IBKR Podcasts

When he saw the name TipperX beneath CNBC’s scrolling headlines, Tom phoned his contact at the FBI. “Am I TipperX? Is that me on CNBC right now?” This episode is told through the eyes of former hedge fund trader and FBI informant turned advocate, Tom Hardin AKA TipperX.

For January 2024’s IBKR Economic Podcast, Andrew Wilkinson, Director of Education, hosts his colleagues Jose Torres, Senior Economist, Steve Sosnick, Chief Strategist, and Joe Burke, Head of Global Fixed Income Trading in a wide-ranging discussion about jobs, inflation and earnings.

CMT’s Tyler Wood joins Andrew Wilkinson to look at both the stock market and the market for stocks in 2023 and has wise words for 2024. Contact Info: TYLER WOOD, CMT tyler@cmtassociation.org Website: CMTAssociation.org Co-Host of Fill the Gap

Mandy Xu, Head of Derivatives Market Intelligence at Cboe, once again joins Steve Sosnick, IBKR’s Chief Strategist, for a wide-ranging discussion about volatility, options trading, and Cboe products that track market correlation and dispersion.  DISCLOSURE: OPTIONS TRADING Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Multiple leg strategies, including spreads, will incur multiple commission charges. For more information read the “Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options” also known as the options disclosure document (ODD) or visit ibkr.com/occ (Link to previous podcast with Mandy Xu: Might Correlation be the Key to Understanding VIX?) 

Those toasting with mimosas on New Year’s might want to consider the recent spike in prices – not so much from the Champagne – but from the orange juice!  Join us in this lively discussion about frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) futures with Sean McGovern, Vice President of Research at McAlinden Research Partners, as well as Jeff Praissman, IBKR’s Senior Trading Education Specialist, Cassidy Clement, IBKR’s Senior Manager of SEO and Content, and Steven Levine, IBKR’s Senior Market Analyst. Learn about what’s been driving costs higher for producers and consumers, alike, and how China has been helping to grow Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid Pulpy sales! All this and more, as our agricultural commodity series continues..

It ain’t what you say, but the way that you say it. Investors know with some certainty that companies will release earning four times each year. But the art is in the timing. Wall Street Horizon’s Head of Research Christine Short  discusses what happens when companies mess around with announcements dates, roadshows and even speakers as they unveil earnings, product announcements and, as Steve Sosnick explains, dividends.

Will McBride and Dmitry Pargamanik cofounders of Market Chameleon join IBKR’s Jeff Praissman to discuss the risks and benefits of early option exercises and assignments.

Will a “monetary bridge” be a long one?  Will it span troubled waters?  And will Chair Powell play Goldilocks or Grinch on Wednesday?  Andrew Wilkinson, IBKR’s director of education discusses these topics and more with Steve Sosnick, chief strategist, and Jose Torres, senior economist.

Michael Normyle – Nasdaq’s US Economist joins IBKR’s Jeff Praissman to discuss the slowing down of inflation the US is experiencing.

If consumer prices of certain pork products are declining, why are they not being piled onto more plates? Find out how higher interest rates, broader inflation, and global demand are impacting the performance of lean hog futures, producer costs, and shoppers’ meat selections, as Sean McGovern, vice president of research at McAlinden Research Partners, Jeff Praissman, IBKR’s senior trading education specialist, and IBKR senior market analyst Steven Levine explore the global economics of the pork industry and its influence on some of the world’s largest meat producers. Also, what can traders and investors learn about the role of foreign exchange on ADRs? And what in the world is ‘scrapple’? All this and more as our agricultural commodity series continues….