Options Boot Camp

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

Options Boot Camp 358: Scary Trades & the VIX: Is Gold the New Fear Gauge?

October 1, 2025 • 42 mins
In this episode, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli dive into a mix of educational and entertaining topics. Dan shares spooky season thoughts and discusses the scariest options strategies and moments in his trading career. Listener questions cover topics like the best fear gauge between gold and VIX, the appropriateness of corporate earnings cycles...
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Options Boot Camp 357: Let's Get Exotic With Chooser Options!

September 24, 2025 • 37 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli break down the different types of chooser options including European, American, Bermuda, asymmetric, forward start, compound, and even rainbow chooser options. They discuss the use cases for each type, such as in pharmaceuticals, commodity hedging, and trading around significant fina...
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Options Boot Camp 356: Covered Calls, Video Games and Stolen Kidneys

September 17, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli discuss different options strategies such as covered calls, cash secured puts, and the wheel strategy. They also touch on the growing interest in exotic options and the role of flex options in recent volume spikes. Other topics include the importance of technical indicators for covered calls, the ...
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Options Boot Camp 355: Let's Get Exotic with Asian Options

September 10, 2025 • 40 mins
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Options Boot Camp 354: Oral Surgery & Exotic Options

September 3, 2025 • 40 mins

Join your hosts, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli as they dive deep into the world of exotic options, tackling questions about their name, their role in the 2008 financial crisis, and whether they're just a marketing gimmick. They also tackle more fundamental questions on scaling into a trade and the practicality of making all options cash-settled. The episode concludes with a forward-looking discussion on how algorithmic...

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Options Boot Camp 353: Dividend Adjustments, Football Binaries and Tasty Malört

August 27, 2025 • 23 mins

In this episode, our hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli dive into listener questions and hot topics shaping the options market. They break down a recent VIX trade, discuss the fascinating and volatile world of a popular new options stock, and answer a question about the increasing prevalence of exotic "event markets" on brokerage platforms.

Timestamps

  • 4:21 Mailbag: A review of a recent VIX flash poll. 
  • 5:34 The final outcome ...
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Options Boot Camp 352: Let's Get Exotic With Knock-out And Knock-In Options

August 20, 2025 • 30 mins
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Options Boot Camp 351: Let's Get Exotic With Lookback Options!!

August 13, 2025 • 33 mins
This episode discusses various exotic options strategies, particularly lookback and fixed strike options, and their potential advantages and costs. Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli also address listener questions and concerns about options trading in the current market climate, including the higher volatility seen in recent earnings reports. They dive ...
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Options Boot Camp 350: Crazy Premium Harvesting and Capturing Mysterious Dividends

August 6, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli (Market Taker Mentoring) delve into various listener-submitted questions and trading strategies. They talk about a listener's in-depth query on a put calendar trade with Johnson & Johnson and its associated risks, and another listener's covered call strategy dubbed 'Ultra Premium Harvesting.' The ...
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Options Boot Camp 349: Forget 0DTE...Let's Talk About L.E.A.P.S!!!

July 30, 2025 • 28 mins
This episode dives deep into Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPS) and their strategic use, particularly in stock substitution strategies. Hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli (Market Taker Mentoring) discuss the fundamental aspects of LEAPS, focusing on their sensitiv...
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Options Boot Camp 348: Meme Stock Revival and the Princes of Options Darkness

July 23, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of Options Boot Camp, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli dive into a myriad of topics regarding options trading. They discuss educational resources available from the Options Insider Radio Network, followed by insights into current options market phenomena including meme stocks, a focus on Palantir and Circle options, and the risks and re...
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Options Boot Camp 347: Heisenberg, Rogue AI and More Forgotten Terms

July 16, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli delve into a list of supposedly forgotten or underused options trading terms generated by Chat GPT. They evaluate and discuss each term, including box spreads, conversion reversals, put-call parity, skew, sticky strike versus sticky delta, jelly roll, gamma scalping, pin risk, synthetic positions,...
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Options Boot Camp 346: Boiler Rooms and SOES Bandits

July 9, 2025 • 42 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli delve into a series of forgotten trading terms submitted by listeners. Topics include terms from the movie "Boiler Room," scalping, stockbroker, SOES bandits, stock certificates, and more. They also discuss recent trading activities, such as the VIX July 17 puts and IBIT stradd...
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Options Boot Camp 345: Covered Call Surprises and Bad Mid-Market Fills

July 2, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli (Market Taker Mentoring) delve into various aspects of options trading, starting with a discussion on the current conflicts in the Middle East and their potential impact on volatility indices like the VIX. Listener questions are addressed on topics ranging from early call assignments to the approp...
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Options Boot Camp 344: Forgotten Options Terms Part 3

June 26, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli dive deep into the world of options trading terminology that has largely been lost to time. They discuss legacy trading concepts like the 'Texas Hedge,' 'price improvement auctions,' and the 'penny pilot program.' They also reminisce about old order types like 'fill or kill' and expl...
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Options Boot Camp 343: Forgotten Options Terms Part 2

June 18, 2025 • 48 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, hosts Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli delve into various lesser-known and forgotten options trading terms. They start by reminiscing about their experiences on the trading floor, sharing definitions and history behind terms like Delta Neutral, Leaning on Orders, Squawk Box, and ARB Clerk. They also discuss the sign...
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Options Boot Camp 342: Resurrecting Forgotten Options Terms

June 11, 2025 • 47 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, host Mark Longo and co-host Dan Passarelli (Market Taker Mentoring) dive into forgotten and lesser-known options terminologies. The duo explores terms such as horizontal and vertical spreads, legging into trades, volatility smiles, realized vs. implied volatility, and risk premium harvesting. They touch upon trad...
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Options Boot Camp 341: Options Are Cool Again

June 4, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli discuss the latest developments in the options market, including a significant increase in options trading volume and the role of retail traders. They address recent volume statistics from the Options Clearing Corporation, showcasing substantial growth in April and May. The episode d...
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Options Boot Camp 340: Assignment Cancellation and Breakfast Concerns

May 28, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode of Options Boot Camp, Mark Longo from the Options Insider and Dan Passarelli from Market Taker Mentoring dive into key topics surrounding options trading. They discuss concerns related to Zero DTE options, VIX call trading strategies, and evaluating gamma's importance. Additionally, the episode explores the future of the binary event...
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Options Boot Camp 339: Watching the World Burn with Contra-Exercise Orders

May 21, 2025 • 28 mins
In this episode of Options Bootcamp, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli discuss NASDAQ's proposal for zero days-to-expiration (DTE) options on the Mag 7 and Broadcom, delving into the implications and controversies surrounding the contra exercise window. Mark provides an overview of the Options Insider Radio Network and apologizes for a brief hiatus due to illness. They address a listener's question about the pilot program and cond...
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