Options Insider Radio Interviews

On this episode, Mark is joined by: Richard Ho, Head of Retail Equity Derivatives, The Montreal Exchange Mark and Richard discuss: The Canadian options market The retail options explosion during the pandemic in Canada The world's first bitcoin ETF Will we soon see 24 hours derivatives trading in Canada The Options Industry Conference Why you can't sell a put in a Canadian RRSP account And much mor...

On this episode, Mark is joined by: Greg Stevens, VP - Options Experience, Fidelity Mark and Greg discuss: What is new with Fidelity Options The retail options explosion during the pandemic The Options Industry Conference How they have redesigned their offerings to cater to options traders Why you can't trade options in accounts And much more...

On this episode, Mark is joined by: Doug Engmann, Chairman of the Board and Principal Executive Officer, SageTrader Mark and Doug discuss: Doug's background in the options industry What is SageTrader Options trading during the pandemic and the retail trading explosion Have brokers like Robinhood made it too easy to trade options Will options volume stay at these levels Is it time to bring back min...

On this episode, Mark is joined by: Jim Nevotti, President, Sterling Trading Tech Ravi Jain, Director of Risk & Derivatives, Sterling Trading Tech Mark, Jim and Ravi discuss: What is Sterling Trading Tech What a banner year it has been for risk and volatility Their real-time risk margin engine The Sterling crypto widget And much more...

On this episode Mark is joined by: Wayne Ferbert, Managing Director, Alpha DNA Mark and Wayne discuss: What is Alpha DNA Investment Management Their new equity sentiment EFT with AdvisorShares (Ticker SENT) How is the hedge equity component constructed Why more ETFs and fund managers don't offer hedging and options exposure Thoughts on the current options brokerage space And much more...

On this episode of Options Insider Radio we are joined by: Michael Brodsky, CEO, Options Solutions Steven Sears, President and COO, Options Solutions Mark, Mike and Steve discuss: What is Options Solutions?  Who are the target clients? How does Options Solutions construct its covered call portfolios? How does Options Solutions stand apart in the crowded covered call marketplace?  What do you think...

ON THIS EPISODE, MARK IS JOINED BY PAUL ROWADY, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, ALPHACUTION RESEARCH CONSERVATORY. MARK AND PAUL DISCUSS: WHAT IS ALPHACUTION? HOW THE ROBIN HOOD SAGA BROUGHT PFOF BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT? IS PFOF GOOD OR BAD FOR THE OPTIONS MARKET? THE SURPRISE OPTIONS MARKET RESILIENCY DURING 2O20 WHAT REALLY BROUGHT ABOUT THE IMPLOSION OF RONIN CAPITAL? WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRING MORE MARKET...

On this episode Mark is joined by: Ryan Belanger-Saleh, Co-CEO, Gatsby Mark and Ryan discuss: What the heck is Gatsby? Launching a new brokerage firm during the busiest year in options history.  Have we made options trading too easy? Does Gatbsy plan to stop taking PFOF? Are we on the cusp of a mini/micro/fractional options revolution? And much more...

Our guest for this episode is John Davidson, CEO of the Options Clearing Corporation. Mark and John discuss: Stock loans and the latest on GameStop The historic options volume records in 2020 The completely electronic markets in March 2020 Thoughts on the retail revolution that upended the options markets in 2020 Clearing crypto products Next big initiatives And much more…

On this episode we are joined by: Jim Toes, CEO & President, Securities Traders Association Mark and Jim discuss: How did short sellers build up over 100% short interest in Gamestop? Was the options market maker exemption to blame for the massive short interest in Gamestop? Do we need new stock loan regulations to prevent this in the future? Why did so many brokers bungle the messaging around Game...

ON THIS EPISODE OF OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO WE ARE JOINED BY GREG FERRARI, VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF US OPTIONS AT NASDAQ. WE DISCUSS: HOW THE YEAR WAS FOR NASDAQ OPTIONS IF THE RETAIL OPTIONS EXPLOSION IN 2020 SURPRISED HIM WHAT'S NEW AT NASDAQ OPTIONS WHY TRADERS SHOULD ENTER THE VOLATILITY MARKET NOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PHILLY FLOOR AND MUCH MORE...

ON THIS EPISODE OF OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO WE ARE JOINED BY PAUL JIGANTI, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT IMC WE DISCUSS: PAUL'S THOUGHTS ON THE INSANE YEAR THAT WAS 2020 WHETHER OR NOT IT IS TOO EASY TO TRADE OPTIONS NOW TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RETAIL OPTIONS PANEL AT STA MID WINTER MEETING THIS YEAR WILL THESE NEW CUSTOMERS STAY OR BLOW OUT THOUGHTS ON CRYPTO OPTIONS FOR RETAIL TRADERS AND MUCH MORE...

ON THIS EPISODE OF OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO WE ARE JOINED BY MARK PHILLIPS, CEO OF HARVESTED FINANCIAL WE DISCUSS: HOW YOU GO FROM A VIX MARKET MAKER TO LAUNCHING AN OPTIONS FOCUSED RIA WHAT IS HARVESTED FINANCIAL ZERO COST COLLARS, STRATEGIC OVERLAYS AND"POOR MAN'S COVERED CALLS" AND MUCH MORE...

On this episode of Options Insider Radio we are joined by: - Bob Krause  - CEO, Demand Derivatives - Don Schlesinger - President - Demand Derivatives We discuss: - Is it possible to crowdfund a new exchange? - Is there a place for a new futures exchange in the US? - What is Real Vol? - How to make the switch from trading implied volatility to trading actual realized volatility  - Is there a way to...

On this episode of Options Insider Radio we are joined by:  Barry Martin - Portfolio Manager at Shelton Capital Mark and Barry discuss: How does Shelton Capital approach the traditional covered call? What is their optimal structure for a covered call portfolio? Should a covered call approach differ for ETFs vs equities Are clients and advisors demanding covered calls right now? Was 2020 a favorabl...

On this episode of Options Insider Radio we are joined by: CC Lagator - Cofounder of Options AI Mark and CC discuss: What is Options AI?  Why launch yet another options brokerage? What sets Options AI apart from every other options-oriented brokerage? Why put AI in the name?  Where does the AI come to play? And much more...

On this episode of Options Insider Radio we are pleased to be joined once again by Jack Schwager, co-founder of www. FundSeeder.com and the creator of the seminal Market Wizards book series. Mark and Jack discuss: How do you find unknown market wizards? Jack's views on the current Robin Hood retail trading explosion, crypto and the  state of funding for new traders and much more...

On this episode of Options Insider Radio we are joined by: Todd Rich - Head of Education, Nadex Mark and Todd discuss: The hot products in the binary options space right now What were people trading around the election? What are knockout options? Has the Robin Hood volume explosion spilled over to Nadex? Will we ever see an event contract around sports or politics? And much more...

Guest: Tom Gallagher, Chairman & CEO - Miami International Holdings.  Mark and Tom discuss: How did MIAX pivot from a stock exchange aimed at Latin America to launching a tech-oriented options exchange? How did MIAX carve out a sizable portion of the U.S. options market? Why did MIH decide to enter the crowded equities market in the midst of a pandemic? Why did MIH break into the futures market by...

GUEST: RUSSELL RHOADS, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, EQ DERIVATIVES AND PROFESSOR AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARK AND RUSSELL DISCUSS: HIS NEW BOOK THE VIX TRADERS HANDBOOK WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE VOLATILITY SURFACE LEADING INTO THE ELECTION A STRATEGY SHORTING BOTH LEVERED LONG AND SHORT ETFS TO CAPTURE THE UNDERPERFORMANCE OF EACH WHEN HELD LONG-TERM WHAT DRIVES INTRADAY PRICES IN VIX ETFS AND MUCH MORE...

GUEST: Tommy Martin, Managing Director, Head of Sales Strategy & Operations - DASH Financial Technologies Mark and Tommy discuss: How the pandemic has impacted Dash Financial. How customers are navigating the explosion of volume and volatility in 2020. Was 2020 the best year in history to launch an options ATS?  (and Is Dash now the Peleton of the options market as a result?) How the retail explos...

OIRN Interviews: Finding The Signal In Corporate Event Noise Guest: Barry Star, CEO - Wall Street Horizon Mark and Barry discuss: What is Wall Street Horizon? How the pandemic is impacting the corporate events calendar. How do you find meaningful signals amidst the noise of corporate data? How do options traders use corporate event data in their trading? Can you truly get the full enchilada? and m...

OIR interviews: Are You Ready For A Bullish Risk Reversal ETF? Guest: Mike Loukas, CEO - TrueMark Investments.  Mark and Mike discuss: What are TrueShares structured outcome ETFs? How are these ETFs constructed? Why did TrueMark opt for a bullish risk reversal strategy as opposed to the more common collar strategy? Will there be any adjustments made to the options positions due to market fluctuati...

OIR Interviews: How is the Pandemic Impacting the Securities Industry? Guest: Jim Toes, President & CEO - Securities Traders Association (STA) Mark and Jim discuss: How the pandemic is impacting the securities industry. The challenges, and benefits, of moving the annual STA market structure conference to a virtual format. Helping industry members who have lost jobs during the pandemic. The unique...

OIR Interviews: Helping Cool Kids During a Pandemic with ALTSO Guest: Mead Welles, Co-Founder, Chairman & Treasurer - A Leg to Stand On Mark and Mead discuss: What is ALTSO? How do you raise funds for a financial-oriented charity during a pandemic? How do you continue your mission to help kids in the developing world during a pandemic? The crazy developments on the commodity front during the pande...