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...
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Crop Trading Giants Start Blockchain Platform With Brazil Deals
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...
Clearinghouse Urges Faster Trade Settlement Amid GameStop Scrutiny
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...
‘Flat out false’ — Ken Griffin says Citadel doesn’t use personal information from retail investors
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...
Japan Exchange Appoints Hiromi Yamaji as Head of Tokyo Bourse
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...
VIX Bets Shows Volatility Concerns Ebbing But Not Forgotten
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...
How Extreme Cold Turned Into a U.S. Energy Crisis
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...
City of London’s Brexit Tab Rises With Stock and Swaps Moves
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...
Amsterdam ousts London as Europe’s top share trading hub
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...
US stock exchanges sue SEC over data rule changes
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...
Hong Kong Exchanges Names JPMorgan’s Nicolas Aguzin as New CEO
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...
Trading Titan Don Wilson Has Advice for Yellen on Market Fixes
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...
The ‘Roaring Kitty’ Rally: How a Reddit User and His Friends Roiled the Markets
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...
‘Dumb Money’ Is on GameStop, and It’s Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game
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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GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
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