Episodes

  • The Advisor's Option 140: Taking the Danger Out of Elections Using Options
    Oct 30 2024

    On this episode,

    • We share our thoughts on current market volatility
    • We discuss what the markets are telling us ahead of the election
    • We talk hedging specific event risk
    • We look at how earnings season volatility is impacting this market.
    • We answer a listener question about trading binary options on the election
    • And much more.

    With your hosts:

    • Mark Longo - The Options Insider Media Group
    • Matt Amberson - Option Research & Technology Services
    • Zed Francis - Convexitas
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Advisor's Option 139: The Confounding Factors Of 0dte Options
    Oct 3 2024

    On this episode,

    • We discuss large moves expected for the election and Friday's unemployment report
    • We talk time vs. Greeks
    • We look at how earnings season volatility is impacting this market.
    • We share our thoughts on overall options volume trends
    • What we see in the RIA space and outlook for retail adoption of options
    • We answer listener questions about long straddles, leap options, and taking advantage of high skew stocks like meme stocks
    • And much more.

    With your hosts:

    • Mark Longo - The Options Insider Media Group
    • Matt Amberson - Option Research & Technology Services
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Advisor's Option 138: Volatility, Enhanced Margin, Defined-Outcome ETFs and More
    Aug 28 2024

    On this episode,

    • We discuss how to navigate current market complexities and trends in the macro trading environment.
    • We talk about hedging with index options vs. ETFs and the recently approved Margin Enhancement Rule for "protected options"
    • We look at how earnings season volatility is impacting this market.
    • What we see in the RIA space and outlook for retail adoption of options
    • And much more.

    With your hosts:

    • Mark Longo - The Options Insider Media Group
    • Matt Amberson - Option Research & Technology Services

    And guest:

    • Rob Hocking - Cboe Global Markets
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Advisor's Option 137: The Mysteries of Weekend Risk
    Jul 30 2024

    On this episode,

    • We discuss how to navigate current market complexities.
    • We look at how earnings season volatility is impacting this market.
    • We talk about what is going on with META heading into earnings. Is there a fire-sale going on?
    • What is the proper way to hedge the weekend risk in your portfolio?
    • And much more.

    With your hosts:

    • Mark Longo - The Options Insider Media Group
    • Matt Amberson - Option Research & Technology Services
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Advisor's Option 136: Hedged Equity & Boomer Candy
    Jun 26 2024

    On this episode, we discuss how to navigate current market complexities and we provide insights into today's market volatility. We look at how the earnings season is shaping up. We provide our thoughts on the current options volume trends. We discuss derivative strategies in ETFs that allow investors to chase stock returns while also protecting against a potential market downturn (or as the WSJ refers to these hot new funds - Boomer Candy for retirees). We talk about how "junk" VIX calls are hot again, and much more.

    With your hosts:

    • Mark Longo - The Options Insider Media Group
    • Matt Amberson - Option Research & Technology Services

    And guest:

    • Arnim Holzer - Global Macro Strategist, Easterly EAB Risk Solutions

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Advisor's Option 135: Is It Time for Buy-and-Hold 2.0?
    May 21 2024

    We discuss our thoughts on the current market environment including skew in GME, AMC, NVDA, SPX and 0dte. We also look at how the earnings season is shaping up. In our Options 101 Segment, we talk about Buy & Hold 2.0. We also discuss whether it is a good time to purchase longer term protection clients with broad-based index portfolios, and much more.

    With your hosts:

    • Mark Longo - The Options Insider Media Group
    • Matt Amberson - Option Research & Technology Services

    And guest:

    • Philip Sun - Adaptive Investment Solutions

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Advisor's Option 134: Down Months, Higher Volatility and Zero-Sum Debates
    Apr 17 2024

    HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
    CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, OPTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

    • THOUGHTS ON CURRENT MARKET ENVIRONMENT
    • IS VOLATILITY BACK
    • HOW THE EARNINGS SEASON IS SHAPING UP
    • THE ZERO-SUM OPTIONS GAME
    • MARCH OPTIONS VOLUME NUMBERS FROM OIC
    • HEDGING USING OTM PUT CALENDAR SPREADS
    • AND MUCH MORE
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    1 hr
  • The Advisor's Option 133: Options Income and the Great Volatility Debate
    Mar 26 2024

    HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP
    CO-HOST: MATT AMBERSON, OPTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
    GUEST: NICK GRIEBENOW, SHELTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

    • THOUGHTS ON CURRENT MARKET ENVIRONMENT
    • GENERATING INCOME IN HIGH RATE ENVIRONMENTS
    • EARNINGS SEASON VOLATILITY UPDATE
    • FEBRUARY OPTIONS VOLUME
    • THE GREAT VOL DEBATE - WHAT IS KEEPING VOL SO LOW?
    • SELLING COVERED PUTS
    • AND MUCH MORE
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    1 hr and 2 mins