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Trading Tech Talk 51: Making Options Less Scary Through Tech

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CTO Interview: Today, Mark and Henry are joined by Karan Sood,

CEO of Vest Financial. He discusses:

  • An overview of your background in the financial technology
    • space
  • What is Vest?
  • Who is the Vest target consumer?
  • Can users choose between custom portfolio overlays and
    • pre-designed protection packages?
  • Are these algorithmically generated or designed by humans
    • behind the scenes?
  • Does Vest charge commissions or is there an annual fee?
  • How does this platform differ from TradeLegs?
  • How did Vest become involved with the CBOE?
  • Vest also launched some targeted “buffer indexes” with the
    • CBOE, tell us about those.

    Hot Topics in Tech: IEX asks for SEC exchange approval on merits

    of its application - IEX on Monday urged regulators to give the
    green light to its application to become a fully-fledged exchange
    outside of a broader debate that its plan has sparked about stock
    trading rules. CME calls time on New York open outcry options floor
    - The move follows the closure last year of its open outcry futures
    pits in Chicago and New York.

    The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

    • Question from JCrow - Refresh my memory. Why the heck can they
      • not update OI more often than once a day? Is it a technical problem
      or something else?
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