Options Insider Radio Interviews

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Talking Volatility And Portfolio Hedging With Northern Trust In this episode, Mark is joined by Jon Cherry, Global Head of Options at Northern Trust. Mark and Jon discuss: The current extreme levels of volatility. How Northern Trust's options clients are responding to the recent market downturn.  How much should clients really expect to pay to hedge their equity portfolios? And much more...    

Guest: Stino Milito, Co-COO - Dash Financial Technologies Mark and Stino discuss: The hidden world of an options ATS. How does an options ATS work? How much options volume actually trades through the Dash ATS? Why do we need an ATS in the options market? What about transparency and latency? Why haven't more firms launched ATS's in the options market? And much more

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Going Binary With Nadex We kick off a new decade with the return of an old friend of the network -  Dan Cook, Vice President of Business Development at Nadex. Mark and Dan discuss: New platform and product upgrades at Nadex The challenges of binary options including Google and Facebook banning binary advertising Getting more market makers to trade binaries Dealing with the explosive final minutes of a binary contract Binaries and volatility Crypto binary contracts The future of political and sports wagering And more...

OIR Interviews:  Plugging the Options Data Fire Hose with Nasdaq Mark is joined on this episode by:  Oliver Albers, Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Information Services, Nasdaq Mark and Oliver discuss:  What is The Nasdaq Smart Options Feed? Does it really reduce options bandwidth requirements by 80%? Why has no one done this before? Who is the target audience for this data feed? What are advisors and the retail community saying about the hassles of options data? How does someone get access to this feed? Why did Nasdaq buy Quandl? And much more...

OIR Interviews: Demystifying Lumber With MaterialsXchange Mark is joined on this episode by:  Mike Wisnefski, CEO of MaterialsXchange (MX) Mark and Mike discuss:  What MaterialsXchange is. The products that you can currently trade. Why they chose to list wood products. The products that you can currently trade. The response from the lumber trading community. Their plans to list other materials products. What the value is of bringing transparency to the opaque world of lumber market data. And much more..

OIR Interviews: Talking Trading Floors, Crypto and More with CBOE Mark is joined on this episode by: Arianne Criqui, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Derivatives and Global Client Service, Cboe Mark and Arianne discuss: What lured Arianne away from Goldman Sachs to work for Cboe. The future of crypto products at Cboe. The rise of the new Cboe trading floor.  The potential to relaunch RVX for the modern era.  What the options industry can do to bring more liquidity providers into the marketplace  And much more...

OIR Interviews: Talking Volatility, Fragmentation, CAT and More with Dash Technologies   Mark is joined on this episode by:  Glenn Lesko, Chief Growth Officer - Dash Technologies Mark and Glenn discuss:  The latest updates at Dash Technologies Thoughts on the current state of options fragmentation Auctions - bane or boon? The state of the CAT The impact of zero commissions on the options market And much more...

OIR Interviews: Talking Risk, Commissions and Crypto Widgets with Sterling Trading Tech Mark is joined on this episode by: Jim Nevotti, President - Sterling Trading Tech Andrew Actman, Head of Business Development -Sterling Trading Tech Mark, Andrew and Jim discuss: The latest developments on the Sterling Risk platform.  The impact of zero commissions on the options brokerage space.  The latest upgrades to Sterling Vol Trader - FKA Livevol.  How do you find new prop shops customers in 2019? What is in Sterling's new Crypto Widget? Are we poised for a new round of acquisitions in the options brokerage space? And much more...

OIR Interviews: Talking Options and OTC ADRs with INTL FCStone Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Robert Boylan, MD Institutional Equities & Derivatives - INTL FCStone Mark and Robert discuss: - What is INTL FCStone? - Are they really "the largest financial institution you've never heard of?" - The wild world of OTC ADR trading.  - Their plans to launch a new electronic options offering. - Their plans for the crypto market. - The recent commission wars unfolding in the brokerage space. - And much more...   

OIR Interviews: Talking Crypto, Cons and Derivatives with Tabb Group On this episode, Mark is joined by the new(ish) CEO of Tabb Group Bruce Morris. Mark and Bruce discuss: What is Tabb Group? How did Bruce transition from the world of financial media to research? Is crypto the next big area of research for Tabb Group? What's the difference between a Con and a Festival? Which derivatives markets are currently the most compelling for Tabb's clients? And much more...