Options Insider Radio Interviews

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...  

OIR Interviews: Talking Options, Crypto and Free Commissions with TradeStation Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Nick LaMaina, SVP Product Management and Strategy - TradeStation Securities, Inc. Mark and Nick discuss: Recent upgrades to TradeStation’s options offering, The launch of TradeStation Crypto, TradeStation’s thoughts on the race to zero commissions  and much more...

OIR: Talking Market Data, CAT and Giving Back with STA Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Jim Toes, President & CEO - Securities Traders Association.  Mark and Jim discuss: What can attendees expect at the upcoming STA Market Structure Conference?  Check out the agenda and register at www.SecuritiesTraders.org. Market data - should there be different costs for different tiers of customers? CAT - get ready for a bill coming in your inbox.  and much more...

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Catching Up With ALTSO Today's guest is Mead Welles, Co-Founder, Chairman and Treasurer of A Leg To Stand On ("ALTSO"). ALTSO is a non-profit organization providing free orthopedic care including prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices, mobility aids, corrective surgery and rehabilitative care to children in the developing world. Its mission is to offer children who have lost their limbs in traumatic accidents or suffer from congenital disabilities the physical capabilities to access the opportunities and self-esteem earned through education, work and mobility. ALTSO holds major fundraisers known as Rocktoberfests where financial professionals have an opportunity to perform in front of their peers. Learn more at www.ALTSO.org. 

HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST: Jeremie Bacon, CEO, Imagineer Technology Group Provide our listeners with an overview of your background in the financial technology space. What is Imagineer Technology Group? Tell us about your 3 different product offerings. What is Clienteer Web? Do you notice any unique challenges within your different niches (hedge funds, venture funds, private equity) or are they effectively the same from a software design point of view? When a fund reaches out to you, what is the #1 thing that they are looking for? Marketing? IR Documentation? What is the big driver? Do you notice any particular unique needs for the institutional players in the derivatives space vs. traditional equities? They say the fund management software industry is booming. Why is that? What is driving that growth? What can we do to grow the alts pie and get more funds into alts? What are you seeing in the institutions and crypto markets? What is the latest with the Illinois Technology Assoc

Exploring Crypto Regulation With The Crypto Mom HOST: MARK LONGO, THE OPTIONS INSIDER MEDIA GROUP GUEST: Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner How do you feel about the markets dubbing you the "Crypto Mom." What will it will take for the SEC to approve a bitcoin ETF? Do you think we need the ETF to finally bring the crypto markets in the US into the mainstream? Many of our guests are worried that the US is starting to fall behind the rest of the world from a crypto regulatory perspective. Do you share that concern? What are your thoughts on the current bitcoin futures market?  Do we need approval levels for ETPs similar to the approval levels for options? Will we ever see an inverse volatility product again or are those days behind us? And much more...

Options Insider Radio Interviews: Exploring Predictive Alt Data With Exegy Guest: David Taylor, CTO of Exegy (www.exegy.com) Mark and David discuss: What is Exegy? What are the latest developments in the alternative data market? Can you actually use enhanced data feeds to make sub-second predictions on a stock? What are the challenges in providing enhanced data and analytics for options traders? Is the Race to Zero dead? Update on the status of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) And much more...

  Talking Volatility, Liquidity, Algos and TCA With FlexTradeOur guest today is Rob Brogan, VP of Equity Options at Flextrade. Mark and Rob discuss: What is Flextrade? Is Flextrade flexing its muscles in the TCA space? How do you determine the best order routing for options based on liquidity? Breaking into options backtesting. Does the increasing options fragmentation lead to more opportunities for algos? How did the market turbulence of 2018 impact the options technology market? And much more...  

Our guest today is Chen Fang, Co-Founder & CEO of Lumina. Mark and Chen discuss: - What is Lumina? - How is Lumina bridging the gap between the traditional financial market and the exploding crypto markets? - Are VC firms still interested in funding crypto startups these days? - How do you sift through the mountains of data to find the true cost basis of your trades? - Why is so much of the crypto space still running on Excel spreadsheets? - Is cyber security the chief concern for any new crypto-oriented startup? - Why are there still so many problems with the data sources in the crypto market? - And much more...