Articles and Updates
April 2025

Introducing Ask Us (Almost) Anything - OIC Office Hours

The Options Industry Council (OIC) is excited to introduce Ask Us (Almost) Anything - OIC Office Hours! This initiative is an extension of our monthly webinar program and provides a dedicated forum for you to ask your options-related questions. Do you have lingering questions on topics covered during previous webinars? Need clarity on fundamental concepts or the mechanics of an optionss position? If so, these live and engaging Q&A sessions are for you! 
Each month, you can expect two, thirty-minute Office Hours sessions led by OIC Instructors with years of options industry experience. 
 

Meet OIC Instructors  

Mark Benzaquen

Mark began his career in options with Stafford Trading, LLC in 1997 before transitioning to brokerage operations with MF Global in 2000. For more than a decade, Mark was the Lead Broker for his firm in the NDX/RUT trading pit, gaining special insight into customer order flow and trade execution. 
 

Mat Cashman

Mat is a Financial Services professional with 20 years of experience trading in all segments of the Derivatives market. He started his career on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange in 2000 and has since traded multiple asset classes across a wide array of exchanges including the CME, CBOT, and the Eurex Exchange.  
 

Roma Colwell

Roma has more than 27 years in the securities industry, 18 of which were spent as a floor broker, market maker, specialist and risk manager in both San Francisco and Chicago. 

Ken Keating

Ken began his 25-year trading career at Group One Trading in 1993 on the floor of the PSE (Pacific Coast Stock Exchange) and later transitioned to the floor of the CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange). He has held positions as a floor market maker, floor specialist, risk manager, and off floor prop-trader.  
 

Read more about OIC Instructors 

OIC provides information and education on options and supports all products traded on all OCC participant exchanges, but please note that we do not offer investment advice and may not be able to discuss certain topics.