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The Trading Floor with David Axtell

Rondanini Publishing Ltd

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Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 62

Thirty-five years. Four continents. 120+ currencies. David Axtell bridges the gap between textbook theory and trading floor reality—real stories, real mistakes, hard-won lessons from institutional FX markets. From Saudi Riyal derivatives to Nigerian Naira, from building treasury functions to managing nostro networks across frontier markets. Plus bonus episodes featuring traders, treasurers, and practitioners from leading institutions. Co-authored with Luigi Rondanini.

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Episode 27: Market Making and Client Flow

Season 3 · Episode 27

Saturday, October 17, 2026 • Duration 02:46

Market makers price more than volatility. Client behaviour, inventory, liquidity and adverse selection all influence a quote. This episode explains how dealers interpret and manage flow.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 27 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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Episode 26: Building Corporate Hedging Programmes

Season 3 · Episode 26

Friday, October 16, 2026 • Duration 02:48

A hedging programme is more than a single trade. This episode looks at policy, layering, target redemption structures, governance and the danger of allowing cost reduction to become speculation.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 26 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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Episode 25: Corporate Structured Hedges and Zero-Cost Trades

Season 3 · Episode 25

Thursday, October 15, 2026 • Duration 02:38

Zero-cost corporate hedges are financed by giving up value elsewhere. This episode examines participating structures, collars and the trade-offs treasurers need to understand before signing.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 25 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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Episode 24: Managing an Exotic Options Book

Season 3 · Episode 24

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 • Duration 02:59

Exotic books can hide concentrated risk near barriers and trigger levels. This episode focuses on scenario analysis, Greek aggregation and the practical management of non-linear exposures.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 24 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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Replacing Compliance Folklore with FX Risk Intelligence

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 • Duration 23:02

Written by Luigi Pascal Rondanini. Performed by AI actors.Compliance folklore still drives multi-million FX decisions — forwarded emails, draft papers, “the desk across the street.” This Deep Dive explains what Rondanini FX Risk Intelligence (FXRI) is (and is not): a continuously maintained professional reference with evidence attached — not a news ticker, retail app, or advice product.We walk through the six-point design test, evidence classes, the Verified badge, browser-side VaR/ES and policy tools, a 2LOD workflow with the Evidence Pack Builder, and the hard legal boundaries every desk should respect.FXRI: https://fxriskintelligence.comThe Trading Floor: https://thetradingfloor.rondanini.comRondanini Publishing: https://rondanini.comProfessional reference only — not financial, legal, regulatory, tax or investment advice. Primary sources prevail over summaries.Chapters0:00 Cold open — trading desk folklore0:55 Institutional folklore vs second line1:40 What FXRI is (and is not)2:12 Continuously maintained professional reference4:13 The six-point design test4:29 What is this? Does it apply now?7:59 Verified badge and legal disclaimer11:19 Tools vs library11:27 Deterministic calculators (browser-side)11:37 VaR / Expected Shortfall15:10 2LOD workflow in a live dispute15:50 Evidence Pack Builder19:18 Hard legal boundaries20:32 Not advice — named seats and accountability22:32 Close

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Episode 23: Advanced Volatility Models

Season 3 · Episode 23

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 • Duration 02:48

Constant volatility is a convenient assumption, not reality. This episode introduces local volatility, stochastic volatility and other model approaches used to capture changing market behaviour.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 23 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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S2E07 Interest-Rate Risk: A Cross-Currency Swap Has No Single DV01

Season 2 · Episode 7

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 • Duration 10:22

Ask for the rate risk on a single-currency swap and you get one number: its DV01. Ask about a cross-currency swap and a single number is dangerously incomplete. Episode seven shows why the risk is a vector — projection and discount curves, in each currency, across tenors — and why the seductive error is collapsing it into one convenient summary. Host David Axtell covers key-rate risk and the curve twists a flat summary hides, how you hedge each factor with an opposite-signed instrument, and why hedging is a governed, dynamic process, not a trade you place and forget. Companion season to Cross-Currency Swaps and Basis Trading, out 15 December.

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Episode 22: Exchange-Traded vs OTC Currency Options

Season 3 · Episode 22

Monday, October 12, 2026 • Duration 02:45

Listed and OTC currency options can share strike and expiry but differ in contract design, settlement, liquidity and margin. This episode explains why those differences matter in fast markets.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 22 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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Episode 21: How Volatility Surfaces Move

Season 3 · Episode 21

Sunday, October 11, 2026 • Duration 02:44

When spot moves, the volatility surface can move in different ways. Explore sticky-strike and sticky-delta behaviour, Vanna exposure and why surface dynamics matter to hedging.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 21 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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Episode 20: OTC, Futures and the FX Derivatives Market

Season 3 · Episode 20

Saturday, October 10, 2026 • Duration 02:51

OTC options, listed options and futures can hedge similar risks with very different liquidity, margin, documentation and operational consequences. This episode compares the market structures.

This episode is part of FX Options Daily, a 30-day themed season of The Trading Floor covering pricing, hedging, exotics, risk and institutional FX options practice.

Full treatment: Chapter 20 of FX Options.

Educational content only. Nothing in this episode constitutes investment advice.

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