The commodity roller coaster kept traders busy this week as crude oil gave back much of its recent geopolitical premium, silver suffered another sharp selloff, and Nasdaq futures options lit up the tape following a volatile week for equities.

On this episode of This Week in Futures Options, Mark Longo breaks down the biggest movers across the futures options landscape, including:

• Why silver volatility remains elevated despite a brutal correction
• Massive activity in WTI crude oil 65 puts as traders reposition
• Nasdaq 100 futures options reacting to earnings, inflation data and heavy market swings
• The biggest movers on the light side and dark side across CME markets
• Volatility, skew and unusual options activity across metals, energy and equity indexes
• What traders were buying and selling ahead of the America 250 holiday week

This week on This Week in Futures Options, Mark Longo welcomes first-time guest Jim Iurio, CEO of JI Financial Strategies, for a wide-ranging discussion covering the biggest movers and opportunities across the futures options landscape.

Crude oil volatility has collapsed as geopolitical fears ease, gold traders are eyeing potential downside targets, the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 continue to show surprising strength, and SpaceX remains the talk of the trading world. Jim shares his technical outlook on energy, metals, equities and crypto while offering a variety of options strategies for traders looking to navigate today's markets.

In this episode:

• Crude oil's dramatic reversal and what comes next
• Why Jim believes crude could ultimately trade much lower
• Gold's surprising weakness during geopolitical turmoil
• Put fly opportunities in gold and silver
• Nat gas setups and key technical levels
• Nasdaq and Russell 2000 outlooks
• Liquidity, momentum and the current equity rally
• The SpaceX options phenomenon and IPO enthusiasm
• Bitcoin, Ethereum and crypto market analysis
• Movers & Shakers across energy, metals and equity indexes

On this episode of This Week in Futures Options, host Mark Longo is joined by Catherine Yoshimoto (FTSE Russell) for an in-depth look at the latest Russell Reconstitution changes, the return to semi-annual rebalancing, surging small-cap performance, and the explosive market interest surrounding the upcoming SpaceX IPO.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The biggest movers and shakers across CME Group markets
• Why silver, platinum and gold led the downside this week
• Small caps' impressive resurgence and the Russell 2000's renewed leadership
• The return to semi-annual Russell Reconstitution and what it means for investors
• Record-breaking growth in U.S. equity market capitalization
• Russell 2000 options flow, volatility and unusual put activity
• How skew dynamics in small-cap options differ from other major indices
• NVIDIA, Alphabet and the changing hierarchy of America's largest companies
• The unprecedented attention surrounding the SpaceX IPO and index inclusion debate
• FTSE Russell's methodology and fast-entry IPO rules explained
• New E-mini Russell 3000 futures
• A preview of the upcoming Russell 9000 Global Index
• What all of these developments could mean for futures and options traders