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Out with the old…
This week on The Spread, as we say goodbye to the 2010s, we take a look at a few changes coming ’round the bend.
Bad News Bear Market
This week on The Spread – options traders hedge like the world is ending, ICE launches options trades on Bakkt bitcoin futures, Cboe acquires Europe’s biggest stock trade clearing house, and the industry remembers a lost legend.
Regulator Rumble
This week on The Spread – Bakkt’s CEO heads to Washington, the VIX perks up for the first time since October, and regulators debate over who has jurisdiction over SPIKES futures trading on MGEX.
Ransomware Attack Hits FIA Tech Managed Service Provider CyrusOne
One of FIA Tech’s managed service providers, CyrusOne, was the target of a ransomware attack that knocked out three services FIA Tech offers from the data center. Two of those three services have been restored, one as of Wednesday morning and...
Global Appeal: Tim McCourt of the CME Group
ESGs, S&P E-Minis, and Bitcoin Options – oh my! Tim McCourt stopped by the Eurex booth at FIA Expo 2019 to discuss how consumer demand has shaped the CME’s latest product offerings.
How to Keep a Close Eye on the Markets
Travis Schwab of Eventus Systems discusses the complex task of developing software to help fight market manipulation, while also maintaining the flexibility to meet the varying needs of a broad range of customers. Turns out it helps to have former employees from the types of firms that use these products working under the hood.
FIA Expo Day Two: Alternatives to LIBOR
Transitions, disruptions and outright change are not new to the futures and options industry, but at this year’s FIA Expo, those themes seemed to loom especially large. One of the biggest changes the industry is facing is the transition from LIBOR to other...
ESG: We’re Only at the Tip of the Iceberg
At FIA IDX 2019 in London, John Lothian News sat down with Clive Furness, the managing director of Contango Markets Ltd., to talk about ESG (environmental, social and governance) and how it fits into commodity and index products, and why it’s a “social revolution” and not a fad.
Lunch with the New CME Chairman Terrence Duffy
Before the CME went public in 2002, there was a change in leadership at the top. Terry Duffy ran for the job of chairman of the board against the incumbent, Scott Gordon. I was a fan of Gordon’s and then CME CEO Jim McNulty. McNulty was one of the reasons I started the John Lothian Newsletter. He had helped me find a job when I first graduated from Purdue University. He was for a short time one of my mentors. But then I started my career and he started traveling the world as an investment banker and I lost track of him.
Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Copper’s Options Paradox; Yen Swaptions Signal 2016 BOJ Redux
A daily snapshot of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
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First SPIKES block size trade; Deconstructing SIG; JPM’s Options Quantum-Computing Years Away
A daily snapshot of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board, expects challenges; Time for Reform is Now – FIA PTG
A daily aggregation of financial news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the derivatives industry.
R.J. O’Brien on an international binge; IEX struggles to transform trading
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The index providers are quietly building up enormous powers; The Dog That Didn’t Bark: What Soybean Prices Say About Trade Deal
First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffToday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday in the U.S. and JLN will not be publishing its Options Newsletter today. In fact, after JLN goes out, the team has the rest of the day off, or you could say after JLN...
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Global Futures and Options Trading Reaches Record Level in 2019; Volatility-Targeting Funds Leverage Up at Fastest Since ‘18 Rout
Observations & Insight Cboe tweeted yesterday that average daily volume for FLEX options in 2019 hit record highs, surpassing the record set in 2018 by 49,408 contracts.~MR Lead Stories Global Futures and Options Trading Reaches Record Level in 2019...
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