Options Insider Radio Interviews

Options Insider Radio: Talking Vega Blocks, Complex Spreads and Delta Hedges with Flextrade In this episode, Mark is joined by Rob Brougan, Vice President of option sales at FlexTrade. They discuss: What FlexTrade does, and who their clients are Their volatility-oriented products How customers are using their vol products Rob’s reaction to Flash Boys Mini options and the lack of adoption What’s on Rob’s radar? And more

Options Insider Radio: Talking Spreads, Cancel Fees, and the Death of Minis with ISE In this episode, Mark is joined by Gary Katz, CEO of ISE. They discuss: The addition of Gemini to the ISE family The unintended consequences of market expansion What happens when technology fails? Technology’s impact on spread orders Flash Boys The history of payment for order flow Mini options And more…

Options Insider Radio: The Secretive World of Options Symbology In this episode, Mark is joined by Lee Clifford, Owner & President of Symbol Master, and Mark Woolfenden, Managing Director of FOW Trade Data. They discuss: What is Symbol Master and FOW Trade Data? How they create a clean data feed Who are their clients? Determining the impact of corporate actions on symbology Multiple exchanges, OPRA feed, and futures symbols Technology failures And more…

Options Insider Radio: Talking Tools, Tech and Idea Generation with Tradelegs In this episode, Mark is joined by Gideon Agar, the CEO of Tradelegs. They discuss: Tradelegs background Who uses Tradelegs Idea generation Trading tools Their work with CBOE The demystification of options And more…

Options Insider Radio: Tables Are Turned on Brian Overby In this episode, the host becomes the guest as Mark is joined by Brian Overby, host of Options Playbook Radio, who also happens to be Trade King’s Senior Options Analyst. They discuss: The Zecco merger Fostering the Trade King community Brian’s take on Flash Boys Failure of mini options to take off Fragmentation of liquidity And more...

Options Insider Radio: Talking Jumbos, Minis and HFT with BOX In this episode, Mark is joined by by Ed Boyle, Executive Vice President of Strategy at the BOX Exchange. They discuss: Technology updates at BOX Consequences of the fragmentation of the market Jumbo SPY Minis reducing efficiency And more…

Options Insider Radio: More Flash Boys, Market Fairness, and the Nth Exchange with Tony Saliba In this episode, Mark is joined by Tony Saliba, Executive Managing Director of ConvergEx Group and CEO of Liquidpoint. They discuss: More Flash Boys Financial interests in options markets The Nth Exchange and more...

Options Insider Radio: Talking Pennies, Payment and Flash Boys with Tony Saliba In this episode, Mark is joined by Tony Saliba, Executive Managing Director of ConvergEx Group and CEO of Liquidpoint. They discuss: Their algorithm which optimizes where complex orders are sent Exchanges, spread books, and fragmentations Should exchanges be required to provide kill switches? Getting rid of penny-wide spreads Tony’s opinion on Flash Boys

OIC 2014: A Deep Dive into the State of the Industry with Andy Nybo Mark is joined by Andy Nybo, Head of Derivatives Research at TABB Group. They discuss: The use of U.S. listed options by European investors Growing demand for ETF options The insatiable appetite for VIX The state of the industry, including rising volumes, muted uptick in vol, and mini options Pending AAPL split Market structure And more…

Options Insider Radio: Talking Cool Tech, Failed Products and Flash Boys with TD Ameritrade In this episode, Mark is joined by Paul Jiganti, Managing Director of Market Structure and Client Advocacy at TD Ameritrade. They discuss: TD tools for buy-writes TD and TOS becoming the platform of choice for investors Tools for advisors The double-edged sword of fragmentation Retail customers aren’t concerned about market structure The criticisms from Flash Boys The idea of a retail-only exchange Failed retail-oriented products And more…