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MWE SHORT: Richard Rosenblatt – Choose an Industry with a Future
“When your crystal ball gets foggy, your two greatest assets will be your humility and your flexibility.”
MWE SHORT: Chip Dempsey – Breaking Down Cryptocurrencies
“Personally, I see it as our industry undergoing a new technological reformation, and I think it’s as significant as moving from the trading pits to matching engines.”
Abaxx’s Joe Raia Talks FCM Model Benefits, FTX and the Need for Physically Delivered Contracts
Before the FTX implosion, FTX had created quite a regulatory stir in the futures industry with a proposal before the CFTC for a clearing model that eliminated the need for FCMs. Abaxx Exchange Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia has been outspoken in his support for FCMs. John Lothian News caught up with Raia at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to discuss his views.
Options Discovery
ALL OPTIONS CEO ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TRADING FIRM, WHAT HE LOOKS FOR FROM NEW TRADERS, AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery interview, Allard Jakobs, the CEO of All Options, sits down with JLN’s Alex Teng.
The JLN Daily Update
The JLN Newsletter turned into a daily podcast.
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AAX
The crypto exchange AAX’s freeze on withdrawals last month has triggered a desperate search among users for the exchange's senior executives, in the hope of recovering their investments.
FTX Implosion Prompts Call by DOJ Arm for Independent Probe
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has a piece titled "Blockchains, What Are They Good For?" It may be the obituary for blockchain, as Krugman outlines all the firms that have abandoned...
Big traders flock to US equity options with fleeting lifespans
Observations & Insight If you have not watched Options Discovery with Alex Teng of JLN, you are missing something. This young man, a finance major in his senior year at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is really coming into his own with the interviews he is...
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MWE SHORT: Richard Rosenblatt – Choose an Industry with a Future
“When your crystal ball gets foggy, your two greatest assets will be your humility and your flexibility.”
MWE SHORT: Chip Dempsey – Breaking Down Cryptocurrencies
“Personally, I see it as our industry undergoing a new technological reformation, and I think it’s as significant as moving from the trading pits to matching engines.”
Abaxx’s Joe Raia Talks FCM Model Benefits, FTX and the Need for Physically Delivered Contracts
Before the FTX implosion, FTX had created quite a regulatory stir in the futures industry with a proposal before the CFTC for a clearing model that eliminated the need for FCMs. Abaxx Exchange Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia has been outspoken in his support for FCMs. John Lothian News caught up with Raia at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to discuss his views.
MWE SHORT: JB Mackenzie – Building a Foundation
“Ask yourself if you’d be interested in an operations or compliance job. Because that gives you a foundation to help you excel.”
MWE SHORT: Jay Feuerstein – Breaking Down Managed Futures
“It’s a strategy that makes money over time, but actually makes a lot of money when the world blows up.”
Catching Up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at FIA EXPO 2022
John Lothian News caught up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago about recent announcements from TT and updates on its progress under its new owners.
Nick Baker’s Big, Interesting and Weird Stories at CoinDesk Turn Consequential With FTX Scoops and CoinDesk’s Comprehensive Coverage
NIck Baker is the deputy editor-in-chief of CoinDesk, which has about 100 people in its content operation, of which about 50 are journalists. Most work remotely from home, though CoinDesk does have a New York office. Like cryptocurrency, CoinDesk is decentralized, Baker said.
Nick Baker’s Journalistic Bloodlines Took Him From Dow Jones to Bloomberg to CoinDesk
Nick Baker had journalism in his blood from the start. His grandfather was a journalist and an influential person in his life. When his grandfather died during Baker’s high school years, he made the split-second decision to follow a career path to journalism.
Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX, Leads with a Familiar Model
John Palmer is the head of Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX. JLN caught up with Palmer at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to ask him about Cboe Digital and the general state of the crypto markets and industry, which were rocked by the implosion of FTX and related companies.
ALL OPTIONS CEO ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TRADING FIRM, WHAT HE LOOKS FOR FROM NEW TRADERS, AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery interview, Allard Jakobs, the CEO of All Options, sits down with JLN’s Alex Teng.
The Contango Hedge is Getting Ready to Go
JLN interviewed Contango CEO Clive Furness at FIA EXPO 2022 about the innovative new way to hedge commodities that he recently released in a white paper, to which he gave the moniker “The Contango Hedge.”
Marjorie Jane Lothian, October 9, 1930 – November 15, 2022
Marjorie Jane (Knilans) Lothian. 92, of Williams Bay, Wisconsin and Sarasota, Florida and formerly of Glenview, IL died November 15, 2022. She was born in Janesville, Wisconsin on October 9, 1930 to Arthur John and Elsie Emily (Langholff) Knilans. Marge married David Rogers Lothian, Sr. on August 4, 1956 in Janesville, WI and she and Dave had three children, Scott, John and David, Jr.
She is survived by all three sons, their wives and eight grandchildren and one great grandchild: Scott (Barb) Lothian, John (Cheryl) Lothian, David, Jr. (Rebecca) Lothian, Ryan (Megan Toal) Lothian, Patrick (Amanda McCune) Lothian, Andrew Lothian, Timothy Lothian, Katherine Lothian, Robert Lothian, Victoria Lothian, Sarah Lothian and Cecelia Lothian.
OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 10: EXPLORING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIRMS IN THE OPTIONS INDUSTRY; ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT THE OPTIONS INDUSTRY AND WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD AN OPTIONS FIRM
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex introduces the different types of firms that make up the options industry.
Term of The Week – The Price of an Underlying Asset
TERM OF THE WEEK: This week’s Term of The Week is The Price of an Underlying Asset
FIA 50 Years of Financial Futures Celebration
2022 is the 50th anniversary of financial futures and the birth of the modern exchange traded derivatives markets. In this video, John Lothian News discusses the birth of the financial futures industry in 1972 and how it has evolved into a market that traded $53.9 billion contracts this year.
Doc Sandor – 50 Years of Financial Futures
JLN interviewed American Financial Exchange CEO and Chairman Richard Sandor for the History of Financial Futures video series.
MWE SHORT: JB Mackenzie – Building a Foundation
“Ask yourself if you’d be interested in an operations or compliance job. Because that gives you a foundation to help you excel.”
MWE SHORT: Jay Feuerstein – Breaking Down Managed Futures
“It’s a strategy that makes money over time, but actually makes a lot of money when the world blows up.”
Catching Up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at FIA EXPO 2022
John Lothian News caught up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago about recent announcements from TT and updates on its progress under its new owners.
Nick Baker’s Big, Interesting and Weird Stories at CoinDesk Turn Consequential With FTX Scoops and CoinDesk’s Comprehensive Coverage
NIck Baker is the deputy editor-in-chief of CoinDesk, which has about 100 people in its content operation, of which about 50 are journalists. Most work remotely from home, though CoinDesk does have a New York office. Like cryptocurrency, CoinDesk is decentralized, Baker said.
Nick Baker’s Journalistic Bloodlines Took Him From Dow Jones to Bloomberg to CoinDesk
Nick Baker had journalism in his blood from the start. His grandfather was a journalist and an influential person in his life. When his grandfather died during Baker’s high school years, he made the split-second decision to follow a career path to journalism.
Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX, Leads with a Familiar Model
John Palmer is the head of Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX. JLN caught up with Palmer at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to ask him about Cboe Digital and the general state of the crypto markets and industry, which were rocked by the implosion of FTX and related companies.
ALL OPTIONS CEO ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TRADING FIRM, WHAT HE LOOKS FOR FROM NEW TRADERS, AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery interview, Allard Jakobs, the CEO of All Options, sits down with JLN’s Alex Teng.
The Contango Hedge is Getting Ready to Go
JLN interviewed Contango CEO Clive Furness at FIA EXPO 2022 about the innovative new way to hedge commodities that he recently released in a white paper, to which he gave the moniker “The Contango Hedge.”
Marjorie Jane Lothian, October 9, 1930 – November 15, 2022
Marjorie Jane (Knilans) Lothian. 92, of Williams Bay, Wisconsin and Sarasota, Florida and formerly of Glenview, IL died November 15, 2022. She was born in Janesville, Wisconsin on October 9, 1930 to Arthur John and Elsie Emily (Langholff) Knilans. Marge married David Rogers Lothian, Sr. on August 4, 1956 in Janesville, WI and she and Dave had three children, Scott, John and David, Jr.
She is survived by all three sons, their wives and eight grandchildren and one great grandchild: Scott (Barb) Lothian, John (Cheryl) Lothian, David, Jr. (Rebecca) Lothian, Ryan (Megan Toal) Lothian, Patrick (Amanda McCune) Lothian, Andrew Lothian, Timothy Lothian, Katherine Lothian, Robert Lothian, Victoria Lothian, Sarah Lothian and Cecelia Lothian.
OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 10: EXPLORING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIRMS IN THE OPTIONS INDUSTRY; ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT THE OPTIONS INDUSTRY AND WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD AN OPTIONS FIRM
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex introduces the different types of firms that make up the options industry.
Term of The Week – The Price of an Underlying Asset
TERM OF THE WEEK: This week’s Term of The Week is The Price of an Underlying Asset
FIA 50 Years of Financial Futures Celebration
2022 is the 50th anniversary of financial futures and the birth of the modern exchange traded derivatives markets. In this video, John Lothian News discusses the birth of the financial futures industry in 1972 and how it has evolved into a market that traded $53.9 billion contracts this year.
Doc Sandor – 50 Years of Financial Futures
JLN interviewed American Financial Exchange CEO and Chairman Richard Sandor for the History of Financial Futures video series.
MWE SHORT: Elaine Wah – Problems, Solutions and Results
“Ultimately I think that anyone who believes in fairness, or believes that people should compete on the merits of their ideas and hard work rather than advantages that they have purchased, can appreciate why IEX was created and why it has succeeded so far.”
Trading of futures and options on track to a record year – FIA
Trading of futures and options is on track to a record year, with higher levels of trading activity in many sectors, notably interest rate and equity index contracts, according to the FIA’s Will Acworth, who went over the volume numbers for the first nine months of 2022 in a FIA webinar titled, “Q3 2022 Trends in Futures and Options Trading” Wednesday.
The long and short of marketing in the markets
You could be forgiven for thinking that the importance of long and short in markets is only related to the positions you or your clients hold, or your tech that facilitates, clears, monitors and informs trading activity. However, there is an equally important long and short in marketing in the markets.
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