Nov 27, 2017
In this episode, Mark is joined by David Hait, founder of OptionMetrics, LLC.
They discuss:
- Is VIX irrelevant? The Pros and Cons of VIX, the Market's Fear Gauge
- Are the answers lurking in the VIX futures term structure?
- What would an ideal VIX look like?
- Single name volatility products?
- Skew analysis and...
Nov 24, 2017
In this episode, Mark is joined by Craig Fuller, CEO of TransRisk and Paul Cusenza, Chairman and CEO of the Nodal Exchange.
They discuss:
- Their backgrounds and how they came to finance
- What is TransRisk? What is the Nodal Exchange?
- How do they work together?
- What are trucking freight futures?
- Similarities to the energy...
Nov 16, 2017
In this episode, Mark is joined by Ian Rosen, CEO of StockTwits.
They discuss:
- Ian's history in the financial services industry
- What is Stocktober Fest?
- What's new from StockTwits?
- Demographics of StockTwits users
- Flattening the onramp to investing
- What percentage of users are active options traders?
- How many people...
Nov 6, 2017
In this episode, Mark is joined by Mark Casey, President and CEO of Apcela.
They discuss:
- Mark's backgound in the financial services space
- What is Apcela?
- What sets Apcela's trading platform apart?
- The race to zero
- Cloud adoption, or lack thereof
- Improving the adoption of public cloud technologies
- The market data...
Nov 6, 2017
In this episode, Mark is joined by Jim Shinn, Predata's co-founder and CEO.
They discuss:
- Jim's background
- Using big data to predict behavior
- The political VIX: PVIX
- Bitcoin, AI, and the future of fintech
- How do they analyze social media to predict behavior?
- Monitoring metadata from conversations
- How do they work with...