Volatility Views 398: All is Right With the World Again?

• HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
• CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT
• MIAX HOT SEAT: TOM JARCK, VOLATILITY PRODUCTS SPECIALIST, MIAX 

VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT

• NASDAQ WENT GREEN ON THE YEAR!
• THE MONTHLY REPORT ON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN THE U.S. SHOWED THAT 20.5 MILLION JOBS WERE ELIMINATED LAST MONTH, AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROCKETED 14.7% FROM A 50-YEAR LOW OF ONLY 3.5% TWO MONTHS AGO AND 4.4% LAST MONTH.
• SPIKES: 30.2 - DOWN 8 FROM LAST SHOW
• VIX CASH: 29 - DOWN 9 FROM LAST SHOW
• VVIX: 116 - DOWN 5 FROM LAST SHOW
• LOOKING AT EARNINGS VOLATILITY THIS WEEK PARTICULARLY IN GRUB, PYPL

VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL

• QUESTION FROM LANCE: HELLO VOL CREW. LONG TIME FIRST TIME. LOVE MY VOL VIEWS WEEKLY FIX. I’VE EVEN TRADED SOME SPIKES! JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS CAUGHT THIS AND IF SO WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF IT? I THOUGHT THE CANADIANS WERE VOL SAVVY? - AIMCO’S $3 BILLION VOLATILITY TRADING BLUNDER

CRYSTAL BALL

• WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?