Trading Tech Talk

CTO Interview: Today we feature special guest co-host Peter Maragos, CEO, Dash Financial. Catching up with Dash: Hot Topics in Tech: Smart Routers The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

Mark is joined by co-host Matt Amberson, Principal at Option Research & Technology Services (ORATS). CTO Interview: Our guest today is Michael Mescher, Founder of Gammon Capital. He discusses: The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

Today we have special guest co-host Rob Brogan from Flextrade. Hot Topics in Tech: What's going on in fintech? NYSE wins approval for 'speed bump' in tradingBloomberg is taking a shot at the New York Stock Exchange (again)Exchanges becoming tech firmsMachine learning is transforming investment strategies for asset managers

CTO Interview Featuring Jesper Alfredsson, President Americas at Itiviti. He discusses: Hot Topics in Tech: The tough new cybersecurity rules in New YorkRisk managers under pressure to cut down on post-crisis spendingHedge funds adopt novel methods to hunt down new tech talent

CTO Interview with Jack Schwager: Author extraordinaire and now co-founder of Fund Seeder. Mr. Schwager is the author of Market Wizards, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets: Fundamental Analysis, Trading Spreads and Options (and the second edition just hit store shelves!) He discusses: Hot Topics in Tech: What is on our radar from a tech perspective?

Hot Topics in Tech. Today we are featuring Alexander Lamb, Head of Business Development at The Technancial Company. Alex was previously a guest in March 2016. (You can access that episode here.) The Inbox: In which the listeners take control

CTO Interview: Today we are featuring Howard Lindzon, Founder of StockTwits, and Founder of Wallstrip. He discusses: Register today for Stocktoberfest Hot Topics in Tech: IEX finally approved putting a 350 millisecond speed bump in place. Only two stocks will be available to trade on the opening day on Friday with another eight securities will start trading on IEX August 24 - August 29, IEX will begin listing a much wider universe, including all NYSE and Nasdaq-listed stocks. Renaissance Technologies hopes to use physics to battle Wall Street speed demons. Their plan involves algorithms, servers and the worlds most accurate timekeeper currently used for GPS satellites and deep space exploration, the atomic clock.

CTO Interview: Today we are featuring Jason Pang, CEO of Sparkfin. He discusses: Sparkfin The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

CTO Interview: Today Mark and Henry are joined by Ryan Hansen, President of the new futures brokerage, Tradovate. They discuss: tradovate.com/trial Hot Topics in Tech: What is happening in trading technology?

Hot Topics in Tech: SEC says cyber security biggest risk to financial system. Fed should better safeguard economic data, internal watchdog says. A new trading floor in 2016? The options market turns to old tactic. CME upgrade soothes critics who viewed prior system as unfair. Nasdaq to unleash the machines on insider traders through Smarts investment. Why the SEC should just say "no" to IEX. Can a $24 Billion hedge fund blow the whistle? Citadel thinks so. Blockchain Roundup: Inside the secret meeting where Wall Street tested digital cash. DTCC holds a blockchain conference. Microsoft Azure partners with R3 blockchain consortium. Red Hat announced the Open Shift Blockchain Initiative. CME Group bites on bitcoin, will now publish daily price. The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

Live (to tape) at OIC 2016, Mark and Henry are joined by: They discuss:

Hot Topics in Tech: Henry is a hot topic! At least, he presented hot topics at the OIC Conference. Growth lately has been in ETF and index options, with equity options lagging. So many new additions, from expirations to exchanges, have exploded the amount of data. More exchanges? If you build it, will they come? Updates on the institutional and market maker spaces. The illusion of price improvement. Auctions? The deathknell of the options market, or necessary evil? 3x growth in five years for products. Should this growth be trimmed? More trading floors. Physical floors. Indian patent act. Milestones in fintech, going back to the 1800's. The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

CTO Interview: Today, Mark and Henry are joined by Karan Sood, CEO of Vest Financial. He discusses: 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

Hot Topics in Tech: Today we are joined by guest co-host, Mark Melin from ValueWalk The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

CTO Interview: Today we are joined by Paul Giedraitis, Principal at Neurensic. They discuss: Hot Topics in Tech: What is going on in financial technology? CFTC signals retreat over 'source code' repository. SEC brings new charges over global press release hacking scheme. Robots are reading trader chats to stop the next wave of bank fines. Do not give away the store when enabling APIs.

CTO Interview: In this segment, Mark and Henry are joined by Alexander Lamb, head of Business Development at the Technancial Company. They discuss: The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

Trading Tech Talk 47: Blowing the Whistle on HFT CTO Interview: Today we are joined by Haim Bodek, Managing Principal of Decimus Capital Markets, LLC. Haim founded Trading Machines and is featured in the book Dark Pools. Featured article: Hot Topics: What is buzzing

Hot Topics in Tech: CFTC too broke to properly police flash traders, Massad says -The top U.S. derivatives regulator said his agency needs more money to keep up with the Flash Boys. Cattlemen vs CME - Round 2. Cattlemen asked for numerous changes. IEX battle heats up - Citadel has been one of the most vehement objectors to IEX, and has filed three public letters and held three meetings with SEC officials to lobby against the application. Aquis Exchange to ban predatory high-speed trading - A start-up European share trading venue is aiming to reboot its fortunes by banning aggressive high-speed trading from its platform. High-frequency trader warns of potential market "catastrophe" - The head of one of the biggest high-frequency trading companies has warned that there are several faultlines in the structure of increasingly electronic, automated financial markets that could lead to a “catastrophe” in the long run. Blockchain Update: IBM Director declares 'We’re all in on Blockchain" - John Wolpert gave a keynote speech covering the deficiencies in the approaches being taken by today’s blockchain developers and why he believes a more collaborative approach is needed to bring the tech to market. Bitcoin outage - NADEX detailed a halt in trading of its daily and weekly bitcoin binary contracts, based on the so called unavailability of the price index that underlies the contracts. The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

CTO Interview: Today we are joined by Eric Scharf, Director of Marketing, EOX Live. They discuss: Hot Topics in Tech: Cattlemen vs. the CME. IEX exchange quest spurs a "Flash Boys" fight with Citadel. Blockchain update: Security concerns, more money for startups and question from clearing firms. The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

Hot Topics in Tech: The worst start to the year since forever. Unfavorable light shining on China, raising the debate on circuit breakers. NASDAQ uses blockchains in the first large-scale trade, or so they say. Symbiont disagrees. Will blockchains be the HFT of 2016? The tech opportunities created by the regulatory environment. What have SEFs done to the world of swaps? The Inbox: Listener questions and comments