Bonus: An Honest Conversation — What This Was and What Comes Next

The Trading Floor Bonus: A Private Control Plane for FX & Treasury

"A machine that refuses to guess is rarer than a machine that can talk."In this special bonus episode of The Trading Floor, David Axtell steps away from market stories to address a critical risk facing modern dealing floors: the "fluent wrong answer." Drawing on 35 years of experience, David explains why a chatbot inventing a P&L figure isn't just a novelty—it’s a firing offence.He introduces OrbaLM, a professional-grade control plane published by Rondanini Publishing® Ltd that ensures your AI never bypasses your authoritative tools. Unlike public SaaS chatbots, OrbaLM is a private, governed specialist runtime designed to sit inside your firm's own security boundary. Key Takeaways: * The Golden Rule: The model explains; governed tools calculate. * Governed Calculations: Why FX options (Garman Kohlhagen), bonds, and IRS valuations must come from deterministic tools, not model prose. * The Practical Heart: How OrbaLM integrates with the Excel workbooks the desk actually runs on, reviewing multi-tab files with full provenance. * Founding Beta Offer: Details on the September shipping window and the unique "OrbaLM Promise"—keep the runtime for free even after the pilot ends. Founding Pilot Details: Shipping starts in September 2026. Access is strictly by inquiry for professional desks.To Apply: Visit ⁠orbalm.orbaos.com⁠ [https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Forbalm.orbaos.com] or email * Orbalm@orbaos.com from your company email address. * Limit: One seat per company location.

Bonus: An Honest Conversation — What This Was and What Comes Next

Luigi Rondanini speaks frankly: the podcast, the books, the effort. FX Cash Products selling well. FX Derivatives out September. Book 3 with David Axtell in progress. Fiction, Market Myths, Commodities series. Thank you and goodbye.FX Cash Products book, FX Derivatives Products, cross-currency swaps book, Luigi Rondanini, David Axtell, Rondanini Publishing, FX professional series, learn rondanini, foreign exchange books, treasury books, financial markets education, FX options book, commodities energy markets book, Market Myths Mathematical Reality, The Trading Floor novel, Tom Fielding fiction, FX practitioner books, professional finance reference, treasury education, financial markets series, axtellconsulting, rondanini.uk RELATED RESOURCES: * Book: FX Cash Products — available now through all major bookstores and rondanini.com [rondanini.com] * Education platform: learn.rondanini.com [learn.rondanini.com] — 145+ professional mini manuals plus Python toolkits * Consultancy: rondanini.net [rondanini.net] / rondanini.uk [rondanini.uk] (Luigi Rondanini) · axtellconsulting.net [ axtellconsulting.net] (David Axtell) * Podcast website: thetradingfloor.rondanini.com [thetradingfloor.rondanini.com]

The Future of FX: Where the Market Goes Next

Season One finale. David Axtell on the future of FX: AI, T+1 settlement, renminbi internationalisation. Book 2 (FX Options, sole-authored by Luigi) and Book 3 (Cross-Currency Swaps, David returns) both in progress. Ep 20. future of FX, FX markets future, electronic FX trading, AI market making, algorithmic FX, T+1 settlement, FX settlement reform, CLS settlement, distributed ledger FX, CBDC FX, renminbi internationalisation, digital renminbi, CIPS, dollar reserve currency, FX regulation, non-bank FX, Basel III FX, Volcker Rule FX, FX markets evolution, FX technology, FX career, professional FX markets, trading floor podcast finale, season 1 FX RELATED RESOURCES: * Book: FX Cash Products — available now through all major bookstores and rondanini.com * Education platform: learn.rondanini.com — 122+ professional mini manuals plus Python toolkits * Consultancy: rondanini.net (Luigi Rondanini) · axtellconsulting.net (David Axtell) * Podcast website: thetradingfloor.rondanini.com

NDF Risk Management: What Can Go Wrong

NDFs carry risks standard forwards don't. David Axtell covers delta exposure, EM VaR, stress testing peg breaks, fixing manipulation, CSA structures, operational controls, and governance frameworks. March 2020 included. Part V. Ep 19. NDF risk management, NDF delta, NDF VaR, emerging market VaR, fixing risk, fixing manipulation, NDF stress test, currency peg break, CNY devaluation risk, INR risk, Turkish lira risk, NDF counterparty credit risk, credit support annex CSA, NDF collateral, NDF clearing risk, NDF operational risk, trade capture FX, confirmation matching, settlement reconciliation, NDF governance, position limits FX, contingency funding plan, March 2020 FX, EM currency crisis RELATED RESOURCES: * Book: FX Cash Products — available now through all major bookstores and rondanini.com * Education platform: learn.rondanini.com — 122+ professional mini manuals plus Python toolkits * Consultancy: rondanini.net (Luigi Rondanini) · axtellconsulting.net (David Axtell) * Podcast website: thetradingfloor.rondanini.com

Inside the NDF Market: Liquidity, Dealers, and Execution

Not all NDF liquidity is equal. David Axtell breaks down the three-tier market structure, how dealers skew quotes to manage inventory, when electronic beats voice, and why information leakage can cost more than the spread. Part V. Ep 18. NDF liquidity, NDF execution, NDF market microstructure, NDF dealer, electronic FX trading, voice FX execution, multi-dealer platform, Bloomberg FXGo, Refinitiv FXall, 360T, dealer quote skew, NDF bid offer spread, best execution FX, transaction cost analysis TCA, FX algorithmic execution, TWAP FX, VWAP FX, NDF clearing, LCH ForexClear, central counterparty clearing, NDF bilateral execution, information leakage FX, dealer scorecard, emerging market FX execution RELATED RESOURCES: * Book: FX Cash Products — available now through all major bookstores and rondanini.com * Education platform: learn.rondanini.com — 145+ professional mini manuals plus Python toolkits * Consultancy: rondanini.net (Luigi Rondanini) · axtellconsulting.net (David Axtell) * Podcast website: thetradingfloor.rondanini.com