First Read Cboe's Tilly Outlines Exchange Growth Amid Market Disruption Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News In a webinar interview Thursday, Cboe Global Markets' CEO Ed Tilly said the exchange is contemplating reopening the trading floor next month but will not pull...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The Streetwise Professor's latest blog post is titled "Whoops! WTI Didn't Do It Again, or, Lightning Strikes Once" and gives his take on the expiration of the June WTI contract and the current state of the oil market. It is...
Observations & Insight Maureen Obermeier: Open Outcry Traders History Project JohnLothianNews.com Maureen Obermeier started on the CBOE floor the summer after her freshman year of college and never left. She helped some friends get jobs that summer, and some, like...
First Read John Lothian Productions Offers FREE Online Video Production Mini-Course Learn How to Shoot Video During Pandemic Stay at Home Time In this era of social distancing and quarantining at home, John Lothian Productions is now offering a FREE "Everything You...
First Read Update: SAFE Banking Act of 2019 Moves Forward With Heroes Act By Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, legislation introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and passed by...
First Read CBD Demand High, Fewer CBD-Hemp Acres Expected in Key States in 2020 Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Hemp can be a confusing, jargon-heavy topic. Please see the "Background" section below for a description of the hemp industry that we hope will help with...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz issued a statement this morning calling for the CFTC's Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee to play a role should convergence issues with the CME Group's WTI crude oil contract...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Based on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's plan for reopening the state of Illinois, it looks very unlikely JLN will be able to hold an in-person event for the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity. We had secured venues...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Former Millburn Ridgefield Corporation Co-Chairman and Co-CEO George Crapple has passed away. Crapple was a former National Futures Association (NFA) Director and Executive Committee Chairman and Managed Funds Association (MFA)...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Happy Star Wars Day! May the fourth be with you! John Lothian News is pleased to announce a virtual panel discussion to be held on Thursday, May 14 at 3:30 PM to discuss the Bachelier Option Model and its implications for the...
Observations & Insight Striker from Quantitative Brokers Brings First Options on Futures Execution Algorithm JohnLothianNews.com Christian Hauff, CEO of Quantitative Brokers, sat for an interview with John Lothian News about the first futures execution algorithm...
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff We finally have the podcast with Christian Hauff, CEO of Quantitative Brokers, about QB's new Striker product. Striker is an execution algorithm for trading options on futures. This is the type of product...
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Give Terry Duffy credit, the well-tanned Executive Chairman and CEO of the CME Group went on CNBC yesterday to talk about negative oil prices and respond to the ham-handed accusations of manipulation from...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The FIA has cancelled IDX and two other conferences scheduled in the coming months. They again made the correct but difficult decision for the organization, its employees and the industry. They have given us certainty about...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today we have published the Open Outcry Traders History Project video of James Gordon of Straits Financial LLC. Gordon spent eight years on the Cboe trading floor with Timber Hill. His is the first video...
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