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HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX CO-HOST:  TOM JARCK, MIAX GUEST CO-HOST: BRIAN OVERBY, ALLY VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS RED TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 39 - UP 10.25 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 38.5 - UP 10.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 150 - UP 30.5 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY BREAKING DOWN A TON OF EARNINGS VOLATILITY IN FB, AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, TWTR AND MORE VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ABOUT EXPECTED/IMPLIED OPTIONS MOVES CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT:  PAT HENNESSY, IPS STRATEGIC CAPITAL VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS SLIGHTLY RED TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 28.75 - UP 2.65 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 28.25 - UP 1.5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 119.5 - UP 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY ELECTION VOLATILITY EARNINGS VOLATILITY IN TSLA AND LUV VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE UVXY WHALE, VIX OPTIONS AND THE NEXT BIG VOL PRODUCT CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT:  JOHN SMOLLEN, MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP GUEST: JAMES MCDONALD, HERCULES INVESTMENTS VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS SLIGHTLY GREEN TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 26.10 - UP 1.1 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 26.75 - UP 1.45 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 116 - UP 8 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY MIAX SEPTEMBER OPTIONS VOLUME NUMBERS DISCUSSION WITH A SIZE UVXY OPTIONS TRADER VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL YOUR THOUGHTS ON UVXY AS A RELIABLE TRADING PRODUCT CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS GREEN TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 25  - DOWN 4 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 25.25 - DOWN 2.2 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 108.2 - UP 4.4 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY ELECTION VOLATILITY OPTIONS VOLUME NUMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER FROM OPTIONS CLEARING DPZ EARNINGS VOLATILITY GME VOLATILITY DUE TO MSFT PARTNERSHIP VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON  CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND CLOSING AUCTIONS LAST DAY OF OPTION EXPIRY THE VOL WHALE 50 CENT CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: JON CHERRY, NORTHERN TRUST VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS RED TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 29  - UP .1 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 27.4 - DOWN .6 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 103.8 - UP 1.3 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY IS TRUMP'S COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS IMPACTING VOLATILITY PREFERRED METHOD FOR TRADING S&P500 VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON  THE BEST VIX CALENDAR OR VERTICAL STRATEGY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ELECTION EVENT GOOD VIX PUT STRATS MONEY MANAGERS USING VOLATILITY AS A HEDGE FOR THEIR CLIENT'S PORTFOLIO CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

VOLATILITY VIEWS 416: IF THESE VOLATILITY TRADES WIN THEN WE ALL LOSE  HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS GREEN TO END THE WEEK MIAX PEARL EQUITIES LAUNCHES TODAY SPIKES: 28.9  - UP 2.4 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 28 - UP 1.5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 102.5 - UP 3.5 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY INTRADAY VOLATILITY IN APPLE HOW THE UPCOMING ELECTION IS IMPACTING THE VIX AND VOLATILITY VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON UVXY, SVXY AND SPX PUT SKEW VS. VIX CALL SKEW  CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

VOLATILITY VIEWS 415: THE LOOMING SPECTER OF ELECTION VOLATILITY HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX CO-HOST: TOM JARCK, VOLATILITY PRODUCTS SPECIALIST, MIAX GUEST: LUKE RAHBARI, CEO, EQUITY ARMOR INVESTMENTS VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS SLIGHTLY RED TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 25.5  - DOWN 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 26.5 - DOWN 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 99 - DOWN 17.75 FROM LAST SHOW LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY THE IMPACT OF THE SOFTBANK WHALE ON VOLATILITY RISK MIGRATE IN VIX FUTURES INDICATING STRONG POST-ELECTION CONCERN TREAT VIX OPTIONS AS BINARY OPTIONS HEADING INTO ELECTION VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON SPIKES FUTURES AND VXX CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK

Volatility Views 414: Talking VIX, SPIKES, VXX, UVXY and Even Some Whales HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS MIXED TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 27.75  - DOWN 5 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 27.75 - DOWN 4 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 116.75 - DOWN 7.75 FROM LAST SHOW EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON GME, CHWY, PTON, ORCL LOOKING AT TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK IN VIX, SPIKES, VXX AND UVXY VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE SOFTBANK WHALE, GME VS. BBBY AND VOLQ. CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 413: UNPRECEDENTED VOLATILITY HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: SHELLY BROWN, MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS FIRMLY IN THE RED SPIKES: 32.75  - UP 8.25 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 31.75 - UP 7.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 124.5 - UP 7 FROM LAST SHOW MIAX AUGUST EQUITY OPTIONS VOLUME EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON FIVE LOOKING AT VIX, SPIKES, VXX, UVXY TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK AAPL AND TSLA STOCK SPLIT COULD SOFTBANK BE THE NASDAQ OPTIONS WHALE VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON RETAIL CALL OPTION AND VOLQ CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 412: VOLATILITY WHACK-A-MOLE  HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: JIM CARROLL, TOROSO ADVISORS VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT THE FED HAS WASHED ITS HANDS OF INFLATION SO THE PARTY IS ON FOR THE MARKET! SPIKES: 24.5  - UP 1.35 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 24.5 - UP 2.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 117 - UP 3 FROM LAST SHOW MARKET VOLATILITY IMPACTED BY FED SPEECH AND UPCOMING ELECTION WEIRD VIX PRINTS  EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON ZM, FIVE LOOKING AT VIX, SPIKES, VXX, UVXY TOP TRADES OF THE WEEK UPCOMING AAPL AND TSLA STOCK SPLIT VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON TESLA OPTIONS VOLATILITY CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 411: ELECTION VOLATILITY  - WORTH IT OR WASTE OF MONEY? HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: ANDREW GIOVINAZZI, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: TOM JARCK, MIAX EXCHANGE VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT MARKETS SLIGHTLY IN THE GREEN TO END THE WEEK SPIKES: 23.15  - UP .15 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 22.5 - UP .5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 114 - UNCHD FROM LAST SHOW MGEX TO JOIN MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP  EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON NVDA, BABA, BBY VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE NEW VOLQ AND THE OTC VOL NETWORK VS. THE LISTED VOL MARKET CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

Volatility Views 410: Hedging the Apocalypse...or Starting It? - HOST: MARK LONGO, OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP - CO-HOSTS: MATT AND MIKE THOMPSON, MANAGING PARTNERS, THOMPSON CAPITAL - MIAX HOT SEAT: JIM CARROLL, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & PORTFOLIO MANAGER AT TOROSO ADVISORS Discussion Topics: - Insane VIX term structure. - The upcoming Nasdaq volatility future. - Apocalyptic VIX options hedges? - The Earnings volatility malaise - Your outlook for end-of-year volatility - Our Crystal Ball picks - and much more

VOLATILITY VIEWS 409: REVENGE OF THE VIKING HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: SHELLY BROWN, MIAX EXCHANGE VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT JOBS NUMBERS NOT BOOSTING THE MARKET TODAY SPIKES: 23.25  - DOWN 2.5 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 22.4 - DOWN 3.1 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 106 - DOWN 8.5 FROM LAST SHOW MIAX EXCHANGE GROUP JULY OPTIONS VOLUME EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON $DIS, $ROKU, $ETSY, YETI GOOGLE TRENDS FOR VOLATILITY VSPIKE COMING SOON FROM MIAX VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON SPIKES FUTURES AND MIDCHAINS CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 408: THE NITTY GRITTY OF IMPLIED VOLATILITY HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: BRIAN OVERBY, ALLY INVEST VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT ECONOMIC IMPLOSION WEIGHING ON THE MARKET WHILE STRONG TECH EARNINGS BOOSTING THE MARKET. SPIKES: 25.75  - DOWN 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 25.5 - DOWN 1.4 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 114.5 - DOWN 5.2 FROM LAST SHOW EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON AAPL, FB, GILD, GOOGL, AMZN, EA, CBOE, WWE TALKING ABOUT THE Q2 SLUMP IN TRADING THE VIX COMPLEX. VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE PROPER METHODOLOGY TO CALCULATE IMPLIED VOLATILITY CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 407: JUICY INVERSIONS AND GAPING CHASMS HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT DISCUSSING FINDINGS BY GOLDMAN SACHS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE DERIVATIVE IS MORE LIQUID AND POPULAR THAN THE UNDERLYING. WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF WEEKLY OPTIONS, AND INCREASED FOCUS ON USING OPTIONS TO TRADE CATALYSTS, SINGLE STOCK OPTIONS WITH MATURITIES LESS THAN 2 WEEKS NOW COMPRISE 75% OF ALL MATURITIES, UP FROM 65% A YEAR AGO.  SPIKES: 27  - UP 1.75 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 26.9 - UP .65 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 119.7 - UP 4.7 FROM LAST SHOW EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON INTC, MSFT, EBAY, GOOGL VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ON THE VIX CASH TERM STRUCTURE CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 407: TIME FOR A VIX SCOOP?  HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: DAVID LINCOLN, VIX CRUSH VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT TALKING ABOUT THE MASSIVE BUMP IN VIX FUTURES TERM STRUCTURE AROUND THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS SPIKES: 25.25  - DOWN 3.25 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 26.25 - DOWN 1.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 115 - UP 3 FROM LAST SHOW TALKING ABOUT TVIX LIVING ON IN THE OTC AFTERLIFE NOW AND THE IMPACT ON UVXY & SVXY  EARNINGS DISCUSSION ON NFLX, MSFT, TWTR CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 406: EARNINGS VOLATILITY PREVIEW - NFLX, ABT, BAC AND MORE HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: MATT AMBERSON, OPTION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT A STRANGE END TO A STRANGE WEEK STOCKS WERE POISED TO END LOWER BUT POSITIVE NEWS FROM GILEAD SEEMS TO BE REVERSING THE TREND SPIKES: 28.5  - DOWN 5.5 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 27.5 - DOWN 6.5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 112 - DOWN ALMOST 20 FROM LAST SHOW DISCUSSION OF HIGH IMPLIED EARNINGS, MANY CUTS AND EXPECTED CUTS TO DIVIDENDS AND RETAIL CALL/PUT RATIOS VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON TLT AND VOLATILITY PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

Happy Fourth of July! What better way to celebrate than by flashing back to 2012 for a "Best Of" episode of Volatility Views. Enjoy and stay safe out there... Volatility Views 46: Volatility Discussion with the Godfather Volatility Review: Slaughter of the VIX April future, with May poised for the same.  Credit Suisse released more creation units and TVIX crushed long positions - going from 13 to 6.5 in a week. Euro vol review -- March 1- and 3-month contracts expired last week. NASDAQ vol update. Volatility Viewpoint: Mark, Bob, and Mark have the great pleasure to discuss volatility with the Godfather:  Anthony Neuberger, Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School.  The gang discusses his seminal paper, "The Log Contract and Other Power Contracts.”  They also discuss tail risk and skew risk. Mark asks Prof. Neuberger if the market is correctly pricing in tail risk. Crystal Ball: Sebastian sees VIX staying between 14 and 16, with a lot of erosion in VXX.  Watch out for contango.  Euro vol is a coin flip

VOLATILITY VIEWS 405: THE DEATH OF TVIX HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: SHELLY BROWN, MIAX GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, EQ DERIVATIVES VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT THE VOLATILITY MARKET WAS TURNED ON ITS HEAD THIS WEEK CREDIT SUISSE GETS OUT OF THE  ETN BUSINESS - TVIX IS NO MORE BIGGEST VOLATILITY ETN GETS A COPYCAT WITHIN HOURS OF ITS DEMISE SPIKES: 34  - UP .75 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 35 - UP 1.5 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 131.5 - DOWN 5.5 FROM LAST SHOW VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON $MSVX - THE NEW VOLATILITY FUND AND IMPLIED VOLATILITY. CRYSTAL BALL WHERE WILL VIX/SPIKES BE NEXT WEEK?

VOLATILITY VIEWS 404: LAUNCHING NEW VOL PRODUCTS IN A PANDEMIC HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP CO-HOST: MARK SEBASTIAN, THE OPTION PIT MIAX HOT SEAT: TOM JARCK, VOLATILITY PRODUCTS SPECIALIST, MIAX GUESTS: MATT AND MIKE THOMPSON,  MANAGING PARTNERS, THOMPSON CAPITAL VOLATILITY REVIEW SEGMENT A MIXED END TO ANOTHER STRANGE WEEK: A STRANGE END TO A STRANGE WEEK WHERE NEITHER BULLS NOR BEARS COULD REALLY FIND THEIR FOOTING TRADERS COULD BE IN FOR A WILD RIDE ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF A COUPLE TECHNICAL FACTORS. THE S&P 500 WILL HAVE ITS FIRST REBALANCING OF THE YEAR AT FRIDAY’S CLOSE AND VOLATILITY COULD ALSO BE HEIGHTENED FRIDAY BY QUADRUPLE WITCHING. SPIKES: 33.25  - DOWN 7.25 FROM LAST SHOW VIX CASH: 33.5 - DOWN 6.25 FROM LAST SHOW VVIX: 137 - DOWN 18 FROM LAST SHOW VOLATILITY VOICEMAIL QUESTION FROM MELLON: HAVE YOU SEEN AN UPTICK IN SPX AND VIX PAPER SINCE THE PITS CAME BACK? QUESTION FROM PEAR A SOL: WHY ARE VIX FUTURES TRADING SO LITTLE THESE DAYS? WOULD SEEM TO BE A BOOM TIME FOR VO