What are the biggest opportunities, risks, and regulatory battles shaping the options industry today?

At the Options Industry Conference 2026, Mark Longo sits down with Jim Toes, President & CEO of the Security Traders Association (STA), for a wide-ranging discussion on the hottest topics in the derivatives world.

From the explosive growth of single-name 0DTE options and FLEX products to prediction markets, event contracts, pattern day trader reforms, and the push toward 24-hour trading, Jim shares his perspective on where the industry is headed next.

They also discuss the changing regulatory environment under SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, the challenges of market structure reform, and why the future of options trading may look very different than it does today.

• The rollout of single-name 0DTE options
• FLEX options and the rise of outcome ETFs
• Why options volume continues to surge
• Pattern Day Trader rule reform
• Prediction markets vs. traditional derivatives
• The push toward 24-hour options trading
• SEC regulation and market structure
• What concerns industry leaders most about the future

Guest: Greg Stevens, VP of Options Strategy - Fidelity

Topics:

• Should options trade 24/7?
• How are Fidelity's customers using the new 0DTE equity options? Any surprises?
• What is Fidelity doing in the prediction markets? Are they going to follow Robin Hood's lead and buy an exchange?
• How does Fidelity approach options education?
• What cool new bells and whistles is Fidelity rolling out for options traders?
• and much more...

The vol market might be caught in a midsummer lull between truncated holiday weeks, but underneath the surface, there is plenty of drama to slice and dice. In this episode, host Mark Longo welcomes back "Dr. Vix" Russell Rhoads (Indiana University) and Bill Luby (Luby Assessment Management) to dissect a market that seems to be trapped in an anticipatory holding pattern.

The guys dive deep into:

• The Volatility Review: A look at a celebratory but hair-trigger market as VIX cash flirts with the 19 handle.

• The Geopolitical Risk Horizon: Why the market chose to look right past recent Middle East turmoil and what a sub-$70 crude environment means for tech and macro hedging.

• The AI CapEx Arms Race: Tech earnings showdowns, Micron's blockbuster numbers, and why Microsoft's upcoming year-end earnings report could be the ultimate summer volatility catalyst. "Someone has to flinch" on tech spending—who will it be?

• Deep-in-the-Money VIX Puts: Analyzing the massive rise in ultra-deep VIX put spreads. Is it a smart margin play, or just a fun deployment of "entertainment capital"?

• Russell's Weekly Rundown: Breaking down the wild weekly options flows, short call spread ouchies, and drawing lines in the sand at the 17 and 19 strikes.

• Crystal Ball: The crew looks ahead past the America 250 holiday to make their two-week volatility predictions.

The commodity roller coaster kept traders busy this week as crude oil gave back much of its recent geopolitical premium, silver suffered another sharp selloff, and Nasdaq futures options lit up the tape following a volatile week for equities.

On this episode of This Week in Futures Options, Mark Longo breaks down the biggest movers across the futures options landscape, including:

• Why silver volatility remains elevated despite a brutal correction
• Massive activity in WTI crude oil 65 puts as traders reposition
• Nasdaq 100 futures options reacting to earnings, inflation data and heavy market swings
• The biggest movers on the light side and dark side across CME markets
• Volatility, skew and unusual options activity across metals, energy and equity indexes
• What traders were buying and selling ahead of the America 250 holiday week

In this episode, host Mark Longo breaks down a wild, red-dominated trading session for Thursday, June 25, 2026, as a massive tech sell-off sweeps through the major indices.

First, we dive into today's featured scan from TheHotOptionsReport.com: the Symbol Pump scan, highlighting massive volume surges in KCAI, MIMI, and FERA. Then, we kick off our daily Top 10 options volume countdown, where we look at the exact strikes, contract volume, and option premiums lighting up the tape.

Inside this episode:

• SpaceX (#10): Falling off its usual #3 spot and testing the critical $150 IPO print. Is the 150 put a coin flip?

• Palantir (#8) & MicroStrategy (#7): Tech names get shellacked. Palantir hits multi-month lows, while Strategy slides nearly 30% over the past week.

• The Tech Carnage (#6 & #5): Amazon and Microsoft erase post-Micron optimism with heavy selling.

• Micron (#4): A wild post-earnings ride. After opening strong and dropping 100 handles, it claws back to finish up 165 handles at $1213.56. We look at the massive action on the 1300 calls.

• Apple (#2) & Nvidia (#1): Apple drops over 6% after pricing anxieties hit The Street, while Nvidia slides below par ($200) to capture the top volume spot with 3.17 million contracts.

host Mark Longo is joined by Henry Schwartz from Cboe and Mike Tosaw from St. Charles Wealth Management to break down the wildest trends shaking up the options market as we wrap up the first half of 2026.

The crew dives headfirst into the massive tech market crosscurrents following Micron's blockbuster earnings release. Is the tech wreck fading, or are single-name equity options setting up for a major fade? Plus, the team analyzes a surprising spike in the VIX driven entirely by SPX upside FOMO positioning.

In this episode's Trading Block and Odd Block segments, the panel uncovers questionable, high-volume flow in some very unusual names:

• Bumble (BMBL): Checking back in on the land of ladies looking for love. Why are traders suddenly buying up the August $3 calls on this beaten-down name?

• Klarna (KLAR): A massive institutional call-selling sweep hits this buy-now-pay-later fintech giant. Is it delta hedging or a short-term volatility play?

• Chime Financial (CHYM): A deep look into a massive, wide-collar strategy using low-delta puts and calls ahead of August earnings.

• The Silver Saga: Mike Tosaw addresses the live chat backlash after hesitating to pull the trigger on his famous $40 SLV put claim.

Around the Block: The team previews what to expect from market volume, oil prices, and crypto/MSTR volatility heading into the upcoming America 250 holiday week.

What happens when paper trading meets the real world? On this episode of Options Boot Camp, Mark Longo is joined by Dan Passarelli (Market Taker Mentoring) and Matt Amberson (ORATS) to tackle one of the biggest challenges for premium sellers: why a single losing iron condor can wipe out weeks of steady gains.

The discussion covers practical risk management techniques for credit spreads, when to take profits, how to manage losing trades, and why backtesting is just as important as paper trading. The panel also dives into the explosive launch of SPCX (SpaceX) options, including record-breaking volume, sky-high implied volatility, and why experienced traders approached the frenzy very differently.

Finally, the crew answers listener questions about zero-DTE options, VIX term structure, calendar spreads, and whether the options market has fundamentally changed over the past few years.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why paper trading can create unrealistic expectations
• Managing iron condors before one trade wipes out multiple winners
• Profit-taking vs. stop-loss rules for credit spreads
• How backtesting can improve trading discipline
• What made the SPCX options launch historic
• Trading ultra-high implied volatility
• Have 0DTE options changed options trading forever?
• Managing calendar spreads during volatility spikes
• Why you still can't trade spot VIX

On this episode of The Hot Options Report, Mark Longo breaks down another action-packed trading session featuring a surprise meme-stock resurgence, a major post-earnings move from Micron, continued pressure in SpaceX, and another massive day of options activity from the market's biggest names.

This episode includes:

• NVIDIA tops the options leaderboard once again • Tesla, Amazon and Apple dominate today's active options • SpaceX continues its sharp pullback after its record-setting options debut • Strategy (MSTR) falls back below the $100 level • Wendy's crashes the Top 12 during an unexpected meme-stock rally • GameStop, SoFi and Microsoft stay active • Micron reports earnings after the close and immediately erupts higher in after-hours trading • Today's standout Bigger Wing Scan featuring GameStop, Hertz and UiPath

Plus, Mark explains what today's hottest options trades may have been signaling—and where traders could be watching next.

For even more unusual options activity and institutional order flow, visit TheHotOptionsReport.com.

It was a brutal week across many of the most popular futures markets.

On this episode of The Futures Rundown, Mark Longo breaks down a massive selloff that hammered precious metals, cryptocurrencies, and other key futures products. Silver led the losers, plunging nearly 20% on the week, while Bitcoin and Ether continued their painful year-to-date declines. Meanwhile, energy markets remained volatile as traders digested developments in the Middle East and watched fuel prices retreat from recent highs.

Inside this episode:

• Silver's stunning collapse and why traders are watching the July 40 puts
• Bitcoin and Ether continue their 2026 bloodletting
• Platinum and palladium join the precious metals selloff
• Cocoa stages a surprising comeback
• VIX futures catch a bid
• The year's biggest winners and losers across the futures landscape
• Record activity in Nasdaq Micro futures
• RBOB gasoline and heating oil pull back from their recent highs
• What futures traders should be watching next

The markets turned blood red today, but the options tape is still lighting up! Join Mark Longo as he breaks down a macro-focused session where single-name volume took a slight breather, but the underlying volatility remained fast and furious.

We head over to TheHotOptionsReport.com to unpack today's featured 1K Spread scan, flagging 71 massive non-index spreads with Netflix, XLF, and IWM leading the charge. Then, we countdown the top 10 most active underlying equities of the day, including:

• Palantir (#10) & Intel (#8): Checking out aggressive short-term call selling after a rough session.

• Microsoft (#9) & Amazon (#5): The tech giants bucking the red trend to post impressive rallies.

• Micron (#6): Taking a massive 13% drubbing ahead of earnings. Are the $1100 calls a buy or sell?

• SpaceX (#3): The rollercoaster continues! We break down the newly added weekly options and the heavy premium on the Friday $160 calls.

• Tesla (#2) & NVIDIA (#1): Tesla sheds nearly 6%, while NVIDIA pins exactly at the $200.00 par line.

Want to run your own unusual activity scans? Head over to TheHotOptionsReport.com to build your own watchlists and track the tape.