Russell reconstitution day arrives, and OPEC makes a vague announcement
Listen to This Week in Futures Options 107: Russell Dominates While OPEC Puzzles
Topics this week include:
- It’s Russell Reconstitution time: Russell 1000 & 2000 rebalancing today. Could result in the most heavily traded session of 2018.
- Equity volatility. Will we see a vertical asymptote?
- CME’s new OPEC watch tool
- Crude: OPEC ministers agree to raise oil production but don’t say by how much
- Ag chat: beans hit nine-year low on rejeuvenated trade war talk
- CME Bitcoin futures off another 500 handles
Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over
- Question from Tim Kessler:?Do you need a futures account if you just want to trade options on futures?
- Question from Nicholas:?Thoughts on the reports from the VIX-rigging prof that someone propped up the price of bitcoin last year? You guys buying what he’s selling?
- Question from Bellat:?What do you think of crypto vol at these levels, particularly Bitcoin? Are you guys doing any trading even though there aren’t really any true options available yet?