TWIFO 475: Market Whipsaw & The Tsunami of Near-Dated Futures Options
11/20/2025
TWIFO 475: Market Whipsaw & The Tsunami of Near-Dated Futures Options
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider CME HOT SEAT: Mike Tosaw, St. Charles Wealth Management In this episode, Mark and Mike discuss the significant trading volume and price swings in the S&P 500, spurred by Nvidia earnings and broader market dynamics. The show delves into specific trades and strike
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TWIFO 474: Hoarding Gold For Terrifying Reasons
11/14/2025
TWIFO 474: Hoarding Gold For Terrifying Reasons
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider CME HOT SEAT: Russell Rhoads, Indiana University Kelley School of Business In this episode of This Week in Futures Options, the hosts explore significant movements and trades across various markets. They focus on the explosive action in gold and silver, with dee
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TWIFO 473: Cutting-Edge Research on Metals, Crypto, Equities and More
11/07/2025
TWIFO 473: Cutting-Edge Research on Metals, Crypto, Equities and More
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider CME HOT SEAT: Erik Norland, CME Group In this episode, Mark and Erik discuss recent developments in the futures and options market. They cover a wide array of topics, including the impacts of macroeconomic policies on gold and precious metals, the rise of crypto
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TWIFO 472: Soybean Tsunami and Copper Craziness
10/31/2025
TWIFO 472: Soybean Tsunami and Copper Craziness
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group GUEST: Carley Garner, DeCarley Trading In this episode of This Week in Futures Options, Mark Longo and guest Carly Garner discuss various developments in the futures options market, including the impact of Chinese trade deals on commodities like gold
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TWIFO 471: Shaking up the Crypto Complex
10/24/2025
TWIFO 471: Shaking up the Crypto Complex
HOST: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group CME HOT SEAT: Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group In this episode, the discussion covers CME's recent launch of Solana and XRP options, the role of institutional and retail participants, and the evolution of use ca
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TWIFO 470: Metals Madness Takes Over The Market
10/17/2025
TWIFO 470: Metals Madness Takes Over The Market
Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group The latest episode dives deep into the explosive activity in the precious metals market, with a special focus on gold and silver. Mark covers the unprecedented volumes and price surges in gold, which hit new highs of $4,308, and silver, which soared
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TWIFO 469: Everyone Is Obsessed With Metals
10/10/2025
TWIFO 469: Everyone Is Obsessed With Metals
Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Radio Network CME Hot Seat Guest: Scott Bauer, Prosper Trading Academy In this episode hosted by Mark Longo, Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy joins to discuss the latest action in the futures options market. The show covers a diverse range of topics incl
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TWIFO 468: A Gold and Gas Explosion
10/03/2025
TWIFO 468: A Gold and Gas Explosion
In this episode, host Mark Longo dives deep into the latest trading developments within the futures options market, covering hot topics such as nat gas, crude oil, and gold. The episode discusses record volumes in nat gas and its recent price movements, analyzes crude oil's downturn, and delves into
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TWIFO 467: It's a Whoa Daddy Market!!!
09/26/2025
TWIFO 467: It's a Whoa Daddy Market!!!
This episode features a detailed discussion with Dan Gramza of Gramza Capital Management covering recent market movements in futures options, focusing on gold's record highs, the fluctuations in natural gas prices, and the current state of crude oil. Mark and Dan also touch upon the equity markets'
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TWIFO 466: Laughing at Danger in Gold, Crude Oil and Cattle
09/19/2025
TWIFO 466: Laughing at Danger in Gold, Crude Oil and Cattle
This episode delves into the latest trends and key actions in various futures markets, focusing particularly on the impact of recent Fed decisions. Mark Longo alongside guest Carley Garner (DeCarley Trading), cover volatility in gold, silver, WTI crude oil, and livestock markets. They analyze signif
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TWIFO 465: Ghosts and Gremlins
09/11/2025
TWIFO 465: Ghosts and Gremlins
This episode breaks down the week's trading activity in the futures and options markets with Mark Longo and Carley Garner (DeCarley Trading). The show covers the week's biggest movers and shakers, analyzes the latest trends in energy and metals volatility, and dives into specific options flows in Na
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TWIFO 464: Equities, Rates And Metals...Oh My
09/05/2025
TWIFO 464: Equities, Rates And Metals...Oh My
Mark Longo and Mike Tosaw from St. Charles Wealth Management break down top trades, hot products, volatility explosions, and more in precious metals, interest rates, and equities on this episode. Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 5:52 - Movers and Shakers Report (top performers and decliners). 11:
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TWIFO 463: Return of the Widowmaker
08/29/2025
TWIFO 463: Return of the Widowmaker
This episode of "This Week in Futures Options" (TWIFO) focuses on the week's top movers in the futures options market. Mark Longo breaks down the Movers and Shakers report, highlighting a week with a slight bias toward green, but with the largest percentage moves on the dark side. The show also take
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TWIFO 462: Soybean Shenanigans and Cattle Craziness
08/22/2025
TWIFO 462: Soybean Shenanigans and Cattle Craziness
In this episode of "This Week in Futures Options" (TWIFO), host Mark Longo and guest Kevin Green from Schwab Network break down the week's trading action in the futures options market. They cover the top movers, analyze volatility across different sectors, and dive deep into agricultural products. T
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TWIFO 461: Wild Times in Equities, Crypto, Energy and More
08/15/2025
TWIFO 461: Wild Times in Equities, Crypto, Energy and More
In this episode, Mark Longo and Dan 'The Man' Gramza from Gramza Capital Management, examine the surge in futures options trading, discuss inflation impacts, and explore the latest in small-cap and equity index movements. Energy commodities, particularly Nat Gas and WTI, also receive a thorough anal
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TWIFO 460: Mid-Year Correlation Update
08/07/2025
TWIFO 460: Mid-Year Correlation Update
This episode of 'This Week in Futures Options' features a detailed mid-year analysis of cross correlations between various tradable products in the futures options markets for 2025. Key correlations include NASDAQ vs. E-Mini, 10-year vs. 30-year, heating oil vs. WTI, and more. The discussion also hi
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TWIFO 459: Fed Dissent Amid A Historic Move For Copper
08/01/2025
TWIFO 459: Fed Dissent Amid A Historic Move For Copper
In the latest episode, Mark Longo alongside guest Rich Excel from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign delve into a comprehensive analysis of various futures options markets and they look at volatility (CVOL) in the various complexes. They start with a detailed dis
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TWIFO 458: Shockingly Flat Skew in the Widow Maker
07/25/2025
TWIFO 458: Shockingly Flat Skew in the Widow Maker
This episode of 'This Week in Futures Options' on the Options Insider Radio Network covers extensive details on various active commodities in the futures options market. The discussion begins with a breakdown of Nat Gas, analyzing its significant drop towards the three-handle and the activity around
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TWIFO 457: Ags, Energy and Metals...Oh My!
07/18/2025
TWIFO 457: Ags, Energy and Metals...Oh My!
In this episode, host Mark Longo is joined by Carley Garner from DeCarley Trading to examine recent movements and activities in a variety of futures options markets. The discussion opens with an overview of platforms and resources available to listeners such as the Options Insider app and the CME Gr
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TWIFO 456: Thunderstruck Futures
07/11/2025
TWIFO 456: Thunderstruck Futures
This episode delves into a range of topics with host Mark Longo and guest Mike Tosaw from St. Charles Wealth Management. They discuss navigating the futures options market, highlighting the significant trades, volatility, and key products such as gold, crude oil, corn, and soybeans. They focus on ma
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TWIFO 455: Shocks and Surprises in Small Caps
06/27/2025
TWIFO 455: Shocks and Surprises in Small Caps
In this episode Mark Longo dives deep into the ever-changing futures options landscape. Key topics include the performance analysis of tradable products such as gold, crude oil, and soybeans, with an emphasis on the volatility and top trades in these markets. Additionally, the episode features a spe
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TWIFO 454: Heavy Metal Squeezes and Wild Crude Ratios
06/13/2025
TWIFO 454: Heavy Metal Squeezes and Wild Crude Ratios
This episode discusses key trades and trends across various futures options markets. The host, Mark Longo, along with guest Scott Bauer from Prosper Trading Academy, delve into the week's major movers such as WTI crude oil, natural gas, and platinum. They also examine the volatility trends, trading
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TWIFO 453: Metals Whack-A-Mole
06/06/2025
TWIFO 453: Metals Whack-A-Mole
In this episode of 'This Week in Futures Options,' Mark Longo and Russell Rhoads (Indiana University - Kelley School of Business) dive deep into the world of futures and options trading, specifically focusing on the metal markets like silver, gold, and platinum. The discussion highlights the recent
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TWIFO 452: SURPRISE Mover, Shakers and Surprise Nat Gas Upside
05/29/2025
TWIFO 452: SURPRISE Mover, Shakers and Surprise Nat Gas Upside
This episode starts with the 'Movers and Shakers' report, highlighting significant trades at the CME Group. The report indicates a bias towards the green, with notable activity in heating oil, Bitcoin, and palladium among others. The episode also discusses trading volumes and price volatility in Nat
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