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Investor pockets $13 million on one trade by betting big against the S&P 500 right before Monday’s steep drop
See also: ; Wall Street’s high-stake bets on calm less risky than they seem, Traders Eye Long-Term Hedges on the S&P 500, Two-thirds of Americans don’t feel the benefits of Wall St rally, and more.
Why Markets Have Lost Their Cool; Stock Sell-Off Is a Wake-Up Call for Investors
See also: Hedge funds pile into petroleum on rosier economic outlook, Pound jumps above $1.31 to seven-month high on expectation of Conservative majority, and more.
Large investor lays out $31 million options hedge against U.S. stock market drop; The fear of missing out will punish you once the stock market starts to make a ‘blow-off top’
Observations & Insight OCC Monthly Volume by Exchange - November 2019 Lead Stories Large investor lays out $31 million options hedge against U.S. stock market drop Saqib Iqbal Ahmed - Reuters Monday's slide in U.S. stocks prompted at least...
VIX Is Low. That May Be Because of All the Volatility ETPs; Traders’ Expectations for Stock Volatility Near Lowest Since 2018
Lead Stories VIX Is Low. That May Be Because of All the Volatility ETPs Joanna Ossinger - Bloomberg Exchange-traded products are taking up a bigger chunk of Cboe Volatility Index futures trading than they have in about seven years, and that...
Never in the History of the Euro Has Volatility Been This Low; Hong Kong Stock’s 78% Tumble Adds to Wave of Sudden Crashes
Observations & Insight EDITOR'S NOTE: JLN Options will not be published Thursday or Friday. Have a great Thanksgiving holiday (if you are in the US)! Tony Saliba - Open Outcry Traders History Project JohnLothianNews.com Tony Saliba was interviewed by...
Mounting Bearish Bets on Japan Stocks Is Nothing to Worry About, Analyst Says; Do financial derivatives impact corporate innovation?
Observations & Insight Trading platform migration complete, Cboe's Chris Isaacson outlines next steps JohnLothianNews.com Chris Isaacson, Cboe Global Markets executive VP and chief operating officer, talked to JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about the...
Ray Dalio Says Bridgewater Has No Net Short Bet Against Stocks; Oil rally pauses as hedge funds await trade talks
The Spread: The CEM Gets SA-CC'd JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread: the CEM is succeeded by the SA-CCR after a final ruling by the Fed, the FDIC, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the other OCC); MIAX launches SPIKES...
Bridgewater Bets Big on Market Drop; Traders Bet on Volatility Comeback in 2020
See also: Traders Fear Labour’s $11 Billion Tax Will Crush London Market, Oil traders bet on economic upswing in 2020: Kemp, and more.
End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME’s Giant Eurodollar Market; Bets on a Strong Pound Are Getting in the Way of a Strong Pound
Lead Stories End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME's Giant Eurodollar Market Alexander Osipovich - WSJ The clock is ticking on a huge futures market where nearly $3 trillion changes hands on an average day. Eurodollar futures, which let...
A notoriously bearish hedge-fund manager is more convinced than ever that a crash is coming; ‘Giant Risk Event’ Makes Hedging a Good Bet in 2020, TD Says
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A hedge fund CEO warns the stock market is brewing a bubble similar to the time bomb that exploded in early 2018; The absence of fear is a little scary in itself
See also: Oil price rally squeezes bears, but bulls keep powder dry, Column: Funds remain stubbornly bearish CBOT corn through slow U.S. harvest, and more.
Big Bets in Asia on Fed Have Traders Guessing Who’s Paying; Stocks Are Writing Checks the Economic Data Can’t Cash
See also: Alarm sounds over heavy short selling of junk bond ETFs, Managers Optimize Fee Negotiation Structures to Align with Pricing Philosophy, and more.
Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off; Unusual Calm Hangs Over Stock Market
Lead Stories Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off Laurence Fletcher, Tommy Stubbington and Leo Lewis - Financial Times Hedge funds are taking the blame for a drop in Japanese government bond prices that has reverberated around global debt markets....
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Wave Goodbye to Libor. Welcome Its Successor, SOFR
First Read Grayscale wants digital asset regulators and investors to get along Matt Raebel - John Lothian News When you lose your digital assets, there isn't exactly a 1-800 number you can call to seek legal recompense. It's still the Wild West...
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Morgan Stanley Soared in Currency Derivatives Before Lira Mess; Time to Get Tactical on European Rates as Returns May Fall
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