Options Insider Radio Interviews

Talking After-Hours, Trading Floors and More with NYSE WHAT'S NEW AT NYSE/AMEX OPTIONS? - WALK US THROUGH THE VOLUME BREAKDOWN - NYSE VS AMEX. WHO IS USING WHICH EXCHANGE AND FOR WHAT? HOW ARE THE TRADING FLOORS FARING IN 2019? What is NYSE WEST? - Today NYSE ushered in a new era on the West Coast when we cut the ribbon on NYSE West - our new home base for the NYSE Arca Options trading floor in do...

Options Insider Radio Live From OIC 2019 GUEST: Craig Iseli, Chief Operating Officer of SpiderRock What is Spider Rock What are the origins of that interesting name? Have we reached the point of danger with too many options exchanges? Are options really penetrating to the financial advisor market? Are options the silver bullet for advisors looking to fight back against robo advisors? Where are the...

CATCHING UP WITH AN OPTIONS ICON - Thomas Peterffy Our CEO had a chance to catch up with an options icon at OIC 2019. Their far-reaching conversation covered: - Highlights from Thomas's 42-year career in the options market - What is the enduring legacy of Interactive Brokers? - Thomas's views on the new wave of zero commission brokerage firms invading the space. - Why he decided to exit the option...

Options Insider Radio Interviews: The Dark Art of Real-Time Margin - Host : Mark S. Longo, Founder - The Options Insider Media Group - Guest : Alex Lamb, Global Head of Marketing -The Technancial Company On this episode Mark and Alex discuss: - The dark art of real-time margin - How did Technancial weather the storm of MIFID 2 as well as the current Brexit furor? - The importance of risk managemen...

Options Insider Radio: Funding Quants With CloudQuant Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Morgan Slade, CEO & CIO - CloudQuant Mark and Morgan discuss: What the heck is CloudQuant? Who should use it? What separates CloudQuant from the other competitors in the crowded online quant marketplace? How much capital has CloudQuant invested in new strategies? How you c...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Evan Schnidman, Founder and CEO of Prattle. They discuss: The Prattle origin story Real-time sentiment analysis Why social analysis is insufficient Causal language over causal relationships Who are the intended users? Sentiment alerts What did Prattle say about the recent Fed meeting? Any surprising take-aways from their analysis? Predictions for 2019? Is there a...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jared Broad, Founder and CEO of QuantConnect. They discuss: What is QuantConnect? Who is using the platform? What are the most popular markets/products with QuantConnect users? The move from Brooklyn to Seattle What are Alpha Streams? What is the Algorithm Framework? The LEAN platform And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Thomas McInerney, Chief Product Officer at Open Finance Network. They discuss: Focusing on a subset of tokenized securities Tokenizing illiquid securities Blockchain transfer of tokens What is Open Finance? Who are early users of the platform? What else do they offer? Getting liquidity providers on board Regulatory worries And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Eric Metz, CIO of SpiderRock Advisors. They discuss: What is SpiderRock? What types of overlays do they trade? Automating SMAs for advisors How do they prefer to pay for puts? Have the recent volatility levels impacted the AUM? What is the near-term volatility outlook? What do customers want these days? What dis the adoption rate of options for advisors? And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Bernie Schwartz, the Trading Technologies Options Product Manager. They discuss: Options functionality at TT TT's enhanced strategy creation capabilities How easy is it to execute delta-neutral trade? What's TT's secret sauce? The TradeStation partnership Any other partnerships? Cryptocurrency options New listings Crypto selloff and impact on interest And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Mark Woolfenden, Managing Director at Euromoney TRADEDATA. They discuss: What is Euromoney TRADEDATA? What is MIFID 2? Doing the heavy lifting with regulators Dealing with the evolution of Dodd-Frank What about Brexit? What else is happening at Euromoney TRADEDATA? Has an API offering opened more doors? And more  

In this episode, Mark is joined by Brian Kelly, Portfolio Manager, BKC ETF and BKCM Digital Assets Fund They discuss: How did he become interested in crypto and blockchain BKC ETF - a blockchain ETF Not holding the underlying in the fund What's the secret sauce to this portfolio allocation? The relationship with REX Shares How has the response been? Can blockchain be more impactful than the intern...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Shelly Brown, Executive of Vice President of MIAX, and Simon Ho, CEO of T3 Index. They discuss: What is T3? The Spikes Index Multi-listed SPY options How does it compare with VIX movement? Removing the abstraction between the index and the derivatives Does it include skew? Taking steps to avoid allegations of price manipulation When will they start trading? Getti...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Ian Grieves, Head of Product at ErisX. They discuss: Ian's background in financial services What is ErisX? Licensing swap futures to CME Getting investors on board What sets ErisX apart? What underlying will be delivered? Why is physical delivery important? The benefit of having a spot market in the same platform Getting institutional investors on board Working w...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Josh Greenwald, CEO of LXDX. They discuss: What is LXDX? What makes LXDX different? Making crypto more palatable to institutional investors What is the goal of attending FIA? Crypto finding traction in Chicago What will LXDX offer at launch? What's the difference between the LXDX and CME methodologies? How can they put out so many trades per second? Routing order...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Eric Cott, Director of Financial Advisor Education at OIC. They discuss: What's happening at OIC for financial advisors? What has been the response to the uptick in volatility? Supporting advisors to support clients Alternative investments Online strategy course Working with MIAX Updates to the website Studies to look for And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Henry Schwartz from Trade Alert and What's Trading They discuss: What brings him to the FIA Conference Interesting trends in vendor presence What's going on in the market? What are people looking for these days? What are popular strategies right now? What new bells or whistles have they added? Plans for crypto? Linking to CME or ICE platforms? Will 2018 be a reco...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Marie Swift and Mike Avila. They discuss: The upcoming Advisor Thought Leader Summit The celebrity platform day on November 9 Who should attend? How to build a brand And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Mike Avila and Michael Flores. They discuss: Working in documentary film making What is making documentaries so hot these days? Why invest in a documentary? The power of three Exploring the Chicago trading scene as a documentary topic Why Chicago? How to participate? And more...  

In this episode, Mark is joined by Dave Weisberger, Co-Founder / CEO at CoinRoutes They discuss: What is CoinRoutes? Taking steps to bring crypto to institutional investors Crypto NBBO? Bid/ask spreads versus fees Dearth of data Does CoinRoutes have the secret sauce? Do they facilitate relationships between clients and exchanges? Regulation Being an early adopter of technology And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Cathy Clay, Global Head of Information Solutions at Cboe. They discuss: Speaking to equities traders from an options perspective Implementing CAT (consolidated audit trail) in the options space Have we reached the point where technology is sufficient to handle options data? Quote mitigation is an inefficiency problem, not a data problem Improvements to LiveVol Cb...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Sahak Manuelian, Managing Director of Equity Trading at Wedbush Securities. They discuss: What services does Wedbush offer? Covering the healthcare, consumers, tech and financial sectors Biotech's insulation from trade war concerns Is it a stock-pickers market? Passive investing versus active stock selection The explosion of ETF offerings Market fragmentation The...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Ravi Jain and Andrew Actman from Sterling Trading Tech. They discuss: What's new in Sterling Vol Trader? Integrations and subsequent challenges What is driving growth? Taking on real-time risk analytics Cloud-based services Keeping costs down Thoughts on crypto Potential crypto partnerships Advanced trading simulator And more...