Welcome to this episode of The Futures Rundown.

With your host Mark Longo:

The Trading Pit

• What's catching our eyes in the futures markets this week
• Top 10 most active futures today

The Contract Specs Segment

• Taking a deep dive into VIX Futures

It's an options snow day as Mark and Dan tackle your mailbag questions about:

• How often do you adjust covered calls
• Selling a put when you don't want to buy a stock
• Strategies that they anticipate using more in 2025
• What to do with calendars if the underlying moves too soon
• Trading iron condors
• and much more.

Brought to you by tastytrade.

Crypto Hot Seat: Boris Ilyevsky, Head of Coinbase Derivatives Exchange

Discussion includes:

• What is the Coinbase Derivatives Exchange
• How can US bitcoin derivatives traders trade on the exchange
• What can US bitcoin derivatives traders trade on the exchange
• Thoughts on IBIT
• And much more

We’re back with another episode of The Option Block. On this episode, we:

• Discuss the latest in the markets including tariffs
• Talk about the most active equity options for the day including UBER
• Review earning volatility in MNDY, MCD, LYFT, DASH, HOOD, DKNG
• Examine the latest unusual options activity in BBAI, IBN
• Look at shifting your risk using options
• And much more

With your hosts:

• Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group
• "Uncle" Mike Tosaw, St. Charles Wealth Management
• Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi, The Option Pit

On this episode Mark is joined by:

• Russell Rhoads, Kelley School of Business - Indiana University
• Mark Sebastian, The Option Pit

They discuss:

• The latest in the volatility markets in the US
• Interesting trading activity and developments in VIX, SVIX, UVIX, UVXY, VXX, VSTOXX, and VOLI
• January options volume numbers from OCC
• Their Crystal Ball predictions for VIX
• And much more...

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced options investor, understanding the Greeks is essential to managing risk and making informed market decisions. In this episode, host Mark Benzaquen welcomes Ankit Mehra of Mehra Wealth Management to discuss Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega and Rho – and breaks down the concepts to explain how each can impact options pricing and trading strategies. 

We look at the movers and shakers in the futures options markets and in the CVOL Indexes for this past week including energy (nat gas), ags (SRW wheat), and much more.

With your host:

• Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network

We’re back with another episode of The Option Block brought to you by Cboe Global Markets.

On this episode, we:

• Discuss the latest in the markets 
• Talk about the most active equity options for the day including PLTR
• Review the January options volume numbers from OCC
• Look at earnings season volatility 
• Examine the latest unusual options activity in F, LAES, BMBL 
• Check out our latest polls about F and tariffs affecting the markets
• Share what we are looking at for the end of the week/going into next week
• And much more

With your hosts:

• Mark Longo,  The Options Insider Media Group
• "The Flowmaster" Henry Schwartz, Cboe Global Markets
• “Uncle” Mike Tosaw, St. Charles Wealth Management

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On this episode, Mark and Dan talk about:

• Options volume for January from Options Clearing
• Tariffs impact on markets
• Whether the 0DTE explosion is just a fad
• If DeepSeek is the canary in the coal mine for the end of the AI boom
• Whether the age of the options trader is getting younger
• and much more.

Brought to you by tastytrade.

On this episode Mark, Uncle Mike and the Rock Lobster get into a Royal Rumble over:

• Tariffs/ Trade Wars
• VIX
• PLTR
• NVDA two-year collars
• SOUN
• TIGR
• and more.