Recent Publications & Interviews

"Backdating & Sarbanes-Oxley." Options Observer Column, Traders magazine, August 2006, pp. 36-38.

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"The Greeks & Volatility." Options Observer Column, Traders magazine, July 2006, pp. 36-38.

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"Flavius Aetius: The Last Roman." Military Heritage magazine, October 2006, pp.41-45, 72.

"The Story With Paper.." Options Observer Column, Traders magazine, June 2006, pp. 30-32.

"Options Industry Facing Penny Pilot Program. " Washington Watch, Traders magazine, June 2006, p. 12.

""Our Real Uncle Sam." Early American Life magazine, August 2006, p. 80.

"Whirling Derivatives: Options and Futures Blurring on the Edges." Options Observer Column, Traders magazine, May 2006, pp. 32-34.

"The Struggle for Transparency." Options Trader Column, Traders magazine, April 2006, pp. 46-47

"Options: A New Game in the Electronic Era." Stocks, Futures & Options Magazine, April 2006, pp. 34-38

"What's in a Word?" Lakeland Boating magazine, April 2006, p. 21.

"The True History of Vlad the Impaler." Soldiers column, Military Heritage magazine, April 2006, pp. 8-13.

"The Looming Battle Over Dividend Trades." Options Trader Column, Traders magazine, March 2006, pp. 46-47

"What's in a Word?" Lakeland Boating magazine, March 2006, p. 24.

"Buying a Young Index: A New Wrinkle in an Old Strategy." Options Trader column, Traders magazine, February 2006, pp. 46-47.

"Blood in the Sand - The Rise & Fall of the Assassins." Military Heritage magazine, February 2006, pp. 54-59.

"Navigating the Future: The GPS Revolution." Elks Magazine, February 2006, pp. 36-41.

"The Great Options Debate." Options Trader column, Traders magazine, January 2006, pp. 46-47.

"The Money is in Volume." Securities Week, 1/02/06, Volume 32, No. 53, pp. 6-7.

"The PHLX Gains Ground with Preferenced Trading." Securities Week, 1/02/06, Volume 32, No. 53, pp. 1-5.

"Short-Term Options Enter the Game." Securities Week, 12/26/05, Volume 32, No. 52, pp. 1-4.

"Debunking the Great Wall of China." After Dark magazine, December 2005.

"CBOE Changes DPM Rules." Securities Week, 12/19/05, Volume 32, No. 51, pp. 8-9.

"The Penny Debate Continues in Options." Industry Watch, Traders magazine, December 2006.

"Single Stock Futures Continue Battle for Volume." Securities Week, 12/19/05, Volume 32, No. 51, pp. 1-7.

"The Make-or-Break Point for Equity Traders." Options Trader column, Traders magazine, December 2006, pp. 34-36

"Liquidity Crisis Looms in Options Trading Business." Securities Week, 12/12/05, Volume 32, No. 50, pp.1-7.

"Wall Street's Fascination with the Derivatives Business Grows." Securities Week, 12/05/05, Volume 32, No. 49, p. 8.

"Derivatives Industry Continues to Struggle Over Lack of Consensus in Regulation." Securities Week, 12/05/05, Volume 32, No. 49, p. 4.

"Average Investors are the Last to Cash in on the Booming Options Businesss." Securities Week, 11/28/05, Volume 32, No. 48, p. 4.

"Writing Off the Tax Man." - Options Trader column, Traders magazine, November 2005.
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"The Battle Over Penny Pricing." Securities Week, 11/21/05, Volume 32, No. 47, p. 1.

"Exchange Leaders Add Color to the FIA." Securities Week, 11/14/05, Volume 32, No. 46, p. 4.

"Refco's Collapse & Aftermath." Securities Week, 11/14/05, Volume 32, No. 46, p. 1.

"Has it Come to This - Preferenced Trading and the Future of the Options Industry." - Options Trader column, Traders magazine, October 2005.

"Secret Weapon of the Revolution." Muzzle Blasts magazine, October 2005.

"A Conversation with Tony Saliba." - Traders magazine, September 2005.
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"The Viking Tower." - Scottish Islands Explorer Magazine, Volume 6, Issue #5, September/October 2005.
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"Wanna Bet? Hedging for Dummies." Interviewed by Grace Wong for CNN Money, August 2005.

"The Options Business Ain't What it Used to Be." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, August 2005, pp. 34-36
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"Sam I Am: How a New York Butcher Became America's Most Famous Face." Mental Floss magazine, Underground Education column, July/August 2005, p. 26.

"Options Industry Growth Continues to Set New Records Month After Month." Interviewed by Sarah Rudolph for Securities Week, Vol. 32, No. 28, p. 7.

"It's Time for the SEC to Go." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, July 2005, pp. 34-36.

"Hedge Funds Invade the Options Business." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, June 2005, pp. 34-36.
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"To the Shores of Tripoli." Military Heritage magazine, June 2005. pp. 40-49.

"Is there a Future in Disasters?" Options Trader column - Traders magazine, May 2005, pp. 34-36.
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"Back to the Stock Futures." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, April 2005, pp. 34-36.
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"Seduced by Index Options." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, March 2005. pp. 36-38.
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"On Top of the Options Craze." Cover Story - Traders magazine, February 2005. pp. 24-34.

“The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea: How Naval History Shaped the English Language – Part 2.” Sea Power magazine, March 2005.
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"Discount or Deception: The Battle Over Payment for Order Flow." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, February 2005. pp. 56-62.
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"Ready for Demutualization." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, January 2005, pp. 36-38.
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“Girls Just Want to Have Huns: The Scheming Princess Behind the Fall of the Roman Empire.” Mental Floss magazine, Jan/Feb 2005, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pg. 65.

"Raising Hell in Chicago." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, December 2004, pp. 38-40.
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"The Fear Exchange." Traders' UK and Traders' Germany, December 2004, pp. 18-19.

"The Mysterious Origins of Uncle Sam." Mysteries magazine, Vol. 2, Issue #7, pp. 48-50.

"How to Make Money on Volatility." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, November 2004, pp. 32-34.
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"Trading Out of the Dark Ages." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, October 2004, pp. 32-34.
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"Accountants on Crusade." Templar History magazine, Issue #10, Vol. 3, No. 2.

"Crossing Trades." Traders' UK and Traders' Germany, Sep-Oct. 2004, Vol. 2, Issues 9-10.

"Hedging Bets for the Bear." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, September 2004, pp. 32-34.
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"The War Over Trade Crossing." Options Trader column - Traders magazine, August 2004, pp. 32-34.
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“The Black Death Revisited.” Renaissance magazine, Vol. 9, #38, pp. 47-52.

“The Nautical Roots of Ten Common Phrases.” Mental Floss magazine, July/August 2004, pp. 66-67.

“The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea: How Naval History Helped Shape the English Language – Part 1.” Sea Power magazine, March 2004, Volume 48, p. 45.

“Equity Pros Join the Club: The Days of Trading Exclusively in One Asset Class Are History.” Options Trader Column - Traders magazine, June 2004, pg. 28.
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“Product Profile: Futures on the VIX.” – Interviewed by Nina Mehta for Futures Industry magazine, March/April 2004.

“The Rhode Island Tower.” Ancient American magazine, January 2004, Vol. 8, Number 54, pp. 21-23.

“Trading with the Devil: The Intricacies and Dangers of Options Trading.” AskMen.com, article published in Power & Money segment from 10/31/03– 2/31/04.

“CBOE Trading Volume is Misleading.” Chicago Sun-Times, May 6, 2003.