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Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
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Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
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Lead Stories
The Spread – Numbers on the Board
Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
MarketsWiki
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London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange has banned all staff who work on its trading floor from drinking alcohol during working hours. The ban affects about 120 personnel, from traders to clerks, of nine different firms.
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Binance
Binance announced Friday that the Malta-based exchange is "unable to provide services to any U.S. person." This came a day after the exchange had announced it was formally expanding to the U.S. via a new dedicated platform.
Lead Stories
The Spread – Numbers on the Board
Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
A Look Back with Steve Staszak
Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at...
First SPIKES block size trade; Deconstructing SIG; JPM’s Options Quantum-Computing Years Away
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board, expects challenges; Time for Reform is Now – FIA PTG
Volatility Products, Interacting with Order Flow and Complex Order Books – Nasdaq
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, Nasdaq Vice President and Head of US Options Greg Ferrari discusses the exchange’s plans for its own volatility products, trading technology developments and how market participants...
Fear Gauge Sounding an Alarm; Inherent Costs Of Liquidity
Chinese Newspaper Editor Moving Markets With His Tweets; Exchanges Shy Away From Mini-IPOs
On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity – BOX
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX CEO Ed Boyle talks about protecting liquidity providers and developing BOX’s complex order book and regulatory tools. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
R.J. O’Brien on an international binge; IEX struggles to transform trading
Challenges slow Mexico’s oil hedge this year; Cboe Plans ‘Speed Bump’ for Equities Exchange
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightOptions Industry Leader Series: On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity - BOXJohnLothianNews.comIn this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series,...
The Spread – Numbers on the Board
Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
A Look Back with Steve Staszak
Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at...
First SPIKES block size trade; Deconstructing SIG; JPM’s Options Quantum-Computing Years Away
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board, expects challenges; Time for Reform is Now – FIA PTG
Volatility Products, Interacting with Order Flow and Complex Order Books – Nasdaq
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, Nasdaq Vice President and Head of US Options Greg Ferrari discusses the exchange’s plans for its own volatility products, trading technology developments and how market participants...
Fear Gauge Sounding an Alarm; Inherent Costs Of Liquidity
Chinese Newspaper Editor Moving Markets With His Tweets; Exchanges Shy Away From Mini-IPOs
On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity – BOX
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX CEO Ed Boyle talks about protecting liquidity providers and developing BOX’s complex order book and regulatory tools. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
R.J. O’Brien on an international binge; IEX struggles to transform trading
Challenges slow Mexico’s oil hedge this year; Cboe Plans ‘Speed Bump’ for Equities Exchange
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightOptions Industry Leader Series: On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity - BOXJohnLothianNews.comIn this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series,...
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
A Look Back with Steve Staszak
Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at...
First SPIKES block size trade; Deconstructing SIG; JPM’s Options Quantum-Computing Years Away
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board, expects challenges; Time for Reform is Now – FIA PTG
Volatility Products, Interacting with Order Flow and Complex Order Books – Nasdaq
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, Nasdaq Vice President and Head of US Options Greg Ferrari discusses the exchange’s plans for its own volatility products, trading technology developments and how market participants...
Fear Gauge Sounding an Alarm; Inherent Costs Of Liquidity
Chinese Newspaper Editor Moving Markets With His Tweets; Exchanges Shy Away From Mini-IPOs
On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity – BOX
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX CEO Ed Boyle talks about protecting liquidity providers and developing BOX’s complex order book and regulatory tools. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
R.J. O’Brien on an international binge; IEX struggles to transform trading
Challenges slow Mexico’s oil hedge this year; Cboe Plans ‘Speed Bump’ for Equities Exchange
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightOptions Industry Leader Series: On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity - BOXJohnLothianNews.comIn this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series,...
Stock options traders get defensive, tariffs in focus as G20 looms
Digital Asset Holdings’ pivot raises doubt over blockchain future
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe young man from Bradley University I mentioned in JLN earlier this week who was looking for a summer internship has been hired by Barchart.com. Thank...
Industry Leaders Series
On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity – BOX
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX CEO Ed Boyle talks about protecting liquidity providers and developing BOX’s complex order book and regulatory tools. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
European Interest, Cross Asset Growth and the Retail Base – Cboe
In this video from the 2019 Options Exchange Leader Series, Cboe Head of Options and Global Client Services Arianne Criqui talks about the exchange’s select sector index options, the listing of XSP, corporate bond futures, and more....
Addressing Concentration and Liquidity Risk – Alex Lamb, The Technancial Company
In this video, Technancial Head of Business Development Americas and Head of Marketing Alex Lamb talks about how market participants look to stay one step ahead of their clearing member. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
Taking the Chinese Connectivity Plunge – Ryan Moroney and Pat Kenny, CQG
CQG offers hosted access to some 50 exchanges worldwide and market data for dozens more. For the last year or so, CQG has worked to establish a foothold in China. In this video, CQG President Ryan Moroney and CQG SVP of Client Relations Pat...
Gender Diversity: The Need for Early Intervention – Diane Saucier, Hitachi Vantara
In order for gender diversity in financial services to really flourish, future generations of women need to have access to the resources to build the right skillset earlier than college or high school. In this video, Hitachi Vantara Senior...
New Product, New Exchange, and Equities on the Way for MIAX
MIAX has done nothing but make moves of late. The exchange group launched options on SPIKES (a volatility index based on options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust), opened the U.S. options industry’s 16th exchange (MIAX Emerald), announced...
