This panel explores how new innovations – from AI and automation to regulatory changes – are reshaping trading behavior, risk management, and market structure.
Options Industry Conference
The Options Industry Conference (OIC) is an annual event that brings together leaders and professionals from the options industry for networking, education, and discussion. It’s a premier event where top management and trading professionals can connect, exchange ideas, and build relationships.Â
OIC 2025: Shaping the Future of Options Education
This panel dives into the latest developments in options education, highlighting the strategies, tools and platforms that are empowering the next generation of traders.
OIC 2025: Emerging Technology Panel
Cutting edge technologies are reshaping the landscape of options trading, enhancing decision-making processes and driving innovation in trading strategies. This panel explores how market participants leverage sophisticated modeling techniques to identify opportunities, optimize trade execution, and navigate the ethical challenges associated with increased reliance on automation in financial markets.
OIC 2025: Buyside Perspectives in Options Trading
This discussion focuses on the buyside’s view of the evolving options market, covering topics such as flexibility in trading strategies, the impact of new technologies, and how innovations in index and ETF products are influencing portfolio construction and risk management.
2025 OIC: The Rise of Defined Outcome ETFs – Opportunities and Impacts on Options and Futures Markets
This panel during the Options Industry Conference delves into how these ETFs use options to mitigate risk, their role in managing market volatility, and the ripple effects they are creating across the options and futures markets.
2025 OIC: The Evolution of Retail Options Trading: Navigating Change in a Dynamic Landscape
This session from the Options Industry Conference explores the implication of Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) on trading volumes and market liquidity, alongside the evolving landscape of risk management practices.
2025 Options Industry Conference – State of the Industry Panel
In an increasingly data-driven world, this panel during the Options Industry Conference will explore how market participants are leveraging big data, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to inform trading strategies, manage risk, and predict market trends.
2025 OIC: Fireside Chat with The Honorable Hester M. Peirce
Dan Busby, Chief Operating Officer, OCC leads a fireside chat with The Honorable Hester M. Peirce, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, during the Options Industry Conference.
2024 Options Industry Conference: Embedded Optionality: Shaping the Future of the Industry
Industry panelists will discuss exchange operations, the state of competition, the return of floor trading and resiliency for the next 50 years.



