Lean hogs are the surprise product of the week
Download This Week in Futures Options 22: Revenge of the Hogs
This week your TWIFO hosts discuss:
- Black gold, Texas tea.
- WTI Nov 50 calls leading the charge with nearly 11,000 trading on Friday
- WTI Dec 50 calls 22,000- fairly even trading throughout the week
- WTI Nov 47 calls and 40 puts nearly identical at 20,600
- Crazy trade of the week?- 6200 WTI Nov 69 calls traded on Friday
- Why aren’t the weeklies getting more attention?
- Beans, beans, the musical fruit
- 82% of the volume happening in the Nov contracts, up almost 6% in OI
- Par (1,000) calls were lighting it up
- Heavy trading this week in puts
- Surprise product of the week: Lean Hogs!
- Dec IV is up 4 points
- Even tie between Oct and Dec for expiration
- Oct 54 puts were the winner of the week
- OI up about 7.5% this week, on total volume of 70,000 contracts
- Want some charts? Here’s what Nick shared:
Futures Options Feedback: Listener questions and comments
- Comment from Ian Felder: I started in crude futures. Then moved to VIX futures, and am now in VOX options. Each time I trade a new market I feel like U see more panoramic moves because I’m less familiar with the underlying in the first few days. It sounds scary but it’s actually refreshing. I guess looking at options has changed the way I look at futures. Has something similar happened to you? Have options changed your outlook on other products?