First Read $29,826/$300,000 (9.9%) Charles Bohm ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CME set new record volumes in the Ultra 10-Year Note and 30-Year Bond futures on February 23. Ultra 10-Year Note futures reached a record volume of 1.7 million...
First Read $29,776/$300,000 (9.9%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Here is the LINK for the DTCC press release about the proposal to shorten the U.S. settlement cycle to T+1 within two years. Former CFTC Chairman J Christopher Giancarlo has an...
First Read $29,776/$300,000 (9.9%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Maureen Downs has been re-elected as the chair of the NFA Board of Directors. Also, Don Thompson of JP Morgan is to serve as vice chair. Also, elected to two-year terms as...
First Read $29,776/$300,000 (9.9%) Thomas Krabbe ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Thank you to all who have paid for your 2021 JLN subscriptions and all who have yet to pay and are going to soon. We at JLN greatly appreciate your support for our...
First Read $29,676/$300,000 (9.9%) Gabriella Kusz and Patrick Troy ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The artist who deposited an illegal charging bull sculpture in lower Manhattan has died at the age of 80. Arturo Di Modica, the Sicilian-born sculptor...
Observations & Insight The Spread: A Penny Stock For Your Thoughts? JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread, the CME announces the launch of new volatility benchmark indexes, Amsterdam's trading volume surpasses London's, and more. Watch the video » ++++ Lead...
First Read $28,251/$300,000 (9.4%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The DePaul University's Arditti Center for Risk Management's Annual Risk Conference virtual event will be on February 23rd, 2021 from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM. The event starts with a...
First Read $28,176/$300,000 (9.4%) Patrick Hyland ++++ Update: Illinois Offers Object Lesson on Pros vs. Cons of Cannabis Business Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News There can be both highs and lows in the cannabis business. The Reddit crew learned that lesson this...
First Read $28,101/$300,000 (9.4%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today's lead story talks about Amsterdam ousting London as the top venue for share trading. Amsterdam makes the claim to be the world's first stock exchange, so the world is...
First Read $28,101/$300,000 (9.4%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Chris Hehmeyer is merging his firm, Hehmeyer, LLC, with Nortide, creating Hehmeyer Nortide AG. The new firm of crypto market makers will unite to attempt to deliver better prices and...
First Read $28,101/$300,000 (9.4%) Mike O'Connor ++++ Explosion in Retail Options Trade Not a Short-Term Blip, Cboe's Schwartz Says Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News In the current options market environment of rapid retail trading growth, data on who is trading...
First Read $28,051/$300,000 (9.4%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff MarketsWiki was successfully migrated to a new hosting provider over the weekend and is noticeably faster to load. Thank you to Jeff Bergstrom, JLN's CIO, for his hard work this...
First Read $27,651/$300,000 (9.2%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Bubbles. Pump and dumps. Good guys. Bad guys. Good guys being bad. Bad guys trying to do good. Lots of people making money. Some people making lots of money. Lots of people losing...
First Read $27,651/$300,000 (9.2%) ++++ FIA 2020 Volume Review Shows Global Growth, Geographic Evolution of Industry Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News While activity in futures and options was undeterred by the pandemic in 2020, logging record volume for a third...
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