Options Insider Radio Interviews

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jim Shinn, Predata's co-founder and CEO. They discuss: Jim's background Using big data to predict behavior The political VIX: PVIX Bitcoin, AI, and the future of fintech How do they analyze social media to predict behavior? Monitoring metadata from conversations How do they work with options traders? What is the PVIX predicting? Find out more at predata.com

In this episode, Mark is joined by Mark Casey, President and CEO of Apcela. They discuss: Mark's backgound in the financial services space What is Apcela? What sets Apcela's trading platform apart? The race to zero Cloud adoption, or lack thereof Improving the adoption of public cloud technologies The market data wars And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Frank Johnson, Managing Dand Kurt Smith, CFO, at Revenue-Share Capital They discuss: What was the genesis for Revenue-Share Capital? How did OptionScape influence Revenue-Share Capital? What differentiates Revenue-Share Capital from traditional venture capitalists? Generating income from cash flow, not profit Performing due diligence Start up interests: fintech a...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Matt Gill, Director of Risk Advisory Services at RSM US LLP. They discuss: What is RSM? How to deal with the fluid regulatory environment Dodd-Frank Data privacy Cyber security A global view on data privacy regulation Choice Act/Volcker Rule System safeguards and regulator Crypto currency from an accounting point-of-view Today's Bitcoin event And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jared Broad, Founder and CEO of QuantConnect. They discuss: The genesis of QuantConnect What is QuantConnect? Fast-tracking people's development Making data more accessible The challenge of the crypto market What kinds of algos are coming up for Bitcoin? What is the Broadcast tab? And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Tom Watson, Head of Sales at Hanweck. They discuss: What is Hanweck's enhanced data feed? Going beyond implied vols and Greeks Real-time margin functionality The benefits of outsourcing Parallell processing capabilities Working with The OCC The fluid regulatory environment Filling a void in broker capacity And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Nick LeMaina, Senior Vice President of Strategic Brokerage Services at TradeStation. They discuss: Who are the customers of TradeStation's Strategic Brokerage Services? What asset classes are their primary focus? How do their customers use options? What are the most popular tools on the TradeStation platform? The evolution of back-testing tools Commissions and fe...

In this episode Mark is joned by Lanre Sarumi, Founder and CEO fo Riskbone LLC. They discuss: What is Riskbone RMS? What was the genesis of the product? What does it do? What are the primary products that CTAs are using on the platform? What is Level Trading Field? Research in the crypto market What would volatility skew look like on Bitcoin options if they were listed today? Will there be a crypt...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Georgio Stoev, Product Manager for Futures and Listed Options at Saxo Bank. They discuss: Georgio's background in the financial services industry Saxo Bank is diving into options What else does Saxo Bank offer? Who do they partner with? The popularity of options for European institutional investors What percentage of their options flow is European versus American...

Mark is joined by Mary Savoie, Executive Director of the Options Industry Council (OIC) and First Vice President, Industry Services for The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). They discuss: Mary's background in the options industry The 25th anniversary of the Options Industry Council What is the origin of the OIC? The mission of the OIC The newly upgraded website, optionseducation.org How does OIC...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Michael Mollet, Director of Product Development at CBOE and CFE. They discuss: Bitcoin and the potential for listed derivatives What is the proposal? Why now? Partnering with Gemini What exactly is the product they plan to launch? How is settlement determined? What is the timing on releasing this product? Will there be Bitcoin options? What about a Bitcoin VIX? W...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Rande Howell, Trader Psychologist, who has more than 15 years of practice as a licensed therapist and performance psychology coach. They discuss: What does a trader psychologist do? The thin line between fear/anger and revenge trading Freedom from emotion versus freedom of emotion What attracted him to performance psychology Figuring out a new set of rules Who is...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Ed Boyle, CEO of the BOX Options Exchange. They discuss: Why are they launching a new options trading floor? How are they going to incent options order flow? The backlash against new exchanges What will trade on the floor versus electronically? How many firms will make markets? What about the PIP? What can we do to bring people back to market making? The search f...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Joe Halpern, Founder and CEO of Exceed Investments. They discuss: What is Exceed Investments? The Exceed Defined Shield Investment Fund Is there a standardized methodology for the fund? The obsession with short duration How did they arrive at 12.5% How are they dealing with record low volatility? The volatility in the political sphere On the hunt for yield The us...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jen Nayar, CEO of Vela Trading Technologies. They discuss: Major acquisitions: OptionsCity and Object Trading The whys and hows of the acquisitions How will the brands merge together going forward? Is the smaller, fragmented community cause for concern? Was there much of an overlap between Vela and Object Trading? When will the whole platform come together? Is th...

Mark is joined by Mead Welles, Co-Founder, Chairman and Treasurer of A Leg to Stand On (ALTSO). Mead is also the Founder and CEO of Octagon Asset Management, LLC They discuss: What is ALTSO? Rocktoberfest 2017 is October 5 at City Winery How did it all start? What surprises are in store for this year? How do the Chicago and New York events differ? Any plans for additions to the schedule? New York...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Arthur Bass, Managing Director Fixed Income Financing, Futures, and Rates at Wedbush. They discuss: Arthur's backgroun in the finance space The recent Fed meeting, no big surprises there Good employment numbers and low inflation...where do we go from here? Will it be a policy error to continue increasing rates Is there too much information coming from the Fed? Th...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Greg Stevens, Vice President of Product Development for Options at Fidelity. They discuss: Greg's winding path through the derivatives space Fidelity's performance in Options Broker Madness Fidelity is so much more than just 401k Three ways to play: mobile, web, and Active Trader Pro Trader tools, including back-testers Commissions, margins, and price improvement...

Recorded live at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by Eric Cott, Director of Advisor Education, and Emily Sweet, Senior Analyst at Cerulli Associates. They discuss: Merging the Options Industry Conference and the Financial Advisor Conference The survey Cerulli Associates did for the OIC on financial advisors Surprising findings from the survey Downside protection, hedging, and o...

Recorded live at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by Joe Corso, Senior Vice President of Active Trader at E*Trade and Steve Claussen, Vice President and Chief Investment Strategist of Options House. They discuss: The details of the merger of the platforms How will things change for OH clients? Don't forget about the futures Feedback from customers on getting out of positions Wh...

Recorded live at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by Barry Star, CEO at Wall Street Horizon They discuss: Barry's background in options What is Wall Street Horizon? Who uses Wall Street Horizon? Finding alpha in moving earnings dates The types of volatility related to the timing of earnings releases How do they get it so right? The impact of social media Don't trade on bad data...

Recorded live (to tape) at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by Peter Maragos, Co-Founder and CEO of Dash Financial Technologies. They discuss: His background in the financial space What does Dash do? Joining forces with Liquidpoint Having all the right solutions Will trading floors come back? The shrinking pool of liquidity providers Modernizing the markets Where is the increme...

Recorded live at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by Shelly Brown, Executive Vice President of Business Strategy at the Miami Options Exchange. They discuss: Rolling out the second exchange for the group How are the early numbers on Pearl? Playing with fees and managing flow What are the points of differentiation for the MIAX exchange group? What can the marketplace do to spur...

Recorded live (to tape) at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by JJ Kinahan, Chief Market Strategist at TD Ameritrade. They discuss: The merger with Scottrade Where did the volume go? Is there a tax put under the market? Is the VIX working? Getting millennials into options Maximizing the mobile experience What can we do with stocks that are too expensive?

Recorded live (to tape) at the 2017 Options Industry Conference, Mark is joined by Jen Nayar, CEO of Vela Trading Technologies. They discuss: Her history in the trading technology space What does Vela do? What is Vela doing to make market data accessible? The trend of bespoke data Keeping one eye on potential competitors The myriad reasons for the slow adoption of cloud-based platforms Enhanced da...