Options Boot Camp
Options Boot Camp is designed to help get you into peak options trading shape by teaching you options trading inside and out, basic to complex. Listeners can even submit their own options questions to be answered on the show.
Episodes
Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group
Co-Host: Dan Passarelli, Market Taker Mentoring
tastytrade Hot Seat: Jermal Chandler, tastylive
On this episode, Mark, Dan and Jermal discuss:
- Stock substitution strategies including the fig leaf and the zebra
- Stocks and options trading going 24/7
- Intel covered call strategy
- And much more.
This episode of Options Boot Camp is brought to you by tastytrade.
01:08 Welcome to...
Host: Mark Longo, The Options Insider Media Group
Co-Host: Dan Passarelli, Market Taker Mentoring
tastytrade Hot Seat: Mike Butler, tastylive
On this episode, Mark, Dan and Mike discuss:
- AI vs. PE in the modern market
- Stocks and options trading going 24/7
- Stock substitution strategy as go to strategy for 2025
- Learning more about trading options
- And much more.
This episode of Options Boot Camp is brought to you by tastytr...
It's an options snow day as Mark and Dan tackle your mailbag questions about:
- How often do you adjust covered calls
- Selling a put when you don't want to buy a stock
- Strategies that they anticipate using more in 2025
- What to do with calendars if the underlying moves too soon
- Trading iron condors
- and much more.
Brought to you by tastytrade.
On this episode, Mark and Dan talk about:
- Options volume for January from Options Clearing
- Tariffs impact on markets
- Whether the 0DTE explosion is just a fad
- If DeepSeek is the canary in the coal mine for the end of the AI boom
- Whether the age of the options trader is getting younger
- and much more.
Brought to you by tastytrade.
On this episode, Mark and Dan talk about:
- DeepSeek and its impact on the markets,
- What strategies Dan uses the most to trade,
- The fake ticker XYZ becoming an actual ticker for Block,
- Dan's typical holding period for straddles,
- Whether Dan will short straddles,
- and much more.
Brought to you by tastytrade.
On this episode, Mark and Dan answer your questions about:
- VIX closing price for 2025
- Any new books from Dan
- The rule of 16
and much more.
On this episode, Mark and Dan take a deep dive into skew:
- What do we mean by skew
- Origins of skew
- The skew graph
- Different types of skew
- Why is it important to understand skew
- Different trades to take advantage of different types of skew
- And, much more!
Brought to you by tastytrade.
On this episode, Mark and Dan look back at the options markets in 2024.
- What trades/trends stood out in 2024
- Options volume year in review
- VIX highs/lows for 2024
They also answer your questions including:
- Should I ever hedge my long-term holdings?
- Shouldn't the IV be the same when looking at the call and put for the same expiry/strike?
- How do you get what percent move the market is pricing for the underlying?
On this episode, Mark and Dan take a deep dive into binary options
Brought to you by Public.com
Options are not ...
On this episode, Mark and Dan discuss AI options education. We look at what our AI overlords think we should be talking about.
Brought to you by Public.com
Read more
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
An unlicensed lizard psychologist travels the universe talking to strangers about absolutely nothing. TO CALL THE GECKO: follow me on https://www.twitch.tv/lyleforever to get a notification for when I am taking calls. I am usually live Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but lately a lot of other times too. I am a gecko.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.