Big Tech takes center stage as earnings, AI spending, and post-market volatility drive another busy session in the options market.

Host Mark Longo breaks down the stocks dominating today's options tape, including Tesla's sharp post-earnings selloff, Alphabet's AI-driven plunge, and a surprise after-hours rally in Intel following earnings. Plus, Micron keeps its momentum alive, SpaceX fights back after another volatile session, and traders position in NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft ahead of Friday's expiration.

In this episode:

• Tesla dominates the options leaderboard after earnings disappointment
• Alphabet's AI spending sparks a broad Big Tech selloff
• Intel jumps after earnings—were options traders ready?
• Micron pushes toward the 1,000 strike again
• SpaceX stages a surprising rebound
• Heavy options activity in NVIDIA, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and more
• Featured QuikOptions Scan: Death Cross stocks to watch

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A brutal selloff swept through the markets as concerns over AI spending, earnings, and geopolitical uncertainty rattled investors. Mark Longo is joined by Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz from Cboe and special guest "The Black Hatted" Dan Passarelli from Market Taker Mentoring to break down the biggest stories driving the options market.

This episode explores the market reaction to disappointing earnings from Tesla and Alphabet, rising volatility as the VIX climbs back toward 20, unusual options activity in Micron, Universal Technical Institute (UTI), LSB Industries (LXU), and Nokia, plus the ongoing debate over whether markets are finally beginning to price geopolitical risk.

You'll also hear:

• Tesla and Alphabet earnings reactions
• AI infrastructure spending and CapEx concerns
• VIX, SPY, QQQ, and Russell 2000 options activity
• Massive unusual options flow in Micron
• Bullish call buying in UTI and LXU
• Nokia earnings and post-earnings options trading
• Earnings season strategies and time spreads with Dan Passarelli
• Around the Block: what the panel is watching next

Interest rate swaps are the largest derivatives market in the world—but they're also one of the least understood. In this episode, host Mark Longo is joined by Chris Dopp and Milena Dimitrova from Eurex for an in-depth look at OTC interest rate swaps, central clearing, and why this market sits at the heart of the global financial system.

Topics include:

• What interest rate swaps are and why institutions rely on them
• Why the OTC swaps market exceeds $500 trillion in notional outstanding
• How central clearing transformed the market after the financial crisis
• Counterparty risk, clearing houses, and capital efficiency
• Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MiFID, and the evolving regulatory landscape
• Why futures, options, and swaps are increasingly interconnected
• The future of OTC clearing, tokenization, and even... swaptions

Has crude oil finally returned to fair value after one of the year's biggest geopolitical shocks?

This week on The Futures Rundown, Mark Longo welcomes back Morad Askar of EdgeClear to examine why crude oil has retraced nearly its entire Iran-driven rally and what "returning to the scene of the crime" means from a market profile perspective. They also dive into the hottest futures markets, from energy and grains to metals, crypto, and equity indexes.

The discussion covers whether today's volatility is creating opportunity or chaos, why retail traders continue to dominate Nasdaq Micro futures, and what the return of single-stock futures could mean for active traders.

In this episode:

• Why crude oil has returned to its pre-war equilibrium
• WTI, Brent and the outlook for energy markets
• Gold, silver and whether precious metals have finally found fair value
• Coffee, cocoa, cattle and the surprising commodity landscape
• Why Nasdaq Micro futures continue to dominate trading volume
• Retail traders, prop firms and index futures activity
• Bitcoin, Ethereum and crypto futures trends
• The return of CME single-stock futures and why traders should pay attention

Can one of the world's greatest long-term investors teach options traders a thing or two?

To celebrate the 400th episode of Options Boot Camp, Mark Longo welcomes Dan Passarelli and special guest Russell Rhoads for a fascinating deep dive into Warren Buffett's real options strategies. While Buffett famously called derivatives "financial weapons of mass destruction," the reality is far more nuanced. The panel explores how Berkshire Hathaway has used cash-secured puts, covered calls, long-dated index options, warrants, and over-the-counter derivatives to build positions, generate income, and manage risk.

The discussion also covers Buffett's famous global index put trades, why he prefers selling puts to enter positions, how he thinks about valuation, risk management, and knowing when to admit mistakes. Whether you're a buy-and-hold investor or an active options trader, this milestone episode offers timeless lessons on patience, discipline, and using options as investing tools rather than speculation.

• Celebrating 400 episodes of Options Boot Camp
• The truth behind Buffett's "financial weapons of mass destruction" quote
• Why Buffett sells cash-secured puts
• Covered calls and long-term investing
• Buffett's legendary global index put trades
• OTC derivatives vs. listed options
• Risk management lessons every options trader can use
• Buffett's biggest investing mistakes—and what they teach us

NVIDIA once again ruled the options market, generating more than 5 million contracts and dwarfing nearly every other name on the tape. But the biggest story after the close belonged to Tesla, as traders placed aggressive earnings bets before the company's quarterly results.

On this episode, Mark Longo breaks down the hottest options activity of the day, including NVIDIA's continued dominance, Tesla's pre-earnings positioning, Apple's remarkable streak of heavy options volume, SpaceX's ongoing slide, and a surprising rally from Super Micro Computer. Plus, we examine some of the day's most active zero-day options and whether traders made the right moves.

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NVIDIA holds the top spot on another light summer day for options volume, but AI-related names continued to dominate the tape. On this episode of The Hot Options Report, Mark Longo breaks down the biggest options movers of the session, including explosive rallies in AMD, Micron, Intel and Nebius after major AI-related developments.

You'll also hear the latest unusual options activity in Apple, Tesla, SpaceX, Amazon and Netflix, along with a look at QuikOptions' Quick Bull Scan, which highlights several names flashing potential short-term bullish signals.

Big Tech once again ruled the options market as NVIDIA, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Micron, and Intel accounted for the day's most active contracts despite a lighter overall trading session.

On this episode of The Hot Options Report, Mark Longo breaks down the biggest options movers of Monday's session, including:

• NVIDIA once again claims the top spot on the options leaderboard
• Tesla extends its recent slide as traders swarm same-day expiration calls
• Apple's impressive rally finally cools off
• Microsoft, Amazon, Micron, Intel and Alphabet all see heavy 0DTE activity
• SpaceX continues trading below its IPO price while the mysterious 330 calls remain active
• IREN surges nearly 20% as options traders chase the move
• QuikOptions' latest Congressional and Senate trading scans

Plus, we examine how many of today's hottest same-day expiration options briefly traded in the money before reversing by the closing bell.

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Bitcoin has reclaimed the $65,000 level, Ethereum is showing renewed strength, and crypto traders are once again reaching for upside calls. On this episode, Mark Longo breaks down the latest action across the crypto markets, from Bitcoin and ETH to MicroStrategy, BitMine (BMNR), Circle, Hyperliquid (PURR), and more.

This week's episode includes:

• Bitcoin's rally back above $65K
• Ethereum's strongest week in months
• What traders are buying in IBIT and ETHA options
• MicroStrategy (MSTR) call spreads and positioning
• BMNR's growing options activity
• Circle (CRCL) and Hyperliquid (PURR) options flow
• Market cap movers including Solana, XRP, DOGE, BNB and more
• The latest crypto volatility and options trends

On today's episode, Mark Longo, Andrew Giovinazzi and Mike Tosaw dive into another wild mix of market analysis, unusual options activity, earnings season, volatility, and plenty of laughs.

The show kicks off with memorable trivia ranging from W.C. Fields' famous "bathroom library" to a surprising piece of World War II history before shifting into the biggest stories driving the options market.

This episode covers:

• Why markets continue to shrug off geopolitical headlines
• The coming wave of Big Tech earnings and why Alphabet could set the tone for AI stocks
• Oracle's collapse and what it may signal for AI spending
• Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Tesla, Netflix, SpaceX and Palantir
• VIX activity and whether volatility is finally finding support
• Unusual options trades in ONON, NOV and CLYM
• Covered call management after expiration
• Rolling winners, adjusting losing positions and avoiding perfectionism
• Earnings previews for Alphabet, Tesla, Intel, American Airlines and more