Options Insider Radio Interviews

OIRN Interviews: Finding The Signal In Corporate Event Noise Guest: Barry Star, CEO - Wall Street Horizon Mark and Barry discuss: What is Wall Street Horizon? How the pandemic is impacting the corporate events calendar. How do you find meaningful signals amidst the noise of corporate data? How do options traders use corporate event data in their trading? Can you truly get the full enchilada? and much more...

OIR interviews: Are You Ready For A Bullish Risk Reversal ETF? Guest: Mike Loukas, CEO - TrueMark Investments.  Mark and Mike discuss: What are TrueShares structured outcome ETFs? How are these ETFs constructed? Why did TrueMark opt for a bullish risk reversal strategy as opposed to the more common collar strategy? Will there be any adjustments made to the options positions due to market fluctuations? How has the market responded to these new options-oriented ETFs? And much more...

OIR Interviews: How is the Pandemic Impacting the Securities Industry? Guest: Jim Toes, President & CEO - Securities Traders Association (STA) Mark and Jim discuss: How the pandemic is impacting the securities industry. The challenges, and benefits, of moving the annual STA market structure conference to a virtual format. Helping industry members who have lost jobs during the pandemic. The unique challenges posed by the proposed transaction tax in New Jersey. and much more...

OIR Interviews: Helping Cool Kids During a Pandemic with ALTSO Guest: Mead Welles, Co-Founder, Chairman & Treasurer - A Leg to Stand On Mark and Mead discuss: What is ALTSO? How do you raise funds for a financial-oriented charity during a pandemic? How do you continue your mission to help kids in the developing world during a pandemic? The crazy developments on the commodity front during the pandemic.  And much more... Learn more about ALTSO and attend Rocktoberfest live via https://www.altso.org/  

OIR Interviews: Bringing Hedging to the Masses With Grey Swan Digital Guest: Peter Harrigan, CEO & Co-Founder -  Grey Swan Digital Mark and Peter discuss: The joys of hedging gamma at 5am. What the heck is price sharing? How do you build a derivatives-oriented hedging platform during a pandemic? The impact of negative crude oil and high volatility on the demand for risk hedging.  Is crypto poised to be the next big addition to the price sharing platform? and much more...

OIR Interviews: The Return of the Mini VIX with Cboe On this episode, Mark is joined by: Arianne Criqui, SVP Head of Derivatives and Global Client Services, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: The rise of retail options traders during the pandemic What an options trading floor looks like in the middle of a pandemic The new mini-VIX futures at Cboe Why VIX futures volume has languished during a very volatile period for the markets If VIX futures need a return of XIV or launch of SVIX to get volume back to 2018 levels How Cboe views the dramatic election "bump" in VIX futures The new CMEGroup volatility product And much more.

OIR Interviews: Talking Pandemics, FANG Plus and More with NYSE On this episode, Mark is joined by: Ivan Brown, Head of Options - NYSE Mark and Ivan discuss: How the pandemic has impacted NYSE's options markets.  Handling the transition to 100% electronic markets in the midst of unprecedented global turmoil.  The surprising renaissance of retail options traders in the midst of the pandemic.  What the heck are Fang Plus options? Does NYSE plan to launch a VIX competitor? And much more...  

OIR Interviews: Buying Puts When The House Is On Fire On this episode, Mark is joined by: Gary Franklin, VP of Retail Options Trading and Strategies at Raymond James Mark and Gary discuss: How the pandemic has impacted options clients at Raymond James.  Which options strategies are dominating the tape right now at Raymond James? Has the pandemic altered the way advisors and clients use options? Outlook on current market valuation and volatility levels.  And much more...  

OIR Interviews: Going Bite-Size With the Small Exchange On this episode, Mark is joined by: Donnie Roberts, CEO - The Small Exchange Mark and Donnie discuss: What the heck is the Small Exchange? Why small futures? How do you convince retail to migrate from ETFs back into futures? What are the challenges of launching a new exchange during a global pandemic.  Are there lessons to be learned from the failure of other stock futures ventures? And much more?

OIR Interviews: Getting Geeky with Options Education MARK IS JOINED ON THIS EPISODE BY FELIX FREY, FOUNDER AND CREATOR OF OPTIONSGEEK. MARK AND FELIX DISCUSS: WHAT IS OPTIONSGEEK? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO FIND OPTIONS EDUCATION ABOUT BUYING OPTIONS? ARE THE GREEKS WORTHLESS? HOW DO YOU AVOID BEING "DECAYED TO DEATH" WHEN TRADING LONG OPTIONS? AND MUCH MORE...