Schaeffer’s Investment Research is thrilled to bring you the Schaeffer’s Market Mashup! Hosted by managing editor Patrick Martin, Patrick is joined by traders, analysts, and other dignitaries of the investing world. Episodes feature exclusive sit-downs about options strategies, the latest macro trends, and anything else that’s newsworthy in the stock market world.
Episodes
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Market Mashup is back with more brilliant guests! Kevin Davitt, Senior Instructor of Cboe's Options Institute and John Hiatt, Vice President of Research and Product Development join Patrick for a fascinating, in-depth discussion about all things volatility.
We talk the current prolonged period of volatility (4:01), its correlation with the SPX (10:28), using the Cboe to navigate the volatility (13:00), what to expect after November's election (16:45), and looking ahead to 2021 (21:40).
We wrap up with a fascinating debate about how to read the VIX (24:35), and all the intriguing products Cboe Global Markets has to offer (27:43)
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Schaeffer's Market Mashup is back, and Patrick brought a guest. Not just any guest though, the esteemed Tony Battista of tastytrade.com.
Patrick and Tony chop it up about his start at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (4:01), various options strategies (8:07), why volatility is your best friend (11:25), the retail trader craze of 2020 (18:56), the similarities between sports betting and investing (28:19), and what he's looking at today (31:34)
Oh and there's also a spirited pizza debate over New York and Chicago style, his thoughts on the enigmatic DaveyDayTrader, and a rundown of the best municipal golf courses in Chicago
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Lots of hot-button headlines to glean over in this week's episode! We dive into TikTok (2:26), as well as potential suitors Microsoft and Twitter and their corresponding options activity.
There's also vaccine updates from Moderna, and even... Russia?! (5:55)
We finish off with a look at all of the stock split news going on, and what it means for Apple and Tesla going forward (9:50)
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
A look at Wall Street's 'fear gauge,' the Cboe Volatility Index (2:57), unusual options activity the past week surrounding cannabis stock Tilray (TLRY) (5:24), a vaccine update (6:20), and an attempt to look at the bright side (9:09)
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
The latest Market Mashup looks at gold prices, gold ETF GDX (2:20), and how to play the metal's hot streak with options
Plus, see how options traders are targeting the Kodak (KODK) moment (4:24), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) blowout quarterly report (7:45), and McDonald's (MCD) earnings whiff (10:38)
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
It's Schaeffer's 39th anniversary, and we're celebrating with a new episode and some exciting promos (0:54)! This week's market mashup looks at the Cboe Volatility Index's (VIX) skid (2:40), options trading surrounding vaccine names Astrazeneca (AZN) and Pfizer (PFE), and the latest earnings buzz (5:54).
That includes a surprising bank earnings beat (8:52), Netflix's (NFLX) lackluster report (10:12), and the behemoth that is Tesla (TSLA) (11:57)
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Schaeffer's Market Mashup is back, and with finally with a guest! Senior Quantitative Analyst Chris Prybal joins the pod to discuss (socially distant, of course) his huge 431% return Zscaler call option trade
He dives into the drivers behind the winning trade (3:37), the benefits of partial closeouts/convexity (8:46), maxing out your winners to offset losses (13:03), and what he's looking at nowadays (14:30)
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Market Mashup is back (and slightly sunburnt) from the holiday weekend! The Nasdaq is red-hot (0:26), and its a new month so we outlined the best and worst stocks for July (2:14)
We also cover Operation Warp Speed (4:20), Walgreens' wild week (5:45), and Walmart throwing down the gauntlet vs. Amazon (8:30)
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Schaeffer's Market Mashup is back for a quick look-around the world of Wall Street before the Fourth of July long weekend.
We look at huge quarterly wins for benchmarks (0:56), COVID-19 vaccine candidate updates (3:56), Lululemon's long look in the Mirror (8:43), Gap lives The Good Life with Kanye (10:26), and companies jumping ship from Facebook's advertising (12:31)
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Schaeffer's Market Mashup is back! On this episode, we dive into the Wall Street happenings of the last week (0:56), a RUT trendline to watch (3:18), biotech stocks working on a COVID-10 vaccine (5:57), DraftKing's (DKNG) meteoric rise up the charts (8:58), and what the Barstool-driven day-trading craze means for Penn National Gaming (PENN) (11:27)