Option Block 875: Options Origin Stories

Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 8:38 p.m.

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Option Block 875:\\xa0Options Origin Stories

  • HOST:\\xa0 MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER
  • CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, OPTION PIT
  • CO-HOST: MIKE TOSAW, ST. CHARLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT

TRADING BLOCK SEGMENT

  • THIS VIRUS IS CONSUMING LARGE SWATHES OF CHINA AND THE MARKET DOESN\'T SEEM TO CARE
  • VIX: 15 - DOWN 2.65 FROM LAST SHOW
  • VVIX: 91.3 - DOWN NEARLY 10 FROM LAST SHOW
  • VXX: 14.1 - DOWN 1.6 FROM LAST SHOW
  • OCC ANNOUNCED THAT JANUARY 2020 TOTAL CLEARED CONTRACT VOLUME WAS 521,727,816 CONTRACTS, THE INDUSTRY\\u2019S HIGHEST JANUARY EVER \\u2013 UP 23.5 PERCENT FROM JANUARY 2019, AND THE THIRD HIGHEST MONTH OVERALL.\\xa0

ODD BLOCK

  • HL CALL PALOOZA
  • DBX PUT LOVE
  • TSG LONG TERM CALL LOVE

MAIL BLOCK

  • QUESTION FROM JOHNK: WHAT MADE YOU GET INTO OPTIONS?
  • QUESTION FROM RECIPE3Z: WHY DOESN\\u2019T ANYONE BECOME A MARKET MAKER IN OPTIONS ANYMORE? I BELIEVE ANDREW EVEN SAID THEY TRAINED A STUDENT TO BECOME A MARKET MAKER AND THAT IS EXTREMELY RARE NOW. WHY?

AROUND THE BLOCK

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