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 Association?
• And much more...

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...