The 2026 trading year is officially underway! The All-Star Panel gathers for the first full trading week of the year to break down a massive 2025 and look ahead to the new market landscape.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into why 2025 was truly the “Year of the Collar.”

In this episode, we look at how the holiday season is warping typical market movements and what to expect from the “Santa Claus Rally.”

In this episode, we analyze suspicious call buying in DJT and discuss why is someone grabbing thousands of calls in LESL even though the stock that has dropped 95% this year.

In this episode, the Rock Lobster confesses his VIX Puts strategy was his “worst product” of the year due to being a “Greedy Pig” and not monetizing the downside swings.

In this episode, we investigate unexpected options activity in names like Sentinel One (S), Rocket Labs (RKLB), and Honda Motor Corp (HMC).

In this episode, we provide an analysis of unusual options activity in stocks like Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) and TMC.

We cover volatility signals and the explosive growth of binary and prediction markets, debating their future on major exchanges. Plus, we get an exclusive look at new CBOE products and market events in this episode.

We analyze specific stock activities, from Knight Swift Transportation Holdings to iRobot, and speculate on the future of these stocks on this episode.

In this episode of The Option Block, we cover a wide range of topics, including unusual activities in the options market, such as trades in JBS NV (a Brazilian meat processing company), B2Gold Corp, and Ecopetrol.

We hit this episode of The Option Block during an insane market reversal. The NVDA rally fizzled, VIX cash surged, and the S&P saw a giant intraday swing!

We look at unusual options activity in CMC and QGEN on this episode of The Option Block.