In part 2 of this Options Discovery full interview, JLN’s Alex Teng continues the conversation with Mat Cashman, principal of investor education at OCC®, to discuss the relative value framework for analyzing volatility, advice for starting a career in options, and The Options Industry CouncilSM (OIC®) free online tools.
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MWE SHORT: Ben Van Vliet – The Nature of Competition
“You can’t tell Derrick Rose or LeBron James he’s not allowed to fake out an opponent.”
Ben Van Vliet, Assistant Professor and Associate Director at the Illinois Institute of Technology, discusses the nature of competition in the financial industry and the impact of deception in the markets.
MWE SHORT: Dr. Richard Sandor – The Building Blocks of the Financial Industry
“I think the future is new products; the same way we grew the business before.”
MWE SHORT: Carlos Saez – Illustrating Trading System Design and Planning for Failure
“There’s a tension between a desire to win and the things you need to do to manage your trading system.”
MWE SHORT: Dave Johnson – Past, Present and Futures
“People need to be educated and told what derivatives can do.”
MWE SHORT: Hugh Vyvyan – Transitions: Lessons on a career change
“You have to work incredibly hard to survive. That’s a fact of being a rugby player, and that’s a fact of life.”
MWE SHORT: David Krein – Career Planning in Today’s Financial Industry
“Ultimately your career objectives fit in with your life objectives. You may not yet know what those are, but time moves extremely quickly and, before long, you will be looking to make certain changes with respect to your life. Those decisions will impact your career.”
MWE SHORT: Charlotte Crosswell – Startups Aren’t Just Found in Garages
“When people are sitting there talking about you and criticizing you or doing something against you, that means they’re taking notice.”
MWE SHORT: Clive Furness – Commodities’ Oddities
“Commodities are now so much part of the infrastructure of the marketplace and the asset classes that buy side investors get involved with…that they are going to continue to look for those opportunities.”
MWE SHORT: Chris Ferreri – Market Structure, Regulations and Tying it All Together
“I want you to think differently, all the time, when thinking about things, and look for parallels, because parallels help you understand things. We often speak in stories because people understand stories.”
MWE SHORT: Boris Ilyevsky – Growing Up with Options
“Your first impressions matter quite a bit, and perception is reality.”
MWE SHORT: Julie Armstrong – It’s All About the Reach
“You don’t have to [meet] every credential and be an ‘A’ on all of it to get to that next role. You just have to believe you can do it, and you need to make others believe you can do it.”
MWE SHORT: Richard Rosenblatt – Choose an Industry with a Future
“When your crystal ball gets foggy, your two greatest assets will be your humility and your flexibility.”
MWE SHORT: Chip Dempsey – Breaking Down Cryptocurrencies
“Personally, I see it as our industry undergoing a new technological reformation, and I think it’s as significant as moving from the trading pits to matching engines.”

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