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Options Boot Camp

Options Boot Camp

Options Boot Camp 405: Low Vol Trading and VIX Glitches

Aug 26, 2026 · 28 min · 22 segments

On this episode of **Options Boot Camp**, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli tackle the challenges and opportunities of trading options in a low-volatility market. Should you still be selling premium when…

On this episode of **Options Boot Camp**, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli tackle the challenges and opportunities of trading options in a low-volatility market. Should you still be selling premium when volatility is cheap, or does low vol make buying options more attractive? Are single-stock options offering better opportunities than index options in the current dispersion environment? The Boot Camp instructors break down how they're approaching these markets and where they're still finding opportunities. Then they examine the strange recent **VIX glitch** that briefly sent the cash index soaring while VIX futures barely moved. What caused it? Could traders actually take advantage of it? And could resting "wishlist" orders help you capitalize when markets briefly get out of line? Plus, the instructors discuss the biggest forces driving the market right now, revisit perpetual futures, and share an update on the potential Options Boot Camp reboot. **Topics include:** - Trading options in a low-volatility environment - Buying options vs. selling premium when volatility is cheap - Single-stock options vs. index options - Dispersion and individual-stock volatility - The mysterious VIX glitch - Why VIX futures didn't follow the cash spike - Using resting "wishlist" orders for unusual market moves - Perpetual futures and market liquidity - What's driving the market right now

On this episode of **Options Boot Camp**, Mark Longo and Dan Passarelli tackle the challenges and opportunities of trading options in a low-volatility market. Should you still be selling premium when…

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Should Early Bootcamp Episodes Be Rebooted?4:15 – 6:17

M

4:15

All right, everybody, welcome to the mail call, the portion of the show where you folks take the reins.

M

4:20

Your questions, your comments, your insights, your pearls of wisdom.

M

4:23

Dan, a little follow up on our on our comments from the last episode, which for us listeners was just a few minutes ago.

M

4:30

For a lot of you on demand, it was last week.

M

4:32

We had that Twitter follower there, a typical investor talking about how he loved the early episodes of the show.

M

4:37

They fired up his brain.

M

4:38

I did comment on Twitter.

M

4:39

We are thinking about potentially going back to the fire and redoing those episodes.

M

4:45

And he writes, that would be great.

M

4:46

These have a date of 2012, but I think they were so well done.

M

4:49

Well, thank you.

M

4:50

I listened to episodes one through five so far.

M

4:53

But I can't go any further until I re-listen to those first five.

M

4:56

He wants to kind of get them in his brain, which I get it.

M

4:59

That makes sense.

M

4:59

You want to learn the concepts.

M

5:00

You want to master the concepts, Dan, before you move on to episodes 6 through 10.

M

5:04

But I'd certainly be down for a boot camp reboot.

M

5:07

So there you go, Dan.

M

5:08

Another vote for an OBC reboot.

M

5:12

I'll have to look at our chat, see what our chat is saying.

M

5:14

Even though they aren't really the target market, they're more on the sophisticated side.

M

5:18

I'm not sure they'd be tuning in to the episodes 1 through 10 reboot.

M

5:22

But still, Dan, the folks who are the target market, they seem intrigued.

M

5:26

Are you intrigued, sir? I

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Should Early Bootcamp Episodes Be Rebooted?4:15 – 6:17

M

4:15

All right, everybody, welcome to the mail call, the portion of the show where you folks take the reins.

M

4:20

Your questions, your comments, your insights, your pearls of wisdom.

M

4:23

Dan, a little follow up on our on our comments from the last episode, which for us listeners was just a few minutes ago.

M

4:30

For a lot of you on demand, it was last week.

M

4:32

We had that Twitter follower there, a typical investor talking about how he loved the early episodes of the show.

M

4:37

They fired up his brain.

M

4:38

I did comment on Twitter.

M

4:39

We are thinking about potentially going back to the fire and redoing those episodes.

M

4:45

And he writes, that would be great.

M

4:46

These have a date of 2012, but I think they were so well done.

M

4:49

Well, thank you.

M

4:50

I listened to episodes one through five so far.

M

4:53

But I can't go any further until I re-listen to those first five.

M

4:56

He wants to kind of get them in his brain, which I get it.

M

4:59

That makes sense.

M

4:59

You want to learn the concepts.

M

5:00

You want to master the concepts, Dan, before you move on to episodes 6 through 10.

M

5:04

But I'd certainly be down for a boot camp reboot.

M

5:07

So there you go, Dan.

M

5:08

Another vote for an OBC reboot.

M

5:12

I'll have to look at our chat, see what our chat is saying.

M

5:14

Even though they aren't really the target market, they're more on the sophisticated side.

M

5:18

I'm not sure they'd be tuning in to the episodes 1 through 10 reboot.

M

5:22

But still, Dan, the folks who are the target market, they seem intrigued.

M

5:26

Are you intrigued, sir? I

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