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Options Insider Radio Interviews


Options Insider Radio is the longest-running options podcast and the flagship program on the Options Insider Radio Network. Options Insider Radio features unique and compelling interviews with the thought leaders, icons, radicals, movers and shakers that shape the options market. Whether you are an options professional looking for insightul discussion about your industry, or an active retail trader who wants a glimpse behind the scenes, this is the program for you.

Aug 25, 2014

In this episode, Mark is joined by Steve Crutchfield, Head of U.S. Options at NYSE.

They discuss:

  • The integration with ICE from an options perspective
  • ICE Chat: message-based order tickets and execution
  • Fragmentation of liquidity in the options space
  • Penny pilot program: is it time to retire it?
  • Technological failures: are they related to fragmentation?
  • When do the benefits outweigh the risks for adding new trading venues
  • The little-discussed aspects of Flash Boys
  • The reasons mini options are failing