Options Insider Radio Interviews

In this episode, Mark is joined by Steve Crutchfield, Vice President and Head of Options Markets, ETPs and Bonds at NYSE/ICE.   They discuss: System upgrades to the AMEX options floor Doubling down on trading floors The plight of the liquidity providers Overall volume decline When will the birds (binary options on single stocks) fly? Any plans to augment mix of venues? And more…

In this episode, Mark is joined by Christian Nentwich, co-founder and CEO of Duco.   They discuss: An overview of Christian's background and how he started Duco What is Duco? What do they do? How did they end up with the du.co domain? The Cube: a simple solution to big challenges What is their biggest competition? Excel. Benefits and features of their web-based platform 700,000,000 lines of data reconciled in the last year with no latency The importance of accurate reporting Working outside of the financial services industry Are they seeing a boom or a bust in financial technology spending? And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jeromee Johnson, Head of Options at BATS   They discuss: Increasing market share for BATS Recent developments, including BATS 2 The decline in options volume Where can the growth come from? The plight of the market makers The OCC capital plan And more

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking Attracting Liquidity Providers with BOX In this episode, Mark is joined by Ed Boyle, CEO of BOX They discuss: The changing landscape of the marketplace Why is volume dry lately? The decline in institutional volume Regulation New products, including Jumbo SPY The partnership with VolX Adding a new exchange Attracting liquidity providers After hours options trading And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Shelly Brown, Senior Vice President of MIAX.   They discuss: The lead up to launching MIAX The MIAX value proposition The competition for the NBBO Record volume numbers The cost of entry into the options business: Strategic Partnerships A possible equity exchange Getting into the volatility space After-hours options trading And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Michael McClain, President and Chief Operating officer at The OCC.   They discuss: Michael’s history at The OCC New initiatives at The OCC, including the revisions to their capital plan Results of the survey looking at the effectiveness of advertising from OIC Volatility Dividend trades And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Gary Delaney, Director at the Options Industry Council.   They discuss: What does Gary do for OIC in Europe? Inescapable regulation The OIC study on the use cases for structured products European use of ETFs and options based on ETFs Self-directed investment in the European market And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Ted Bilharz, Director of PULSe Sales at CBOE.   They discuss: Ted's history at CBOE The lack of liquidity providers Hedging strategies Weekly options Forthcoming VIX weekly options CBOE System upgrades The latency arms race PULSe overview The pressure to systemize order flow The ongoing UI battle After-hours options trading

In this episode, Mark is joined by David Hait, President and Founder of OptionMetrics   They discuss: How David came to create OptionMetrics How OptionMetrics creates the pricing tools that users need to support in-depth research The impact of the evolution of the volatility landscape How does OptionMetrics provide the volume of data in a way that is useful for customers? Broker use of OptionMetrics data Will their data ever be available to the retail community? Informed traders trade options The OptionMetrics conference featuring academics presenting papers on how they use the data Coming soon from OptionMetrics…commodities

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jason Kuruvilla, Senior Manager, and Todd Briggs, Partner, from the McGladrey Financial Services Group.   They discuss: How McGladrey works with clients in the financial services industry Looking at the tax implications of trading various securities in different jurisdictions Pending regulatory issues and the tax and audit concerns about them How they keep up with the evolution of the options industry What are the primary concerns from their clients? The potential impact of the pending legislation regarding programmer registration And more