Observations & Insight Alexandria Perry Joins JLN as Intern John Lothian - JLN It is my pleasure to announce that Alexandria Perry has joined John Lothian News as an intern and on-camera talent for the options-centric video series The Spread. Alex comes to JLN...
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee Addresses PFOF, Retail Trading and Crypto at STA Conference Sarah Rudolph - John Lothian News In an interview Wednesday at the 88th Annual STA Conference, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee...
Lead Stories Bitcoin's Options Market Is Now Skewed Bullish Across All Time Frames Omkar Godbole - Coindesk Bitcoin's options contracts used to hedge spot and futures market exposure are exhibiting bullish sentiment across all time frames in a sign of confidence in...
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ STA 2021: Equity Volume Robust, But the Drumbeat for Reform Grows Louder Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News Although market competition and structure are hot topics in the securities industry, a Wednesday fireside chat at the...
Lead Stories Bullish options bets by retail investors are on the decline, hitting their lowest level this year as market sell-off spooks day traders Ethan Wu - Markets Insider Retail investors are shying away from bullish options bets as choppy markets increasingly...
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The FINRA Foundation awarded the 2021 Ketchum Prize, the highest honor from FINRA, to Shawn Spruce, a champion of financial and investor education in native communities. -- FINRA...
Observations & Insight Options Exchange Markets Share -- September 2021 Lead Stories 'Volmageddon' Is History as SEC Greenlights Leveraged VIX ETFs Sam Potter - Bloomberg Two infamous stock volatility strategies on Wall Street look set for a comeback -- with...
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) Trading Technologies ++++ Hemp Biomass Prices Dip as 2021 Harvest Adds Supply, But Emerging Demand Seen Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News Mid-range prices of hemp biomass were bobbing in a sea of red in the September PanXchange...
Lead Stories Volatility Market Lights Up With Hedging as S&P 500 Tumbles Lu Wang and Vildana Hajric - Bloomberg For the second time in two weeks, a selloff has sent the S&P 500 plummeting to chart levels that marked its floor for a decade. And once again...
First Read $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ FIA IDX 2021 Panel: More Exchange-Trade Products On Path to Sustainability 'It's important that it's the right product at the right time, not necessarily the perfect product.' Suzanne Cosgrove -- John Lothian News Environmental...
Observations & Insight IDX 2021 Panel: EU and U.S. Regulated Exchanges Tackle Crypto, ESG Challenges Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News The FIA's IDX panel of executives from U.S. and EU derivatives exchanges on Tuesday quickly turned to a discussion of meeting...
First Read $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) Nils-Robert Persson, Trading Technologies Correction: In the story "IDX 2021 Panel: The New Landscape For Clearing in the U.K. and EU" in yesterday's Newsletter, the sentence 'The moderator, FIA Europe's Bruce Savage, said the...
Observations & Insight Options volatility bounces back on Evergrande, Fed taper talk; John's Take previews FIA's IDX; How does the VIX calculate vol? - The Spread - September 24, 2021 JohnLothianNews.com - Options markets see spike in volatility, but ride out...
First Read $53,506/$300,000 (17.8%) ++++ IDX 2021 Panel: The New Landscape For Clearing in the U.K. and EU Sarah Rudolph - JLN With the U.K. and EU having recently separated, concerns about cross-border equivalence for trading and clearing venues have come to the...
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Jeff Bergstrom is an editor at John Lothian News and chief information officer of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. Bergstrom is also a contributing editor of JLN Options and JLN Financials.