Confirmed Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Visit www.theocc.com
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms.

Contact
Michael Shore
mshore@theocc.com
Visit www.cboe.com/
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE) provides cutting-edge trading and investment solutions to market participants around the world. The company is committed to defining markets through product innovation, leading edge technology and seamless trading solutions.

The company offers trading across a diverse range of products in multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures, U.S., Canadian and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), global foreign exchange (FX) and volatility products based on the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX Index), recognized as the world’s premier gauge of U.S. equity market volatility.

The company is headquartered in Chicago with a network of domestic and global offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia, including main hubs in New York, London, Kansas City and Amsterdam.

Contact
Arianne Criqui
acriqui@cboe.com
Visit boxoptions.com/
BOX Options provides an efficient and transparent marketplace, cutting edge technology and best price filtering for customer order execution. BOX Options offers distinctive features such as the Price Improvement Period (PIP) auction, Complex Order Book, Solicitation , Facilitation and Open Outcry on approximately 3,400 different securities. BOX Options has an ultra-low latency trading engine with matching based on price-time priority.

Contact
Patty Schuler
PSchuler@boxoptions.com
Visit www.MIAXOptions.com
MIAX’s parent holding company, Miami International Holdings, Inc., owns Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (MIAX®), MIAX PEARL, LLC (MIAX Pearl®), MIAX Emerald, LLC (MIAX Emerald®), Minneapolis Grain Exchange, LLC, and Bermuda Stock Exchange. MIAX, MIAX Pearl and MIAX Emerald are national securities exchanges registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that provide U.S. listed options trading to their member firms. MIAX serves as the exclusive exchange venue for cash-settled options on the SPIKES® Volatility Index, a measure of the expected 30-day volatility in the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF. In addition to options, MIAX Pearl facilitates the trading of cash equities through MIAX Pearl Equities™.

MIAX’s executive offices and National Operations Center are located in Princeton, NJ, with additional offices located in Miami, FL, Minneapolis, MN, and Hamilton, Bermuda.

Contact
Andy Nybo
anybo@miaxoptions.com
Visit www.nasdaq.com
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a Fortune 500 global technology company serving the capital markets and other industries. Our diverse offering of data, analytics, software and services enables clients to optimize and execute their business vision with confidence. To learn more about the company, technology solutions and career opportunities, visit us on LinkedIn, on Twitter @Nasdaq, or at www.nasdaq.com.

The business services offered by Nasdaq, Inc., represent a diversified portfolio of corporate, trading, technology, and information solutions that fuel capital markets and drive productivity. Our core businesses are:
- Market Technology
- Investment Intelligence
- Corporate Platforms
- North American Markets
- European Market Services
Contact
U.S. Options
Sales@nasdaq.com

Gold Sponsors

Visit www.dashfinancial.com.
Launched in 2011, DASH Financial Technologies is the industry’s leading capital markets technology and execution provider. DASH’s philosophy is simple: with technology, clients should be empowered to craft, analyze and refine bespoke solutions calibrated to their precise performance goals. Using the award-winning DASH360 platform, clients receive full routing and cost transparency and a comprehensive suite of tools to visualize all aspects of their orders in real time. With this emphasis on technology, DASH has become the industry’s leading provider of wholly customizable and transparent trading solutions, routing approximately 16% of the daily OCC volume and an additional 25% touching its workflow and compliance tools. For more information go to www.DASHfinancial.com.

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Dash Concierge
concierge@dashfinancial.com

Silver Sponsors

Visit www.chicagotrading.com
Chicago Trading Company is a proprietary trading firm founded in 1995. Back then we did all our business on Chicago’s noisy exchanges. Today our teams work primarily in our own space - - a former trading floor that’s now a busy hive of collaboration where our traders, quants, technologist and operations teams work together to solve the toughest problems our markets have to offer. We hold each other to the highest standards – in our effort, our ingenuity, and our integrity.

Contact
Kate Vogus
Kate.Vogus@chicagotrading.com
Visit www.citadelsecurities.com/
Citadel Securities is a leading global market maker across a broad array of fixed income and equity products. Our unique set of capabilities and tools are designed to drive down the cost of transactions, helping to meet the liquidity needs of asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies, and public pension programs. We strive to provide the most efficient execution and the highest caliber of services, making markets more fair and accessible for all.

Contact
Troy Kane
troy.kane@citadelsecurities.com
Visit https://www.credit-suisse.com
Credit Suisse is one of the world's leading financial services providers. Our strategy builds on Credit Suisse's core strengths: its position as a leading wealth manager, its specialist investment banking capabilities and its strong presence in our home market of Switzerland. We seek to follow a balanced approach to wealth management, aiming to capitalize on both the large pool of wealth within mature markets as well as the significant growth in wealth in Asia Pacific and other emerging markets, while also serving key developed markets with an emphasis on Switzerland. Credit Suisse employs approximately 49,950 people. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York.

Contact
Pat Luongo
pat.luongo@credit-suisse.com
Visit www.imc.com/us/
IMC Trading is a technology-driven trading firm with offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, and Sydney. We develop innovative technology and algorithms to trade in all major asset classes on more than 80 trading venues globally.

Founded in 1989 in Amsterdam, IMC is an ambitious company built on an open, collaborative culture where great ideas thrive. Today, IMC employs more than 950 traders, technologists, and support staff across offices in Europe, the U.S., and the Asia Pacific.

Contact
Paul Jiganti
paul.jiganti@imc.com
Visit www.matrixexecutions.com
Matrix Executions, LLC, is an agency-only broker-dealer focused on best execution and trading workflow automation. A technology-driven firm, Matrix was founded by options innovators with decades of experience in cutting-edge execution solutions. With unique industry expertise and state-of-the-art assets, Matrix delivers exceptional technology and effective results to demanding institutional professionals. Matrix Executions is a subsidiary of Matrix Holding Group, LLC, and is headquartered in Chicago. Matrix is a member of all options exchanges.

Contact
Liza Serro
Liza.serro@matrixexecutions.com
Visit https://s3.com/

S3 is a full-service compliance and trade analytics software company that services many of the world’s largest financial institutions and exchanges. S3’s extensive suite of products offers best-in-class solutions for international regulatory reporting, trade surveillance, CAT, TCA, and best execution analytics across multiple asset classes.

Contact
Sarah Phillips
sphillips@s3.com
Visit www.sterlingtradingtech.com
Sterling Trading Tech (STT) is a leader in technology solutions for the equity, equity options, futures and digital asset trading markets.

STT offers trading platforms, OMS and infrastructure solutions and risk and margin tools. Its professional and retail trading platforms are available to the global trading community for equities, options, futures and digital assets. Platforms and products can be white labeled to enhance our client’s brand identity.

Contact
Sales
sales@sterlingtradingtech.com
Visit www.sig.com
SIG is a global quantitative trading firm founded with a growth mindset and an analytical approach to decision making. As one of the largest proprietary trading firms in the world, SIG benefits the financial markets by providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. SIG brings together the brightest minds, the best technology, and an expansive library of data to design and implement quantitative trading strategies that make us leaders in the financial markets. Beyond trading, SIG is active in global private equity, institutional brokerage, sports analytics, and structured capital.

Contact
Joseph Sellitto
joseph.sellitto@sig.com