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Options Insider Radio Episode 62: Live From OIC – Microhedge

Live From OIC 2010 – Mark is joined by Peter Hauser, President, Sungard Microhedge. Mark and Peter discuss the plans to incorporate Microhedge into the new Valdi product suite. Mark and Peter also explore Sungard's plans to release a thin-client version of Microhedge aimed squarely at retail traders.

Double-Diagonals Have You Seeing Double (Margin)?

Options-centric brokers don't require double margin on a balanced iron condor or butterfly (i.e., where the vertical spreads are equal and all contracts have the same expiration date)?but thanks to a regulatory crack-down in the wake of the 2008 credit crisis, it's increasingly likely that any deviation from a balanced iron condor or butterfly will cost you margin on both sides, at least until the regulations are updated (and the most optimistic estimates for when that might happen are on the order of several months).

Options Insider Radio Episode 60 – Live From OIC: Options Industry Council

Mark is joined by Susan Milligan, Executive Director, Options Industry Council. Mark and Susan discuss the OIC's latest study of retail options traders. Topics include: Why women don't trade options and the demographic shifts that have occurred in the options market over the past 20 years. In addition, Mark and Susan discuss the numerous challenges facing the derivatives industry in Washington, D.C.

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Put Spreads Trade in MBI

Put Spreads Trade in MBI

17,500 of the Aug 8/5 put spreads traded for .50 and 17,500 of the Jan 2016 8/5 put spreads traded for .80.

Closing and Rolling in XLE

Closing and Rolling in XLE

50,000 XLE Mar 75 puts were sold to close at .70. Against that 40,000 XLE April 75 puts traded for 1.47.

Aggressive Play in MW

Aggressive Play in MW

A trader today bought 5157 of the MW April 50 calls paying 2.05. This is nearly 10X ADV of 645 calls/day and 4X total ADV.

Size Call Buyers in UUP

Size Call Buyers in UUP

23186 UUP Mar 25 calls went up in 1 block on the PHLX. UUP is near 1 year highs as the dollars surges ahead.

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Q1 2022 Metals Update

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