Options Insider Radio Interviews

In this episode, Mark is joined by Derek Urben, CFO and Director of Business Development at Coinigy. They discuss: His background in the crypto space Why Wisconsin? Why use Coinigy? The benefits of decentralization Can you use the platform just for charting? Data services Who manages the wallet? Physical and digital security How is tether operated and regulated? Participating in ICOs

In this episode Mark is joined by Eric Gravengaard, CEO at Athena Bitcoin, Inc. They discuss: Eric's history in finance Making the leap from options to crypto assets Shifting the crypto trading mecca Waiting for your trades in the crypto ether Physical location risk The Athena "floor" for Bitcoin traders Bitcoin ATMs and who needs them When can we expect to get Bitcoin options? Thoughts on crypto manipulation

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jerry Hanweck, CEO at Hanweck. They discussed: How did Jerry start Hanweck? Their new real-time risk platform What is powering the platform? What are the components of the real-time risk platform? What can the industry to do incentivize market makers to stay? What else is coming from Hanweck? And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Gary Katz, co-founder and former CEO of the International Securities Exchange. They discuss: Gary receiving the Sullivan award at the Options Industry Conference Thoughts after being away from the conference for a few years His thoughts on how Nasdaq is integrating ISE Issues with liquidity The importance of market makers Caring for people on the autism spectrum Snack foods And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Dan Passarelli, founder of Market Taker Mentoring, and co-host of our very own Options Bootcamp. They discuss: How to navigate liquidty issues The plight of liquidity providers Are people interesting in learing about crypto? The upcoming annual retreat And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Ollie Cadman, Head of Business Operations at Vela. They discuss: The Vela acquisitions spree How are the integrations of Options City and Object Trading going? The challenge to grow as business contracts Has there been increased interest in options from their clients? What about API access The fight for screen access What are the upcoming improvements for the Options City platform? Vela and crypto And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Mandy Xu, Director and Chief Equity Derivatives Strategist at Credit Suisse. They discuss: How did Mandy discover equity derivatives research? Is this the beginning of a new volatility regime? February's technical dislocation Expecting range-bound volatility The correlation component What are the key drivers of volatility? Why VIX is not the best measure of risk Does Credit Suisse have a proprietary volatility instrument? And more...  

In this interview, Mark is joined by Rob Brogan, Vice President of Equity Derivative Servies at FlexTrade. They discuss: Monitoring real-time risk APIs vs front end The fight for screen space Liquidity issues Too many strikes, too few trades And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Kapil Rathi, Head of Equity Options at Cboe. They discuss: How many exchanges are too many exchanges? Is it time to reveiw the regulatory environment? Liquidity issues Limiting the live order book SPY volatility products After-hours options trading Listing crypto options And more...

When Mark was in Florida for the 2018 Options Industry Conference, he had a chance to sit down with Jim Toes, President of STA They discussed: What is the STA? Why is the STA attending the Options Industry Conference? What are the regulatory focuses of the STA? Thoughts on auctions Transparency versus speed Issues in DC