Options Insider Radio Interviews

We are back with roving reporter Mark Sebastian who was live at the 2016 CBOE Risk Management Conference. Today, he's talking to James Koutoulas, CEO of Typhon They discuss: What does Typhon have to offer clients? What are their specialities? The volatility space in general The dynamic approach to trading volatility Vol products versus ag products in the CTA space Allocations How to work with CTAs

In this episode, our roving reporter Mark Sebastian is on assignment at the CBOE Risk Management Conference, where he sat down with Ben Londergan, Executive Managing Director, Head of Options Trading and Technology for Convergex They discuss: Less liquidity, greater concentration levels Dilenation between on-floor and off-floor liquidity Institutional money coming into the options market How will pension money impact the market in the next few years? Did the elevated VIX change client behaviors? Holding onto versus selling volatility What is Convergex doing for low-latency spread trades? What else is going on at Convergex? And more

In this episode, our roving reporter Mark Sebastian is on assignment at the CBOE Risk Management Conference, where he sat down with Pat Fay from FTSE Russell Indexes. They discuss: Exploration of ETFs/ETNs based on various strategies Relative value trading; RUT vs. SPX FTSE 100 & FTSE China 50 futures contract at CME Cash options products coming soon at CBOE Where should Russell put its index efforts? New developments at FTSE and Russell

Today, Mark is joined by Ilya Feygin live from the CBOE Risk Management Conference. They discuss: Ilya's experience in the options space The days before VIX was a trade-able product / volatility as an asset class What is the WallachBeth Scout Group? Threat evaluation, risk management, and execution reviews The right strategies for the right enviroments How to be adaptable in a way that is accessible to various asset managers The recent flight to safety Is exchange fragmentation impacting liquidity?

In this episode, Mark is joined by Lee Clifford, founder and CEO of the GRID Trade Network They discuss: What are Symbol Master and GRID Trade? The huge number of orders that are not not communicated securely What does GRID Trade and GRID Pod bring to the table? Participating in GRID Pod conversations The compliance aspect And more

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Sorting through the Mass of Data with RB Trader In this episode, Mark is joined by Tim Biggam, Senior Advisor at RB Trader They discuss: Tim's history in the financial space What is RB Trader? Who is the RB Trader audience? The degree of customization from the RB Trader platform And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Peter Hauser, Managing Director of TradeLegs They discuss: What is TradeLegs? How does TradeLegs work? Who is the target customer for the TradeLegs platform? The misperceptions about options How are new adoptees using the TradeLegs platform? And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Henry Schwartz, major Duomo at TradeAlert. Henry is wearing a different hat today, though, and talking about WhatsTrading.com They discuss: What is whatstrading.com? Who is the intended audience for whatstrading.com? Getting information vs. getting information in context Bells and whistles of whatstrading.com And more

In this episode, Mark chats with Paul Giedraitis, Principal and Co-Founder of Neurensic. They discuss: Paul’s background in the financial space What is Neurensic? Who is Neurensic’s ideal customer? Why is spoofing so prevalent these days? And more

In this episode, Mark chats with John Dempsey, President of OptionScape. They discuss: John’s background in the industry What is OptionScape? Who are OptionScape customers? What are the benefits of OptionScape? Why is OptionScape reaching out to trader educators? And much more