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?