Private markets were a featured topic at Stocktoberfest presented by Tradr ETFs, held in New York City from October 5 to 7. In the fireside chat “Private Markets: Getting In Before the Story Is Public,” Andrew Krochulick, COO of Nasdaq Private Market, joined Stocktwits Founder and CEO Howard Lindzon on stage at City Winery on October 7.
The conversation focused on the rise of private markets and where they fit in modern portfolios, a topic that resonates with an audience of traders, registered investment advisors, and retail analysts who influence how millions of retail investors allocate capital.
Nasdaq Private Market was one of the event’s supporting partners, and it was not the only partner to bring private markets to the stage. Frederik Mijnhardt, CEO and Founder of Secfi, another supporting partner, joined Lindzon for a second fireside chat, “Valuation Madness: Making Sense of Late-Stage Privates and How to Profit.”
The private markets sessions were part of a programming day built around agentic trading and social relative strength, which also covered the evolution of the brokerage model, investor relations in the age of AI, leveraged and inverse ETFs, and small-cap shareholder strategy.
Stocktoberfest 2026 was presented by Title Partner Tradr ETFs, with supporting and on-site partners Accutron, Alpaca, ArcStone, Carbon Arc, Direxion, IBN, Lowenstein Sandler, Maxim Group, MicroSectors by REX Shares, Nasdaq Private Market, REalloys, Rothschild Wealth Partners, Secfi, VanEck, Voyager Technologies, and ZenaTech. The event brought together more than 350 ticketed guests, including 40 financial creators with a combined audience of more than 11 million followers.
To learn more about Stocktoberfest and stay tuned for next year’s event, visit stocktoberfest.stocktwits.com
