Options Insider Radio Interviews

OIR Interviews: Bringing Hedging to the Masses With Grey Swan Digital Guest: Peter Harrigan, CEO & Co-Founder -  Grey Swan Digital Mark and Peter discuss: The joys of hedging gamma at 5am. What the heck is price sharing? How do you build a derivatives-oriented hedging platform during a pandemic? The impact of negative crude oil and high volatility on the demand for risk hedging.  Is crypto poised...

OIR Interviews: The Return of the Mini VIX with Cboe On this episode, Mark is joined by: Arianne Criqui, SVP Head of Derivatives and Global Client Services, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: The rise of retail options traders during the pandemic What an options trading floor looks like in the middle of a pandemic The new mini-VIX futures at Cboe Why VIX futures volume has languished during a very vol...

OIR Interviews: Talking Pandemics, FANG Plus and More with NYSE On this episode, Mark is joined by: Ivan Brown, Head of Options - NYSE Mark and Ivan discuss: How the pandemic has impacted NYSE's options markets.  Handling the transition to 100% electronic markets in the midst of unprecedented global turmoil.  The surprising renaissance of retail options traders in the midst of the pandemic.  What...

OIR Interviews: Buying Puts When The House Is On Fire On this episode, Mark is joined by: Gary Franklin, VP of Retail Options Trading and Strategies at Raymond James Mark and Gary discuss: How the pandemic has impacted options clients at Raymond James.  Which options strategies are dominating the tape right now at Raymond James? Has the pandemic altered the way advisors and clients use options? Ou...

OIR Interviews: Going Bite-Size With the Small Exchange On this episode, Mark is joined by: Donnie Roberts, CEO - The Small Exchange Mark and Donnie discuss: What the heck is the Small Exchange? Why small futures? How do you convince retail to migrate from ETFs back into futures? What are the challenges of launching a new exchange during a global pandemic.  Are there lessons to be learned from the...

OIR Interviews: Getting Geeky with Options Education MARK IS JOINED ON THIS EPISODE BY FELIX FREY, FOUNDER AND CREATOR OF OPTIONSGEEK. MARK AND FELIX DISCUSS: WHAT IS OPTIONSGEEK? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO FIND OPTIONS EDUCATION ABOUT BUYING OPTIONS? ARE THE GREEKS WORTHLESS? HOW DO YOU AVOID BEING "DECAYED TO DEATH" WHEN TRADING LONG OPTIONS? AND MUCH MORE...

OIR Interviews: Exploring Black Swans and Strike Zones with ARGI MARK IS JOINED ON THIS EPISODE BY DAN CUPKOVIC, DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS AT ARGI. MARK AND DAN DISCUSS: WHAT IS ARGI? HOW THEIR OPTIONS ORIENTED PRODUCTS - STRIKE ZONE AND BLACK SWAN. - ARE STRUCTURED? HOW OVERALL DEMAND HAS BEEN FOR THEIR OPTIONS ORIENTED PRODUCTS VS. THE TRADITIONAL FUNDS? WHAT CAN LISTENERS LOOK FORWARD TO FROM ARG...

OIR Interviews: Going Binary With Nadex Mark is joined on this episode by Todd Rich, Head of Education at Nadex. Mark and Todd discuss: What can you trade on the Nadex platform? How did the recent market volatility impact Nadex?  How did negative crude oil impact Nadex's binary options? What are the hot products on Nadex right now? What can listeners look forward to from Nadex in the near future?...

OIR Interviews: The Rise of Demand Derivatives GUESTS BOB KRAUSE - CEO, DEMAND DERIVATIVES DON SCHLESINGER - PRESIDENT, DEMAND DERIVATIVES TOPICS DISCUSSED: WHAT IS DEMAND DERIVATIVES? WAS THIS BORN OUT OF THE FRUSTRATION OF TRYING TO LAUNCH A NEW VOLATILITY PRODUCT? THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT VOLATILITY. THIS ENCOMPASSES A NEW EXCHANGE, CLEARING HOUSE AND MORE? WHY FOCUS ON SHORT DURATION? HOW CAN LI...

OIR interviews: Exploring The Opaque World of Hard Assets On this episode, Mark is joined by John Vardis - AKA "The Diamond Analyst." Mark and John discuss: Are customers flocking to "hard assets" like diamonds in these troubled times? Do diamond prices correlate well with gold prices? Are there tradeable futures, ETPs or even structured products linked to diamonds? Is this opaque marketplace stil...

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking Volatility And Portfolio Hedging With Northern Trust In this episode, Mark is joined by Jon Cherry, Global Head of Options at Northern Trust. Mark and Jon discuss: The current extreme levels of volatility. How Northern Trust's options clients are responding to the recent market downturn.  How much should clients really expect to pay to hedge their equity p...

Guest: Stino Milito, Co-COO - Dash Financial Technologies Mark and Stino discuss: The hidden world of an options ATS. How does an options ATS work? How much options volume actually trades through the Dash ATS? Why do we need an ATS in the options market? What about transparency and latency? Why haven't more firms launched ATS's in the options market? And much more

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Going Binary With Nadex We kick off a new decade with the return of an old friend of the network -  Dan Cook, Vice President of Business Development at Nadex. Mark and Dan discuss: New platform and product upgrades at Nadex The challenges of binary options including Google and Facebook banning binary advertising Getting more market makers to trade binaries Dealing...

OIR Interviews:  Plugging the Options Data Fire Hose with Nasdaq Mark is joined on this episode by:  Oliver Albers, Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Information Services, Nasdaq Mark and Oliver discuss:  What is The Nasdaq Smart Options Feed? Does it really reduce options bandwidth requirements by 80%? Why has no one done this before? Who is the target audience for...

OIR Interviews: Demystifying Lumber With MaterialsXchange Mark is joined on this episode by:  Mike Wisnefski, CEO of MaterialsXchange (MX) Mark and Mike discuss:  What MaterialsXchange is. The products that you can currently trade. Why they chose to list wood products. The products that you can currently trade. The response from the lumber trading community. Their plans to list other materials pro...

OIR Interviews: Talking Trading Floors, Crypto and More with CBOE Mark is joined on this episode by: Arianne Criqui, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Derivatives and Global Client Service, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: What lured Arianne away from Goldman Sachs to work for Cboe. The future of crypto products at Cboe. The rise of the new Cboe trading floor.  The potential to relaunch RVX for...

OIR Interviews: Talking Volatility, Fragmentation, CAT and More with Dash Technologies   Mark is joined on this episode by:  Glenn Lesko, Chief Growth Officer - Dash Technologies Mark and Glenn discuss:  The latest updates at Dash Technologies Thoughts on the current state of options fragmentation Auctions - bane or boon? The state of the CAT The impact of zero commissions on the options market An...

OIR Interviews: Talking Risk, Commissions and Crypto Widgets with Sterling Trading Tech Mark is joined on this episode by: Jim Nevotti , President - Sterling Trading Tech Andrew Actman , Head of Business Development -Sterling Trading Tech Mark, Andrew and Jim discuss: The latest developments on the Sterling Risk platform.  The impact of zero commissions on the options brokerage space.  The latest...

OIR Interviews: Talking Options and OTC ADRs with INTL FCStone Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Robert Boylan, MD Institutional Equities & Derivatives - INTL FCStone Mark and Robert discuss: - What is INTL FCStone? - Are they really "the largest financial institution you've never heard of?" - The wild world of OTC ADR trading.  - Their plans to launch a new...

OIR Interviews: Talking Crypto, Cons and Derivatives with Tabb Group On this episode, Mark is joined by the new(ish) CEO of Tabb Group Bruce Morris. Mark and Bruce discuss: What is Tabb Group? How did Bruce transition from the world of financial media to research? Is crypto the next big area of research for Tabb Group? What's the difference between a Con and a Festival? Which derivatives markets a...

OIR Interviews: Talking Options, Crypto and Free Commissions with TradeStation Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: N ick LaMaina, SVP Product Management and Strategy - TradeStation Securities, Inc. Mark and Nick discuss: Recent upgrades to TradeStation's options offering, The launch of TradeStation Crypto, TradeStation's thoughts on the race to zero commissions...

OIR: Talking Market Data, CAT and Giving Back with STA Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Jim Toes, President & CEO - Securities Traders Association.  Mark and Jim discuss: What can attendees expect at the upcoming STA Market Structure Conference?  Check out the agenda and register at www. SecuritiesTraders.org . Market data - should there be different costs f...

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Catching Up With ALTSO Today's guest is Mead Welles, Co-Founder, Chairman and Treasurer of A Leg To Stand On ("ALTSO"). ALTSO is a non-profit organization providing free orthopedic care including prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices, mobility aids, corrective surgery and rehabilitative care to children in the developing world. Its mission is to offer children who ha...

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST: Jeremie Bacon, CEO, Imagineer Technology Group Provide our listeners with an overview of your background in the financial technology space. What is Imagineer Technology Group? Tell us about your 3 different product offerings. What is Clienteer Web? Do you notice any unique challenges within your different niches (hedge funds, venture funds,...

Exploring Crypto Regulation With The Crypto Mom HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST: Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner How do you feel about the markets dubbing you the "Crypto Mom." What will it will take for the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF? Do you think we need the ETF to finally bring the crypto markets in the US into the mainstream? Many of our guests are worried that the US...