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Gedon Hertshten – Open Outcry Traders History Project, Part Two
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OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 13: OPTION BEHAVIOR OVER TIME; AUTHOR AND MENTOR DAN PASSARELLI TALKS OPTIONS GREEKS AND PRICE BEHAVIOR WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng talks about how an option’s intrinsic and extrinsic values change over time as well as the decay of time value due to theta.
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OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 13: OPTION BEHAVIOR OVER TIME; AUTHOR AND MENTOR DAN PASSARELLI TALKS OPTIONS GREEKS AND PRICE BEHAVIOR WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng talks about how an option’s intrinsic and extrinsic values change over time as well as the decay of time value due to theta.
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THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 1/30/2023
Gedon Hertshten – Open Outcry Traders History Project, Part Two
This is part two of a two-part video interview JLN did with Gedon Hertshten, the founder of G.H. Financials, for the Open Outcry Traders History series.
OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 13: OPTION BEHAVIOR OVER TIME; AUTHOR AND MENTOR DAN PASSARELLI TALKS OPTIONS GREEKS AND PRICE BEHAVIOR WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng talks about how an option’s intrinsic and extrinsic values change over time as well as the decay of time value due to theta.
OPTION PRICE BEHAVIOR OVER TIME AND THE OPTIONS GREEKS; DAN PASSARELLI OF MARKET TAKER MENTORING EXPLAINS THESE CONCEPTS AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this full interview, Alex speaks with author, former trader, trading mentor and business media personality Dan Passarelli, about how option values change over time as well as the intrinsic and extrinsic value of options. You can find more info about Dan on his website MarketTaker.com.
Gedon Hertshten – Open Outcry Traders History Project, Part One
John Lothian News talked to Gedon Hertshten, the founder of G.H. Financials, for our Open Outcry Traders History Project. This is part one of a two-part video conversation with Hertshten.
Marex North America CEO Ram Vittal Talks About Geopolitical Events, Market Disruptions and its ED&F Man Acquisition at FIA Expo 2022
Ram Vittal, CEO of Marex North America, was on a panel at FIA Expo 2022 about recent geopolitical events and their effect on the markets. John Lothian News spoke with him following the panel, and he talked about market disruptions, the threat of nuclear war, and Marex’s October acquisition of ED&F Man Capital Markets Limited’s UK business.
William Knottenbelt – The History of Financial Futures – Part Two
William Knottenbelt was interviewed by John Lothian for The History of Financial Futures video series at the FIA EXPO 2022 as he was preparing to leave the CME Group. He joined the CME Group in 2008 after being approached by then CME Executive Bryan Durkin while Knottenbelt was the head of global futures for the Royal Bank of Scotland, which had been taken over by the U.K. government during the financial crisis that year.
Investment in VettaFi Sets Up TMX to Grow Information Business in Canada and Globally
TMX Group recently invested in VettaFi, what it described as “a US-based, privately owned data, analytics, indexing, digital distribution, and thought leadership company” and TMX Chief Operating Officer Jay Rajarathinam spoke with JLN about the investment and other happenings going on at the exchange group.
Rajarathinam said TMX was seeking to expand into more information businesses and cited the acquisition of Wall Street Horizon as an example. Wall Street Horizon is a provider of global market-moving action and global corporate event data.
William Knottenbelt – The History of Financial Futures – Part One
William Knottenbelt said he likes to call himself a third generation commodity trader. Both his father and grandfather were commodities traders and had their own firms in Indonesia. Despite that background, Knottenbelt said he thought he wanted to be an accountant.
That thought did not last long after he secured a job at a commodity firm and realized he wanted to be on the trading side. Czarnikow offered him a job in London, but Knottenbelt wanted to work in France, so he was sent to its French subsidiary.
Marex’s Guy Wolf talks about ESG and carbon markets at FIA Expo 2022
Dr. Guy Wolf, Global Head of Market Analytics at Marex, spoke with John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2022 about ESG – particularly the environmental part. He said Marex is looking to be carbon neutral this year and has invested in a mangrove restoration and reforestation project in Indonesia to offset its own footprint. Becoming carbon neutral is also critical for the company’s clients, who are heavily involved in commodities.
Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part Three
In part three of his interview with John Lothian News for the Open Outcry Traders History Project, veteran trader and educator Gilbert Leistner says the only thing he saw in his years of trading that spontaneously stopped trading was the Challenger space shuttle blowing up. The floor went silent for 30 seconds and it was two minutes before he heard his first tasteless joke, he said.
OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 12: SPREAD TRADING; DAN KEEGAN OF OPTIONTHINKER.COM TALKS CALL AND PUT SPREADS WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng introduces some bearish spread strategies with the bear call spread and the bear put spread.
BEAR CALL AND PUT SPREADS; FORMER CBOE TRADER AND LEAD EDUCATOR AT OPTIONTHINKER.COM, DAN KEEGAN, TALKS SPREAD TRADING AND OPTIONS EDUCATION WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery full interview, Dan Keegan, lead educator of Optionthinker.com, dives deep into the mechanics of bear call and put spreads with a live demonstration.
Bringing Efficiency to Index Licensing Pricing is the Goal of BenchMarket and Bruce Traan
Bruce Traan is a 15+ year veteran of the Cboe who had jumped into the crypto world, but now has created his own firm to bring fairness in pricing to firms needing the licensing services of an index provider. The uneven pricing of the index provider world is what he seeks to solve with his new enterprise, BenchMarket.
Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part Two
A Trader, a Teacher and a Builder of Markets All Over the World
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 1/3/2023
OPTION PRICE BEHAVIOR OVER TIME AND THE OPTIONS GREEKS; DAN PASSARELLI OF MARKET TAKER MENTORING EXPLAINS THESE CONCEPTS AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this full interview, Alex speaks with author, former trader, trading mentor and business media personality Dan Passarelli, about how option values change over time as well as the intrinsic and extrinsic value of options. You can find more info about Dan on his website MarketTaker.com.
Gedon Hertshten – Open Outcry Traders History Project, Part One
John Lothian News talked to Gedon Hertshten, the founder of G.H. Financials, for our Open Outcry Traders History Project. This is part one of a two-part video conversation with Hertshten.
Marex North America CEO Ram Vittal Talks About Geopolitical Events, Market Disruptions and its ED&F Man Acquisition at FIA Expo 2022
Ram Vittal, CEO of Marex North America, was on a panel at FIA Expo 2022 about recent geopolitical events and their effect on the markets. John Lothian News spoke with him following the panel, and he talked about market disruptions, the threat of nuclear war, and Marex’s October acquisition of ED&F Man Capital Markets Limited’s UK business.
William Knottenbelt – The History of Financial Futures – Part Two
William Knottenbelt was interviewed by John Lothian for The History of Financial Futures video series at the FIA EXPO 2022 as he was preparing to leave the CME Group. He joined the CME Group in 2008 after being approached by then CME Executive Bryan Durkin while Knottenbelt was the head of global futures for the Royal Bank of Scotland, which had been taken over by the U.K. government during the financial crisis that year.
Investment in VettaFi Sets Up TMX to Grow Information Business in Canada and Globally
TMX Group recently invested in VettaFi, what it described as “a US-based, privately owned data, analytics, indexing, digital distribution, and thought leadership company” and TMX Chief Operating Officer Jay Rajarathinam spoke with JLN about the investment and other happenings going on at the exchange group.
Rajarathinam said TMX was seeking to expand into more information businesses and cited the acquisition of Wall Street Horizon as an example. Wall Street Horizon is a provider of global market-moving action and global corporate event data.
William Knottenbelt – The History of Financial Futures – Part One
William Knottenbelt said he likes to call himself a third generation commodity trader. Both his father and grandfather were commodities traders and had their own firms in Indonesia. Despite that background, Knottenbelt said he thought he wanted to be an accountant.
That thought did not last long after he secured a job at a commodity firm and realized he wanted to be on the trading side. Czarnikow offered him a job in London, but Knottenbelt wanted to work in France, so he was sent to its French subsidiary.
Marex’s Guy Wolf talks about ESG and carbon markets at FIA Expo 2022
Dr. Guy Wolf, Global Head of Market Analytics at Marex, spoke with John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2022 about ESG – particularly the environmental part. He said Marex is looking to be carbon neutral this year and has invested in a mangrove restoration and reforestation project in Indonesia to offset its own footprint. Becoming carbon neutral is also critical for the company’s clients, who are heavily involved in commodities.
Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part Three
In part three of his interview with John Lothian News for the Open Outcry Traders History Project, veteran trader and educator Gilbert Leistner says the only thing he saw in his years of trading that spontaneously stopped trading was the Challenger space shuttle blowing up. The floor went silent for 30 seconds and it was two minutes before he heard his first tasteless joke, he said.
OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 12: SPREAD TRADING; DAN KEEGAN OF OPTIONTHINKER.COM TALKS CALL AND PUT SPREADS WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng introduces some bearish spread strategies with the bear call spread and the bear put spread.
BEAR CALL AND PUT SPREADS; FORMER CBOE TRADER AND LEAD EDUCATOR AT OPTIONTHINKER.COM, DAN KEEGAN, TALKS SPREAD TRADING AND OPTIONS EDUCATION WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery full interview, Dan Keegan, lead educator of Optionthinker.com, dives deep into the mechanics of bear call and put spreads with a live demonstration.
Bringing Efficiency to Index Licensing Pricing is the Goal of BenchMarket and Bruce Traan
Bruce Traan is a 15+ year veteran of the Cboe who had jumped into the crypto world, but now has created his own firm to bring fairness in pricing to firms needing the licensing services of an index provider. The uneven pricing of the index provider world is what he seeks to solve with his new enterprise, BenchMarket.
Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part Two
A Trader, a Teacher and a Builder of Markets All Over the World
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 1/3/2023
Eden Global’s David Nealis Talks About Opportunities in Vietnam at FIA Expo 2022
David Nealis, president of Eden Global Capital, sat down with John Lothian News for a video interview at FIA Boca 2022. Eden Global, a private investment firm based in the British Virgin Islands, is currently focused on the Vietnamese market, Nealis said.
“Vietnam will have about 8% GDP growth this year,” he said. “It reminds me of China 25 years ago.”
Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project Interview – Part One
Veteran Options Trader Shares Stories from New York to Chicago and Around the World
Gilbert Leistner is a good storyteller and he shared many stories during an interview for the Open Outcry Traders History Project that JLN has broken into three parts. The stories are about his difficulties with the feudal specialist system at the AMEX, coming to Chicago and trading on all three Chicago exchanges, dragons and princes, trading models that don’t work, and figuring out one that changed the way futures options trade.
Tallarium CEO Ermilov’s plans to banish Excel from the OTC energy markets
Stanislav Ermilov, founder and CEO of Tallarium, believes the over-the-counter energy markets are broken and the cause is the common Excel spreadsheet that has been the front end for deal making. John Lothian News talked with Ermilov at FIA Expo 2022 about how his company, Tallarium, fixes that problem.