Options Insider Radio Interviews

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Exploring Predictive Alt Data With Exegy Guest: David Taylor, CTO of Exegy ( www.exegy.com ) Mark and David discuss : What is Exegy? What are the latest developments in the alternative data market? Can you actually use enhanced data feeds to make sub-second predictions on a stock? What are the challenges in providing enhanced data and analytics for options traders...

  Talking Volatility, Liquidity, Algos and TCA With FlexTrade Our guest today is Rob Brogan, VP of Equity Options at Flextrade. Mark and Rob discuss: What is Flextrade? Is Flextrade flexing its muscles in the TCA space? How do you determine the best order routing for options based on liquidity? Breaking into options backtesting. Does the increasing options fragmentation lead to more opportunities...

Our guest today is Chen Fang, Co-Founder & CEO of Lumina. Mark and Chen discuss: - What is Lumina? - How is Lumina bridging the gap between the traditional financial market and the exploding crypto markets? - Are VC firms still interested in funding crypto startups these days? - How do you sift through the mountains of data to find the true cost basis of your trades? - Why is so much of the crypto...

Talking Crypto Algos with AlgoTrader Our guest today is Andy Flury, Founder and CEO of AlgoTrader. Mark and Andy discuss: What is AlgoTrader? What is happening on the algo front in crypto? Are we seeing the same degree of algo penetration in the crypto market that we see in equities or options? What types of algos are popular in the crypto market? And much more...

GUEST: ED SZADO - Associate Professor of Finance at the Providence College School of Business. Prof. Ed discusses his study Endowment Risk Management and Return Enhancement with Listed Index and ETF Options with Mark. He explains his findings to our listeners. Were there any surprises that he learned in doing the study? What takeaways does he have from the study?

 Interview with Ed Boyle, CEO at BOX Options Exchange. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES! LAST YEAR WAS A RECORD FOR OPTIONS VOLUME. THIS YEAR NOT SO MUCH. DO YOU THINK WE'RE ON TRACK TO BEAT 2018? WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR FROM A VOLUME PERSPECTIVE? HEALTHY GROWTH? SAME? DECLINE? UPDATE ON THE TRADING FLOOR - WHAT IS TRADING ON IT? WHEN CAN I COME SEE IT? BOX & VOLATILITY: WHEN WI...

Patrick McCreary - Executive Director, Volant Trading   Give us an overview of Volant? Do you specialize in certain markets? False price improvements? What brings you to OIC this year? Any announcements? New Vol products - SPIKES, etc. Thought on current volatility landscape?

Greg Ferrari - Managing Director or Global Trading & Market Services, NASDAQ   What's new at Nasdaq Options? You currently have six exchanges, any plans to add any more? VolDex/SkewDex update? After hours options trading? What's the next big innovation coming to the options market? What brings you to OIC this year? Any announcements? Client Experience Center?

Today's guest is Michael Ourabah, the CEO of BSO. Mark and Michael discuss: - What is BSO? - How is the race to zero shaping up overseas? - How are the market data and connectivity wars shaping up in the crypto marketplace? - How do we solve the inherent latency issues plaguing crypto right now? - Can you build a one-stop shop for crypto connectivity? - Is there still a strong institutional appeti...

  Unlocking Volatility Secrets Using Data Science Our guests today are: Jay Schuren, GM Time Series Data Scientist at Data Robot Jimmy Heinz, Equity Volatility Trader at the Gelber Group. Mark, Jay and Jimmy discuss: Why does a volatility trading group need a data scientist? How does data science improve volatility trading? Which product classes yield the greatest benefit from data science analysi...

Nick LaMaina - SVP, Product Management and Strategy Jeff Peters, Senior Product Manager What's new at Tradestation? An update on the new branding initiative? Mobile functionality Option Station Pro? How are your efforts progressing to target new basic retail clients? What's new for options traders at Tradestation? Is the App Store still active? What is the percentage of customers that use APIs? Yo...

Henry Schwartz, Founder & President - Trade Alert   Give us an update on the state of the industry. Any surprises this year? How many names comprise the top 50% of volume this year? Is there fragmentation across new exchanges? What's new at Trade Alert? New condition codes? Is this the death of passive ?

Our guest today is Ian Rosen the CEO of Stocktwits. Mark and Ian discuss: - Why the heck is StockTwits launching a brokerage service? - What sets TradeApp apart from the many other brokers out there? - How do they plan to make money with zero commissions and zero payment for order flow? - What products will be available on Trade App at launch? - When can we expect options? -How are the new Premium...

Talking Crypto, Political Intrigue and Coconut Water with Tony Saliba Tony Saliba is back in the studio catching us up on the latest developments. Mark and Tony have a fascinating conversation covering a wide range of topics including: Tony's Crowd of Fame award A turbulent year and the end of Crypto Winter The new crypto offerings from Mercury Digital Assets and the San Juan Mercantile Exchange T...

Getting Back In The Trading Job Market with STA Our guest for this episode is Jim Toes, President of the Securities Traders Association. Mark and Jim discuss What is STA doing at the Options Industry Conference? What options initiatives is STA working on currently? Is strike mitigation the solution to the problems facing options market makers? What is on the docket for the STA 2019 Market Structur...

TALKING ADVISORS AND OPTIONS WITH RAYMOND JAMES Our guest for this episode is Gary Franklin, VP - Retail Options Trading and Strategies for Raymond James. Mark and Gary discuss: Overall options penetrations with advisors - is it growing or shrinking? What is the level of options interest at Raymond James? The challenges of finding liquidity for clients in the options market. The options wish list...

Talking Renaissance, Risk and Real-Time OI With OCC Our guest for this episode is John Davidson, CEO of the Options Clearing Corporation. Mark and John discuss: What is the Renaissance Initiative? Looking back at a turbulent 2018 for the options market. The challenges of modeling risk for volatility products OIC carrying the torch for education in the options markets After-Hours options trading Cr...

What the Heck is Gatsby? Did you ever ask yourself - what is Gatsby? We decided to find out at OIC 2019. Here's the answer...

UPDATE ON ORATS? NEW OFFERINGS? UPDATE ON EARNINGS SEASON? ANY SURPRISES? WHAT BRINGS YOU TO OIC THIS YEAR? ANY SURPRISES FROM THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR? HOW ARE THE CIGARS?