Volatility Review: NASDAQ realized volatility makes a slight upward move, and until we get any evidence to the contrary, this action will likely continue.Volatility Viewpoint: Today's guest is Dr. Madhu Kalimipalli, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Services Research Center at the School of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Crystal Ball: Greek elections on Sunday. Could send us off in any direction. The movement of volatility will creep back up to normal levels again.
Volatility Views 58: Cracking the Bond Code
Volatility Review: NASDAQ realized volatility makes a slight upward move, and until we get any evidence to the contrary, this action will likely continue.Volatility Viewpoint: Today's guest is Dr. Madhu Kalimipalli, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Services Research Center at the School of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Crystal Ball: Greek elections on Sunday. Could send us off in any direction. The movement of volatility will creep back up to normal levels again.
Option Block 159: The 1-3.5-6 Ratio Condor Swap
Trading Block: News is out that the central banks are trying to make a coordinated effort to help out Greece after the elections. Commodity rundown – open quota unchanged. Fallout for Apple after WWDC. Nokia down 15% on news of slashing 10,000 more jobs – down 50% since April. Is this the beginning of the end for Nokia? Will Microsoft buy them? Is this another Motorola? Odd Block: Interesting and unusual activity in Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) and Safeway, Inc. (SWY). Xpress Block: John Grigus is back at sits down in the OX hot seat to discuss a Nasdaq/OMX memo about starting a Facebook member accommodation program. Tomorrow is expiration. Around the Block: Remember, this is expiration week! We'll have to see what happens to Nokia. Greece, Spain, Greece, etc.
Options Insider Radio 105: Interview with Gary Katz, CEO of International Securities Exchange
Taped live at the 2012 OIC Conference, Mark and Gary cover all the hot-button issues of the day.
Options Insider Radio 105: Interview with Gary Katz, CEO of International Securities Exchange
Taped live at the 2012 OIC Conference, Mark and Gary cover all the hot-button issues of the day.
The Long and Short of Futures Options: Talking Volatility, Indices and ETFs
In this episode, Mark is joined by Scot Warren, Senior Managing Director of Equity Index Products at CME Group
Volatility Views 57: Turning the Tables on Mark Sebastian
Volatility Review: VIX is back this week, after it ended unchanged at 0.0 before last week's Option Block episodes. Time will tell as we see what happens in Europe. NASDAQ one- and three-month realized volatility has had almost no movement at all, but the trend is surely upward.Crystal Ball: We'll have to keep an eye on Europe, but expect little change in realized volatility. There will be a break in S&P in one direction or the other. Volatility Viewpoint: Long-time panelist Mark Sebastian gets the chance to sit in the guest's seat and discusses what Option Pit is and the world of options education. Mail Bag: Answering listener questions.
Volatility Views 57: Turning the Tables on Mark Sebastian
Volatility Review: VIX is back this week, after it ended unchanged at 0.0 before last week's Option Block episodes. Time will tell as we see what happens in Europe. NASDAQ one- and three-month realized volatility has had almost no movement at all, but the trend is surely upward.Crystal Ball: We'll have to keep an eye on Europe, but expect little change in realized volatility. There will be a break in S&P in one direction or the other. Volatility Viewpoint: Long-time panelist Mark Sebastian gets the chance to sit in the guest's seat and discusses what Option Pit is and the world of options education. Mail Bag: Answering listener questions.
Option Block 158: Mini Widowmaker
Trading Block: VIX provided most of the movement in the market. Spain concerns weigh on the market again. Analyst says JP Morgan could make an upside surprise as they disclose more about the $2 billion "hedge." Apple's WWDC doesn't budge the stock – announces new MacBooks, iOS 6, better voice, no new iPhone, and switching away from Google maps – a potential big hit for Google. Commodity/vol rundown. Odd Block: Interesting and unusual activity in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR), Pitney Bowes, Inc. (PBI), and Focus Media Holding, Ltd. (FMCN). Xpress Block: Tim Navabi is back in the OX hot seat and goes over what was active over at optionsXpress. Apple, SPY, and more, a grain report coming out tomorrow. Helping a few customers with spreads. Mail Block: Taking on Listener QuestionsAround the Block: June 13: PPI & Retail Sales June 14: CPI & Jobless Claims June 15: Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment & Triple Witching Expiration
Late Edition
Late afternoon roundup of industry-related stories
Options Insider Radio 104: Interview with Russ Chrusciel, Division Head of SunGard-Valdi Options
Recorded live at the 2012 OIC Conference, Mark and Russ discuss:? The transition into Valdi suite of products in the past year? A breakdown about the Valdi product line? Valdi's plans to add more analytics into your data feed? When the thin client retail version of MicroHedge/Valdi might come out? What they have to offer the high end retail trader
Option Block 157: We Are in a Holding Pattern Until We Are Not
Trading Block: For the second show in a row, the S&P is literally closed unchanged at 0.0%, what are the odds? The Fed pretty much stymied most activity. Have to love the Feds – says end of tax cuts is the most important fiscal event on the horizon, yet refuses to comment on whether tax cuts should stay or go. China cut their benchmark lending rate for the first time in about 4 years. VIX drifting toward the lower end of its recent range. Commodity/Metals update. Odd Block: Interesting and unusual activity in Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (LULU), Market Vectors Gold Miners Index ETF (GDX), and SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)Xpress Block: Sean Fitzgerald returns to the Xpress Block for the second time and discusses Facebook and its seemingly recent divorce from the public's love and attention. In other news, Starbucks will start producing for the "K-Cup" Green Mountain single cup coffee brewing system.Listener Mail: Taking on listener questions.Around the Block: Keeping an eye on Greece and The Fed.


