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The Options Insider Radio Network
Options Insider Radio is the longest-running options podcast and the flagship program on the Options Insider Radio Network. Options Insider Radio features unique and compelling interviews with the thought leaders, icons, radicals, movers and shakers that shape the options market. Whether you are an options professional looking for insightul discussion about your industry, or an active retail trader who wants a glimpse behind the scenes, this is the program for you.
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Nov 19, 2013 • 22min
Options Insider Radio: Tera Exchange
Options Insider Radio: Tera Exchange
In this episode, Mark is joined by Lennie Nuara, President and co-founder of the Tera Exchange.
They discuss:
The genesis of the Tera Exchange
The SEF market, counterparty risk, and how mandatory clearing has changed the marketplace
What has changed in the marketplace to allow the SEF market to succeed?
What sets the Tera Exchange apart?
And more…

Nov 13, 2013 • 27min
Options Insider Radio: Activ Financial
Options Insider Radio: Activ Financial
In this episode, Mark is joined by Mike Dunne, CTO of Activ Financial.
They discuss:
How to take the glut of options data and make it manageable for the end-user
How to process the tsunami of data in an economically reasonable way
The sustainability of the growth of data creation
Speed of access to data, and the shift from the latency issue to security\
And more

Nov 11, 2013 • 26min
Options Insider Radio: Trading Technologies
Options Insider Radio: Trading Technologies
In this episode Mark is joined by Rick Lane and Brian Haag from Trading Technologies.
They discuss:
The genesis of X_TRADER
Visual feedback of algorithm creation
Broadening the appeal to a new customer base
Broadening users beyond traditional options traders
Challenges that Trading Technologies can help traders mitigate
What are Trading Technologies’ newest cloud-related initiatives
And more

Oct 10, 2013 • 32min
Options Insider Radio: Getting Someone to Do Your Trading Homework
Options Insider Radio: Getting Someone to Do Your Trading Homework
In this episode, Mark is joined by Vlad Karpel, founder of Tradespoon.com
They discuss:
An overview of Tradespoon, and the trade recommendation space in general
The origin of the name Tradespoon
Segmentation of trade recommendations
Auto-trading
And much more

Oct 1, 2013 • 34min
Options Insider Radio: Are You a Gemini?
Options Insider Radio: Are You a Gemini?
Mark is joined by Boris Ilyevsky, the Managing Director of ISE’s Options Exchanges.
They discuss:
The announcement of the Gemini Exchange
Why another exchange? Will it help grow the size of the pie?
If you build it, will they come?
Getting excited about implied order functionality
Can we see an NBBO for spreads?
And more

Jul 31, 2013 • 15min
Options Insider Radio: Data on the Go
Options Insider Radio: Data on the Go
In this episode, Mark is joined by Jack Walker, the head of business development at iVolatility.
They discuss:
iVolatility Lite, the mobile options data application
Getting the greeks on it, and the evolution of data availability
You need not be an existing client to use iVolatility Lite, just register online
Access to the main site on various platforms
The myriad types of information you can get from iVolatility

Jul 19, 2013 • 17min
Options Insider Radio: View from Washington
Options Insider Radio: View from WashingtonIn this episode, Mark is joined by Joe Corcoran, Head of Government Relations at the Options Clearning Corporation.They discuss:
The impact of proposed mark-to-market legislation on the listed options industry
Washington's tendency to treat listed derivatives and OTC products in the same manner
Ways you can have your voices heard on this issue
And more...

Jul 15, 2013 • 22min
Options Insider Radio: Best Practices for Advisors
Options Insider Radio: Best Practices for AdvisorsIn this episode, Mark is joined by Eric Cott, Director of Advisor Initiatives at OIC.They discuss:
New developments from OIC in the advsior space
Key take aways from the OIC best practice study on advisors' use of options
The ways to approach clients about the use of options
ETFs versus mutual funds
And more...

Jul 8, 2013 • 29min
Options Insider Radio: Interview with OX CEO Joe Vietri
Options Insider Radio: Interview with OX CEO Joe Vietri
In this episode Mark is joined by Joe Vietri, the CEO of OptionsXpress.
They discuss:
The progress of the Schwab-OptionsXpress integration
The migration of the OX capabilities to Schwab clients
Options for use by Schwab RIAs
Mini options: the hype, the commissions, the future
The changing landscape in the brokerage arena
And more…

Jun 7, 2013 • 29min
Options Insider Radio: Fidessa & the Fragulator
Options Insider Radio: Fidessa & the FragulatorIn this episode, Mark is joined by Joy Rosenstein, Business Development Manager at Fidessa. They discuss:
The Fragulator
Fidessa's move into the U.S. equity options space
Order routing
Managing the ever-changing fee structures
Exchanges as vendors: partners or competitors?
Fidessa's value-add
And more