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The Option Block
The Option Block All-Star Panel breaks down the latest developments in the options market, analyzes unusual options activity, explains cutting-edge options strategies, answers listener questions and much more. Whether you're an active options trader or just getting started in the options market, The Option Block will keep you informed and entertained.
Episodes
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1511: Guppy Death and the Options Mason-Dixon Line
On this episode we break down the tech rebound, unusual options activity and the S&P 500's own "Mason-Dixon Line." Mark Longo, Andrew "The Rock Lobster"…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1510: Cool Kids and Crazy Call Spreads
A massive semiconductor call spread runs into a tech selloff—and the timing gets painful fast. On this episode, Mark Longo, Mike Tosaw and Henry Schwartz break…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1509: Race Cars, Top Hats and Cleveland Cliffs..Oh My!
Stocks are bouncing back, but volatility isn't ready to settle down. On this episode, Mark Longo, Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi and Mike Tosaw break…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1508: It's All About Meat...and ETFs!!!
Unusual options activity in a Brazilian meat giant and the growing appetite for options-based ETFs serve up plenty to discuss on this episode. Mark Longo…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1507: Walking the Razor's Edge of a Solar Storm
Unusual options activity in Canadian Solar and First Solar takes center stage as a quiet session for the major indexes gives way to busy trading in individual…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1506: AI Bloodletting and the Ghost of Rodney Dangerfield
AI stocks take a beating, energy rallies and the S&P 500's sideways grind has Uncle Mike channeling Rodney Dangerfield's Caddyshack stockbroker routine. On…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1505: Call Paloozas, Surprise Trillionaires, and Secret Plague
Unusual call activity lights up Pacific Biosciences and United Microelectronics as tech stocks climb and volatility retreats. Mark Longo, Andrew Giovinazzi and…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1504: Bloody Red, Bullish Green and Wild FRMI Upside
Stocks turn from red to green during the show, but the unusual options activity offers plenty of its own surprises. Mark Longo, Henry Schwartz of Cboe and Mike…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1503: Magical Dwarves and Dubious Buybacks
Nvidia's stock buyback sparks a debate on The Option Block: is it a sensible use of cash, or a warning sign near the highs? Mark Longo, Andrew Giovinazzi and…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1502: Wild Whipsaws and the Rise of the Options Manifold
A sharp intraday reversal sends Mark Longo, Mike Tosaw, and Cboe's Henry Schwartz scrambling to keep up with the options tape. They discuss the swings in SPX…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1501: Another AI Face-Ripper
A powerful tech rally sends META, AMD, Intel, Nvidia and other major names surging as Mark Longo, Mike Tosaw and Andrew Giovinazzi examine what is fueling the…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1500: We've Been Around the Block for 1500 Episodes
A milestone episode calls for a little nostalgia, a little market chaos, and plenty of options talk. On the 1500th episode of The Option Block, Mark Longo is…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1499: PLAY-ing Around with Cheap Calls
Cheap calls are on the menu as Mark Longo, Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi, and Mike "Uncle Mike" Tosaw dive into unusual options activity in Dave &…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1498: FLEX Mysteries, Cyber Attacks and Romanian AI
FLEX mysteries, cyber attacks and Romanian AI are lighting up the latest Option Block. On this episode, Mark Longo is joined by Uncle Mike Tosaw and Cboe's…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1497: Forget Nonfarms..It's All About Drones and Biotech Baby!
Forget nonfarms — the options market has plenty of other things to keep traders busy. On this episode of The Option Block, Mark Longo, Uncle Mike Tosaw and…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1496: Drone Crazies & Legendary Drunkards
We're kicking off the week with drones, drunkards and plenty of unusual options action on this episode of The Option Block. Mark Longo is joined by Andrew "The…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1495: Nvidia, Nuclear Reactors and the Death of Optimus Prime.
Nvidia delivers and the options market responds! On this episode of The Option Block, Mark Longo, Uncle Mike Tosaw and Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz from…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1494: Radioactive HYPE...and Yurts!
On this episode of The Option Block, we're feeling the HYPE as we break down the latest action across the options markets. We discuss the renewed surge in…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1493: Was There Something Fishy in MRNA Options?
On this episode of The Option Block, we dig into the wild action in Moderna (MRNA) following its massive biotech-fueled surge and ask the question on every…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 492: Loose Lips Sink Ships
On this episode of The Option Block, Mark Longo is joined by Uncle Mike Tosaw of St. Charles Wealth Management and Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi of…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 491: Release the Shaz!!!
On this episode of The Option Block, host Mark Longo is joined by Mike Tosaw of St. Charles Wealth Management and Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz from Cboe for…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 490: What's the Deal?
What's the deal with this market? On this episode, Mark Longo is joined by Mike Tosaw of St. Charles Wealth Management and Andrew Giovinazzi of Option Pit. We…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 489: POETs, Psychedelics and Broken HNGEs
On this episode of The Option Block, we break down the latest action in the options market, including what's driving the major indices, the latest moves in…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1488: Putting Lipstick on SPCE Pigs
Markets roared back to start the week as earnings optimism, cooling oil prices, and renewed geopolitical hopes sent stocks sharply higher while volatility took…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1487: Giving Blood and Scalping Dollars
Markets are whipsawing, tech stocks are making monster moves, and The Option Block crew is back to break down all the action. On this episode of The Option…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1486: Moves Like Jagger
Mick Jagger may have studied economics, but this week the panel tackles the market's biggest economic questions. Is Apple becoming the new AI winner while the…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1485: The Twin Terrors of AI and UTIs
A brutal selloff swept through the markets as concerns over AI spending, earnings, and geopolitical uncertainty rattled investors. Mark Longo is joined by…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1484: Bathroom Drinking and Options Trading
On today's episode, Mark Longo, Andrew Giovinazzi and Mike Tosaw dive into another wild mix of market analysis, unusual options activity, earnings season…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1483: Bargain Hunting in the Options Market
Is the tech correction finally giving options traders a bargain hunter's paradise? On this episode of The Option Block, host Mark Longo is joined by Uncle Mike…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1482: War Vol Returns as SPCX Falls
In this Monday edition of The Option Block, Mark Longo, Uncle Mike Tosaw, and Andrew Giovinazzi break down the lighter-than-expected market reaction to…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1481: Wild VIX Spreads and Crazy Biotechs
Mark Longo, Uncle Mike Tosaw, and Henry Schwartz (The Flow Master) dive right into the record-breaking June options volume and dissect some highly unusual…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1480: America 250 and the Revenge of KLAR!!!!
host Mark Longo is joined by Henry Schwartz from Cboe and Mike Tosaw from St. Charles Wealth Management to break down the wildest trends shaking up the options…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1479: Biotech Calls, Pizza Puts & SpaceX Tears
On today's episode, host Mark Longo and the all-star panel break down a fascinating "ho-hum" macro day that is hiding massive, wild swings under the surface of…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1478: Talking SPCX and Dodging Assassins
On this truncated holiday edition of The Option Block, host Mark Longo is joined by panelists Mike Tosaw of St. Charles Wealth Management and Henry Schwartz of…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1477: Who Sank Our Battleship?
The market is throwing a massive party following a surprise Middle East deal and Elon Musk's highly anticipated SpaceX IPO. The major indices are ripping…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1476: SPCX Poised to Rock the Options Market
On this episode of The Option Block, Mark Longo is joined by "Uncle" Mike Tosaw (St. Charles Wealth Management) and Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz (Cboe) for…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1475: Skeletor's Revenge on the Markets
By the power of volatility! The markets unleashed their inner Skeletor this week as traders grappled with a sharp Friday selloff, renewed Middle East tensions…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1474: Rise of the Phone Zombies
Zombie phone brands are back from the grave. This episode of The Option Block dives into the surprising resurgence of Nokia and BlackBerry as traders chase…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1473: Exploding Space Stocks
The S&P 500 hits fresh all-time highs while options traders unleash record-setting volume across the market. On this episode of The Option Block, Mark "The…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1472: SPACEX, SHIELDS AND Weird OI Anomalies
The market is hitting brand new all-time highs, but the options landscape is flashing some highly unusual signals. In this episode of The Option Block, Mark…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1471: Forget AI…It's All About Cheese Balls!!!
NVDA earnings are in the books… and the market barely blinked. The crew breaks down the post-earnings reaction, volatility collapse, VIX drifting lower, bond…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1470: The Swimsuit Issue of the Options Market
The indices might be flashing red, but the Option Block crew is bringing the heat. In this episode, Mark Longo, Uncle Mike Tosaw, and Andrew "The Rock Lobster"…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1469: Feeding the AI Beast...Literally
Market volatility remains stubbornly persistent even as the S&P 500 blows past 7500 and the Dow hits 50K. In this episode, Mark Longo and the all-star panel…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1468: Everything Old Is New Again
Is "Old Tech" the new shiny toy? Mark, Uncle Mike Tosaw, and Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi break down a market where legacy names are exploding and the…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1467: Live from OIC 2026
The All-Star Panel is back together—mostly in person! Mark Longo and Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz are reporting live from the floor of the Options Industry…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1466: The Strait vs. AI - Round 2
The market is caught in a tug-of-war between geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and the relentless AI spending boom. In this episode, Mark Longo…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1465: Cutting a Fat Hog in the Butt with AI
AI spending is moving the needle on the US GDP, and the Option Block panel is here to break down the massive capital allocation driving the markets. In this…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1464: Everyone Gets a Peace Dividend!
Is the market pricing in a "Peace Dividend" before the peace actually arrives? Host Mark Longo is joined by "Uncle" Mike Tosaw of St. Charles Wealth Management…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1463: Crude, FIGS, and Medical Scrubs - Pick Your Poison!
If you think the market makes sense right now, you haven't been paying attention. This week on the Option Block, host Mark Longo is joined by Dan Passarelli…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1462: The Twin Mysteries of PBI and South Dakota
Join Mark Longo, Mike Tosaw of St. Charles Wealth Management, and Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovinazzi as they break down a head-scratching Monday open…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1461: Wizards, Drones, and Massive Relief Rallies
Is this the "Golden Age" of derivatives trading, or are we just off the rails? In this episode, Mark Longo and the "All-Star Panel" break down an explosive…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1460: Stealthy U-Boats and Sneaky Finns
Markets shrug off geopolitical chaos yet again as the Option Block crew dives into stealthy U-boats, sneaky Finns, and surging stocks. Mark Longo, "Uncle" Mike…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1459: Rallies for Days
Is the market finally out of the woods, or is this just a massive relief rally? On this episode of The Option Block, Host Mark Longo is joined by "Uncle Mike"…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1458: The Juice, The Kardashians, and the Bloody Battlefield of VRDN
In this episode of The Option Block, Host Mark Longo and "Uncle" Mike Tosaw from St. Charles Wealth Management dive into a wild Monday market. With "The Rock…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1457: The Super Sexy World of Soup Options
Market volatility is mirroring the spring weather—swinging from 80 degrees to 40 in a flash. Host Mark Longo is joined by "The Flowmaster" Henry Schwartz of…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1456: We're All Trading War Bonds Now
Is the treasury market the new "war bond" front? As conflict-driven volatility continues to grip the markets, the Option Block panel gathers to break down a…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1455: Headline Risk and Suspicious Merger Paper
The markets are seeing red this Thursday, but the action in the pits is heating up. Join Mark Longo, Henry "The Flowmaster" Schwartz, and "Uncle Mike" Tosaw as…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1454: The Big Bounce Back?
The markets are shot out of a cannon this Monday! Host Mark Longo is joined by Uncle Mike Tosaw and Andrew "The Rock Lobster" Giovanizzi to break down a wild…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1453: Getting Drunk on Crude and Coal
The "Thursday Effect" strikes again as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East send markets tumbling and volatility spiking. Host Mark Longo is back in the…
The Option BlockThe Option Block 1452: Beaker's Revenge
Market volatility is feeling a bit like a Muppet Lab experiment gone wrong. In this episode, Mark Longo is broadcasting from the "Southern Studio" to join…