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Fed’s Williams: SOFR Rate System Has Performed Well During Coronavirus Crisis
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Welcome to New York, may I see your papers? If you don't have the right papers, you can be fined $2000. A new "emergency health order" issued by Gov. Andrew Coumo wants to know your contact information upon entering New York...
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JLN Options Newsletter
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CME Group Announces Aug. 31 Launch of Micro E-mini Options; Gate.io, Huobi Enter Booming Crypto Options Scene
CME Group Announces Aug. 31 Launch of Micro E-mini Options; Gate.io, Huobi Enter Booming Crypto Options Scene
Everything you need to know about Options Today
Lead Stories
The D-Limit Order Type of IEX Has My Support
Most of you know I prefer markets that are listed. You also know I prefer markets that are not dark. I also prefer markets that have many and a multitude of participants, in numbers and size. These are all features of a proposal from IEX before the SEC for its D-Limit...
How T3 Index’s “VIX-Like” Index for Bitcoin Works
T3 Index, the creators of the SPIKES Volatility Index have created a new volatility index, which uses bitcoin options to track the volatility of the world’s first and most widely-traded cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC).
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Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
New York Fed President John Williams said Monday that SOFR, a replacement for the Libor interest-rate benchmark, has performed well under the stresses seen in the financial system during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Abra
Digital asset platform Abra agreed to sanctions from the CFTC and SEC for offering swaps to U.S. customers and for operating a swaps trading business in the U.S. without proper registrations.
John Lothian Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
Fed’s Williams: SOFR Rate System Has Performed Well During Coronavirus Crisis
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Welcome to New York, may I see your papers? If you don't have the right papers, you can be fined $2000. A new "emergency health order" issued by Gov. Andrew Coumo wants to know your contact information upon entering New York...
We visit more than 100 websites daily for financial news (Would YOU do that?)
JLN Options Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
CME Group Announces Aug. 31 Launch of Micro E-mini Options; Gate.io, Huobi Enter Booming Crypto Options Scene
CME Group Announces Aug. 31 Launch of Micro E-mini Options; Gate.io, Huobi Enter Booming Crypto Options Scene
Everything you need to know about Options Today
Lead Stories
The D-Limit Order Type of IEX Has My Support
Most of you know I prefer markets that are listed. You also know I prefer markets that are not dark. I also prefer markets that have many and a multitude of participants, in numbers and size. These are all features of a proposal from IEX before the SEC for its D-Limit...
How T3 Index’s “VIX-Like” Index for Bitcoin Works
T3 Index, the creators of the SPIKES Volatility Index have created a new volatility index, which uses bitcoin options to track the volatility of the world’s first and most widely-traded cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC).
The Weekend Update: July 6-10, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK SO FAR, SO GOOD – UPDATES FROM CBOE’S OPTIONS TRADING FLOOR Cboe Global Markets has been reopened for more than two weeks now. How have things been going? According to Cboe, it’s been a smooth ride. Read Now 10...
The Spread: Until We OCC You Again
This week on The Spread, we catch up on the last two week’s news, including a number of exciting updates from our friends at the OCC.
MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity 2020 Virtual Event Announced
Sponsored by The OCC and Barchart John Lothian News is pleased to announce a 2020 virtual event for the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series. The one-day event will be held on Wednesday, July 22 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM CDT. The online only event is FREE to...
So Far, So Good – Updates from Cboe’s Options Trading Floor
Cboe Global Markets has been reopened for more than two weeks now. How have things been going? According to Cboe, it’s been a smooth ride.
The Weekend Update: June 29-July 2, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Here's how to stop the virus from winning Case surges, overrun hospitals, and a second lockdown this summer could deal a heavy blow to the United States. Here's what we need to turn the tide. Read Now 10 MOST...
Cboe Betting U.S.-Style Equity Derivatives Trade, Clearing Translates to Europe
Cboe Global Markets executives on Thursday touted its European clearinghouse acquisition, announced July 1, saying the exchange holding company aims to unlock the potential of pan-European derivatives business. In a call with investors and analysts, Edward Tilly, Cboe...
Equity Volatility Aside, Market Structure Debate Back in the Fray
Exchanges often have an uneasy relationship with regulation, but Adam Inzirillo, head of U.S. equities at Cboe Global Markets, began a Wednesday webinar on market structure hosted by Eventus Systems with a tip of the hat to Regulation SCI, rules adopted by the SEC in...
Hemp Enters Growing Season Against Backdrop of Moribund Prices
No one will be surprised to learn that the price of CBD-hemp has stayed in the basement, resisting any pull upward as the industry works through the 2019 crop inventory while new harvest beckons in the not too distant future. According to its June Hemp: Benchmarks and...
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 12: IOU on a Blockchain
Philippe Bekhazi, the founder and CEO of the XBTO Group, has a long history of creating technological tools for trading, devising portfolio and risk management solutions for clients trading equities, FX, rates, and credit instruments. On this episode of the CMW Podcast, he discusses how XBTO went from a prop trading desk to one of the biggest investors in the growing digital asset space, as well as the rise of digital asset derivatives and stablecoins, and the future of digital money.
The Spread: Going Virtual
This week on The Spread, Robinhood announces safety rails to protect inexperienced traders from themselves, JLN covers the first-ever totally virtual IDX, and more.
The Weekend Newsletter: June 22-26, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK CHRIS HEHMEYER: AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE CRYPTO WORLD LIKE NONE IT’S EVER SEEN The crypto world received a large and powerful endorsement yesterday from a pillar of the futures world. Chris Hehmeyer, in a blog post...
Commodity Focus Closes IDX-V
The last session of this year's IDX-V was titled “Commodities in Focus,” the only panel of the third day, which itself was titled “Commodities and the unexpected consequences of COVID-19.” Joanna Williams, Of Counsel at the U.K. law firm Simmons and Simmons,...
Russell Indexes Ready For Big Reconstitution Day
FTSE Russell’s Sean Smith Explains the Russell Reconstitution
The Weekend Update: July 6-10, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK SO FAR, SO GOOD – UPDATES FROM CBOE’S OPTIONS TRADING FLOOR Cboe Global Markets has been reopened for more than two weeks now. How have things been going? According to Cboe, it’s been a smooth ride. Read Now 10...
The Spread: Until We OCC You Again
This week on The Spread, we catch up on the last two week’s news, including a number of exciting updates from our friends at the OCC.
MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity 2020 Virtual Event Announced
Sponsored by The OCC and Barchart John Lothian News is pleased to announce a 2020 virtual event for the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series. The one-day event will be held on Wednesday, July 22 from 1:30 to 3:30 PM CDT. The online only event is FREE to...
So Far, So Good – Updates from Cboe’s Options Trading Floor
Cboe Global Markets has been reopened for more than two weeks now. How have things been going? According to Cboe, it’s been a smooth ride.
The Weekend Update: June 29-July 2, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Here's how to stop the virus from winning Case surges, overrun hospitals, and a second lockdown this summer could deal a heavy blow to the United States. Here's what we need to turn the tide. Read Now 10 MOST...
Cboe Betting U.S.-Style Equity Derivatives Trade, Clearing Translates to Europe
Cboe Global Markets executives on Thursday touted its European clearinghouse acquisition, announced July 1, saying the exchange holding company aims to unlock the potential of pan-European derivatives business. In a call with investors and analysts, Edward Tilly, Cboe...
Equity Volatility Aside, Market Structure Debate Back in the Fray
Exchanges often have an uneasy relationship with regulation, but Adam Inzirillo, head of U.S. equities at Cboe Global Markets, began a Wednesday webinar on market structure hosted by Eventus Systems with a tip of the hat to Regulation SCI, rules adopted by the SEC in...
Hemp Enters Growing Season Against Backdrop of Moribund Prices
No one will be surprised to learn that the price of CBD-hemp has stayed in the basement, resisting any pull upward as the industry works through the 2019 crop inventory while new harvest beckons in the not too distant future. According to its June Hemp: Benchmarks and...
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 12: IOU on a Blockchain
Philippe Bekhazi, the founder and CEO of the XBTO Group, has a long history of creating technological tools for trading, devising portfolio and risk management solutions for clients trading equities, FX, rates, and credit instruments. On this episode of the CMW Podcast, he discusses how XBTO went from a prop trading desk to one of the biggest investors in the growing digital asset space, as well as the rise of digital asset derivatives and stablecoins, and the future of digital money.
The Spread: Going Virtual
This week on The Spread, Robinhood announces safety rails to protect inexperienced traders from themselves, JLN covers the first-ever totally virtual IDX, and more.
The Weekend Newsletter: June 22-26, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK CHRIS HEHMEYER: AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE CRYPTO WORLD LIKE NONE IT’S EVER SEEN The crypto world received a large and powerful endorsement yesterday from a pillar of the futures world. Chris Hehmeyer, in a blog post...
Commodity Focus Closes IDX-V
The last session of this year's IDX-V was titled “Commodities in Focus,” the only panel of the third day, which itself was titled “Commodities and the unexpected consequences of COVID-19.” Joanna Williams, Of Counsel at the U.K. law firm Simmons and Simmons,...
Russell Indexes Ready For Big Reconstitution Day
FTSE Russell’s Sean Smith Explains the Russell Reconstitution
FIA IDX-V: Global economy far from equilibrium, CME economist says
The overall economic narrative of the recent pandemic is one of sharp job losses and a “cascading network collapse,” said Blu Putnam, CME Group managing director and chief economist. “We are far from equilibrium,” he added, referencing a chart that showed a freefall...
Lessons Learned in Real Time
At the end of the IDX-V session on the lessons learned Wednesday, just after Chris Smith from LME mentioned the importance of infrastructure for working from home, my internet failed. FIA’s Don Byron, who moderated the panel, had mentioned how when the movie Frozen II...
