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April 2025
Introducing Ask Us (Almost) Anything - OIC Office Hours

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 BenzaquenMark 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. |
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Mat CashmanMat 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. |
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Roma ColwellRoma 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. |
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Ken KeatingKen 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. |
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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.