Episode #27: Guest Dan Mirkin part 1

Started his trading career as a SOES(small order execution system) bandit. In 1998 founded future trade technologies which completed a 17 million round of financing. He's the CEO of the highly popular & powerful trade ideas, a real time data mining & data technology. But the HIGHEST achievement in his life goes to that of being a judge at the cannabis cup. Confessions of a Market Maker presents Dan MirkinTopics include: Dan emigrating to the US from Soviet Russia, Dan's time as a SOES bandit, Risk management, His company Trade Ideas and its effectiveness, Small exchange, Cannabis cup, Flat earth theory * Note that this is a two part episode. Internet connection was lost and the conversation continues in part 2