Industry Conversations: OIC Instructors Roma Colwell and Ed Modla x GAME Forum

Roma Colwell and Ed Modla took a bite out of the Big Apple on March 19 and 20, attending the GAME Forum presented by Quinnipiac University in New York City. The Global Asset Management Education (GAME) Forum is one of the premier student-focused finance conferences in the country, bringing together undergraduate and graduate students with industry professionals for two days of networking, panels, and educational programming.

Throughout the event, Colwell and Modla connected with students at the OIC booth, discussing options education and the university outreach program OIC offers to help the next generation of investors build foundational knowledge of the options markets.
 

Ed Modla said "The GAME Forum was a truly meaningful experience for OIC. The depth of knowledge and genuinely inquisitive minds these students brought at such an early stage of their careers was impressive and that's exactly why being present in rooms like this matters to our mission. These students are the future of our industry, and conversations like these are how that future gets built."

On Friday, Colwell and Modla delivered a live presentation titled Breaking the Code, designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of options trading. The session covered the role of OCC in the options market, core option strategies including buying calls and puts, covered calls, and cash-secured puts, and an introduction to options pricing and implied volatility. The presentation concluded with a segment addressing common misconceptions about options, helping students separate fact from fiction as they begin exploring the asset class.
 

"We had an incredible turnout at our breakout session with around 200 students who participated and an astounding 80% of them have already been actively trading options. That kind of real-world engagement is exactly what the Quinnipiac Game Forum is all about." Roma Colwell recounted.

OIC's university outreach program is designed to partner with finance classes, derivatives classes, and finance clubs to bring unbiased, professional options education directly to students across the country. If you missed Ed and Roma in New York City and are interested in bringing OIC to your campus, reach out to [email protected] to discuss partnership opportunities.