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Schaeffer’s Market Mashup

Schaeffer's Market Mashup: The VIX and Election Volatility

Schaeffer’s Market Mashup

Schaeffer’s Investment Research

Investing, Business

5.01K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Four days from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, Patrick sits down with Dave Kovtun, Institutional Sales and Options Specialist at Jane Street and Henry Schwartz, Head of Product Intelligence at Cboe Global Markets Dave, Henry, and Patrick talk what the options market is implying about the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election (7:45), scheduled volatility and unscheduled volatility (20:08), and what to expect once the election is over and we enter 2021 (27:40)

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0:00.0

And the All right.

0:15.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Schaefer's market mashup.

0:21.0

I am very excited for this week's episode.

0:26.2

Please welcome back head of product intelligence at Cebo Global Markets, Henry Schwartz,

0:31.6

and the new guy, David Kofton, institutional sales and

0:35.3

options specialist at Jane Street.

0:40.5

So to make it easier on listeners, how about we just have you guys introduce each other?

0:46.4

You know, feel free to do a little Alan Parsons project, introduction, and maybe gas up your guys heights athletic abilities let's see what you

0:56.5

guys got oh this this is a funny team builder okay so Dave Kofton is with us from Jane Street Group which is a one of the one of the most active

1:10.2

option and E. T. F. market makers on the street.

1:14.0

You might have to edit this and fix it.

1:16.0

Dave's been in the business for almost 45 years.

1:21.0

All right, maybe about 15 or 20 years, and notice the ins and outs on the trading and

1:30.0

the brokerage side.

1:32.0

And he's a really nice guy.

1:34.0

Wonderful sounds like a power forward.

1:37.0

Henry appreciate that nice intro.

1:40.0

1520 pretty good market been 22 years in the business as a trader and

1:46.0

institutional salesperson and did join Jane Street in the middle of 2018 and

1:51.2

across from me we've got Henry Schwartz been following his work for a

1:56.8

long time all the insights he shared with us through the business he built a

2:01.8

trade alert and it's been great.

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