SPECIAL EDITION: OPTIONS INSIDER EXCHANGE OF THE YEAR AWARD. In this episode, Mark is joined by Steve Crutchfield, CEO, NYSE AMEX Options. Mark and Steve explore the reasoning behind the award. In a year with many other exchanges trumpeting market share and volume records, Options Insider readers looked past the headlines and chose to celebrate AMEX's story of redemption. Topics Discussed In This Episode: * Exchange Of The Year Award * Technology Upgrades at AMEX * The future of open outcry at AMEX * Will we see more proprietary products on the horizon from AMEX? * NYSE Arca Options vs. AMEX – Cooperation & Competition * Will NYSE replace recent departures in their options executive suite? * The status of AMEX's ownership sale – What does the SEC have to say?

Trading Block:Commodities moving; Ford vs GM vs Tesla – which straddle are you buying?; SPX Downside skew starting to soften; the importance of staying cool ** Odd Block: Bulls love Tyson chicken; Massive vertical call spread in YHOO; Bullish bets or rolling down an established long position?; ERTS call sellers go off a cliff ** Xpress Block: Important lessosn for beginning futures traders; Watch your stops on LIFFE – they may vanish before your eyes; Explaining price improvement auctions; The unintended consequences of flash regulation in the options market. ** Around the Block: Non-farm payroll; CMG off to the races – earnings coming up; CSCO earnings on the horizon; Short downside puts in Tesla?? Look for support at 20; Where is the best entry point in Goldman Sachs?; ATVI earnings coming up – will it be another explosion like ERTS?