Protection
• Other (reply/dm w/answer)

Listener Questions: What's on your mind?

• Question from Tim Avery - If I choose an advisor that uses options do they traditionally charge higher fees than straight-up equity advisors?
• Question from Aisling Davis - Seems as though correlation is trending upward across asset classes. Do you find that this is a more favorable environment to trade options vs other assets? What are your clients saying about this?
• Question from Angelo Miles - Hello. I found your program while searching for options informations for RIAs. Let me just say it was a refreshing breath of fresh air after the dense material available on other outlets and broker sites. It seems that most of them (see here) just say options are risky and link to something called the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options. What is this omnipresent booklet and why should I care? I tried looking at it a few times and it just put me to sleep.
• Question from Adam - Could you please explain what it means to "gamma scalp" and why this is not called delta scalping? Thanks and your show has saved me a lot of money now that I have come to the dark side!
• Question from Yukoner - Are covered calls still a viable strategy in a 401k these days?