You may know this week's guest as a Kansas City Chief and sometime Royals fan on Twitter, but he has more than one connection to Kansas City. Jay Soloff (@jsoloff), an options volatility analyst, former CBOE market maker, pirate, and seller of uncapped forward variance swaps, joins us this week to discuss covering calls and charting curves.

Jay brings an exciting twist to this episode and talks about options education and where to find the premium, is the VIX broken (did we create a monster? + curve doodles), retail vs. investing (an exclusive look into what retail investors are getting wrong), and more. Plus, Jay gets put into the hot seat, where he provides his take on how The Fed is doing — SEND IT!

Chapters:

0:00-01:09 = Intro

01:10-06:18 = Chiefs? Royals? What it takes to be a KC sports fan

06:19-20:02 = Option trading at KC Board of trade, being a market maker & Pit language

20:03-36:48 = Is the VIX broken? The VIX: Did we create a monster? VIX curve doodles

36:49-50:14 = Options education - Find the premium!

50:15-59:24 = Retail vs Investing w/ pros & what are retail investors getting wrong?

59:25-01:05:57 = Hottest Take: The Fed's doing pretty good

Follow along with Jay on Twitter @jsoloff and for more information check out investorsalley.com

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