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...

Talking Crypto Algos with AlgoTraderOur guest today is Andy Flury, Founder and CEO of AlgoTrader. Mark and Andy discuss:

• What is AlgoTrader?
• What is happening on the algo front in crypto?
• Are we seeing the same degree of algo penetration in the crypto market that we see in equities or options?
• What types of algos are popular in the crypto market?
• And much more...

GUEST: ED SZADO - Associate Professor of Finance at the Providence College School of Business.

Prof. Ed discusses his study Endowment Risk Management and Return Enhancement with Listed Index and ETF Options with Mark.

• He explains his findings to our listeners.
• Were there any surprises that he learned in doing the study?
• What takeaways does he have from the study?