Options Insider Radio Interviews

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 management in volatile markets. - And much more...

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 can get your strategy funded by CloudQuant. And much more...

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 Prattle platform for retail traders? And more...

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 internet? Volume and interest to-date Volatility and portfolio performance To correlate or not correlate? Will there be options? And more