The Long and Short of Futures Options: Derek Sammann

Today's Guest: Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director of FX, Metals and Options Solutions at CME Group. What To Know: Lets look back at 2013 from an options perspective. Where do you think all the growth in your platform stemmed from? Tell us about your percentages of electronic products you offer? Tell us about your FX platform. Tell us about the launch of your Asian and Indian FX offerings. Tell us some of the interesting trends you saw from a metals perspective in 2013. Has the driver for the most growth been in near-term/short duration contracts? What kind of developments did you see in rates in 2013? What's New: What are you working on to capture more activity in short duration contracts? What are you doing to increase activity in weekly spreads? Give us an update on the FedWatch and Open Interest profile tools. Tell us about your E-micro futures products. What to Watch: What kind of improvements are you working on to increase spread functionality? What do you have down the pipe to bring in retail traders? What kind of effect to you think increasing electronic access have on retail customers? What new products and developments do you have that will help foster grow in the interest rates complex? What's on Your Mind: Listener questions and comments Question from Janet Tong, St. Paul, MN - What does the CME Group think about the growing interest in binary option products? Does the CME Group have any plans to enter this marketplace? Question from VOL260 - CME Group has volatility indices for gold, oil and ags. When will you launch a Dollar, Yen or Euro VIX?