Options Insider Radio Interviews

Options Insider Radio Interviews: The Dark Art of Real-Time Margin - Host: Mark S. Longo, Founder - The Options Insider Media Group - Guest: Alex Lamb, Global Head of Marketing -The Technancial Company On this episode Mark and Alex discuss: - The dark art of real-time margin - How did Technancial weather the storm of MIFID 2 as well as the current Brexit furor? - The importance of risk management in volatile markets. - And much more...

Options Insider Radio: Funding Quants With CloudQuant Host: Mark Longo, Founder & CEO - The Options Insider Media Group Guest: Morgan Slade, CEO & CIO - CloudQuant Mark and Morgan discuss: What the heck is CloudQuant? Who should use it? What separates CloudQuant from the other competitors in the crowded online quant marketplace? How much capital has CloudQuant invested in new strategies? How you can get your strategy funded by CloudQuant. And much more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Evan Schnidman, Founder and CEO of Prattle. They discuss: The Prattle origin story Real-time sentiment analysis Why social analysis is insufficient Causal language over causal relationships Who are the intended users? Sentiment alerts What did Prattle say about the recent Fed meeting? Any surprising take-aways from their analysis? Predictions for 2019? Is there a Prattle platform for retail traders? And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Jared Broad, Founder and CEO of QuantConnect. They discuss: What is QuantConnect? Who is using the platform? What are the most popular markets/products with QuantConnect users? The move from Brooklyn to Seattle What are Alpha Streams? What is the Algorithm Framework? The LEAN platform And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Thomas McInerney, Chief Product Officer at Open Finance Network. They discuss: Focusing on a subset of tokenized securities Tokenizing illiquid securities Blockchain transfer of tokens What is Open Finance? Who are early users of the platform? What else do they offer? Getting liquidity providers on board Regulatory worries And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Eric Metz, CIO of SpiderRock Advisors. They discuss: What is SpiderRock? What types of overlays do they trade? Automating SMAs for advisors How do they prefer to pay for puts? Have the recent volatility levels impacted the AUM? What is the near-term volatility outlook? What do customers want these days? What dis the adoption rate of options for advisors? And more....

In this episode, Mark is joined by Bernie Schwartz, the Trading Technologies Options Product Manager. They discuss: Options functionality at TT TT's enhanced strategy creation capabilities How easy is it to execute delta-neutral trade? What's TT's secret sauce? The TradeStation partnership Any other partnerships? Cryptocurrency options New listings Crypto selloff and impact on interest And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Mark Woolfenden, Managing Director at Euromoney TRADEDATA. They discuss: What is Euromoney TRADEDATA? What is MIFID 2? Doing the heavy lifting with regulators Dealing with the evolution of Dodd-Frank What about Brexit? What else is happening at Euromoney TRADEDATA? Has an API offering opened more doors? And more  

In this episode, Mark is joined by Brian Kelly, Portfolio Manager, BKC ETF and BKCM Digital Assets Fund They discuss: How did he become interested in crypto and blockchain BKC ETF - a blockchain ETF Not holding the underlying in the fund What's the secret sauce to this portfolio allocation? The relationship with REX Shares How has the response been? Can blockchain be more impactful than the internet? Volume and interest to-date Volatility and portfolio performance To correlate or not correlate? Will there be options? And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Shelly Brown, Executive of Vice President of MIAX, and Simon Ho, CEO of T3 Index. They discuss: What is T3? The Spikes Index Multi-listed SPY options How does it compare with VIX movement? Removing the abstraction between the index and the derivatives Does it include skew? Taking steps to avoid allegations of price manipulation When will they start trading? Getting regulatory approval Market maker response The T3-MIAX partnership The MIAX-OIC advisor education conference

In this episode, Mark is joined by Ian Grieves, Head of Product at ErisX. They discuss: Ian's background in financial services What is ErisX? Licensing swap futures to CME Getting investors on board What sets ErisX apart? What underlying will be delivered? Why is physical delivery important? The benefit of having a spot market in the same platform Getting institutional investors on board Working with different liquidity providers Will there be options? And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Josh Greenwald, CEO of LXDX. They discuss: What is LXDX? What makes LXDX different? Making crypto more palatable to institutional investors What is the goal of attending FIA? Crypto finding traction in Chicago What will LXDX offer at launch? What's the difference between the LXDX and CME methodologies? How can they put out so many trades per second? Routing orders away How has the response been? Thoughts on wash trading And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Eric Cott, Director of Financial Advisor Education at OIC. They discuss: What's happening at OIC for financial advisors? What has been the response to the uptick in volatility? Supporting advisors to support clients Alternative investments Online strategy course Working with MIAX Updates to the website Studies to look for And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Henry Schwartz from Trade Alert and What's Trading They discuss: What brings him to the FIA Conference Interesting trends in vendor presence What's going on in the market? What are people looking for these days? What are popular strategies right now? What new bells or whistles have they added? Plans for crypto? Linking to CME or ICE platforms? Will 2018 be a record-breaking year? And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Marie Swift and Mike Avila. They discuss: The upcoming Advisor Thought Leader Summit The celebrity platform day on November 9 Who should attend? How to build a brand And more

In this episode, Mark is joined by Mike Avila and Michael Flores. They discuss: Working in documentary film making What is making documentaries so hot these days? Why invest in a documentary? The power of three Exploring the Chicago trading scene as a documentary topic Why Chicago? How to participate? And more...  

In this episode, Mark is joined by Dave Weisberger, Co-Founder / CEO at CoinRoutes They discuss: What is CoinRoutes? Taking steps to bring crypto to institutional investors Crypto NBBO? Bid/ask spreads versus fees Dearth of data Does CoinRoutes have the secret sauce? Do they facilitate relationships between clients and exchanges? Regulation Being an early adopter of technology And more...

In this episode, Mark is joined by Cathy Clay, Global Head of Information Solutions at Cboe. They discuss: Speaking to equities traders from an options perspective Implementing CAT (consolidated audit trail) in the options space Have we reached the point where technology is sufficient to handle options data? Quote mitigation is an inefficiency problem, not a data problem Improvements to LiveVol Cboe DataShop Thoughts on crypto And more...