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Mike Cavanaugh – Open Outcry Traders History Project
Mike Cavanaugh found his way to the trading industry despite his degree in political science because he had a brother-in-law in the wheat pit at the CBOT. He did a summer internship working for “one of the more prolific wheat traders” and soon fell in love with the place.
Peter Fredriksson – The Path to Electronic Trading
A Swedish Perspective from the Early Days of Electronic Trading
Peter Fredriksson was with OM in Sweden when they offered the first electronic trading platform.
No, Virginia, There is no Santa Claus; He Was Demutualized
If you are, like me, someone who has never bought even a single datum let alone have multiple subscriptions with multiple vendors, Acuiti’s newest report on market data makes for fascinating reading.
Eero Pikat – The Path to Electronic Trading
Electronic trading changed the way quotes are generated, archived and delivered to traders, brokers and their clients over the internet. Barchart was a pioneer in delivering quotes over the internet and providing them for several exchanges. Today it is the largest futures-centric quote provider.
John Van Der Bleek – The Path to Electronic Trading
John Van Der Bleek got his start in the markets after working for a hospital part time with someone later hired at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as an employment manager.
Ed Tilly – The Path to Electronic Trading
In a recent Zoom interview with John Lothian News for the JLN MarketsWiki Education Path to Electronic Trading series, Cboe Global Markets Chairman. President and CEO Ed Tilly shared the story of his start in the options industry and how that led him on a path towards electronic trading.
Why Do You Hire a Super Salesman to Run Trading Technologies?
Rick Lane is out at Trading Technologies as CEO and chairman, but still with the company in a non-titled supporting role for the time being, at a time when the company is rumored to be in the midst of a sale.
Ray Carmichael – The History of Financial Futures – Part 2
Ray Carmichael was in the thick of the new markets, the early days of electronic trading and huge change in the futures industry globally as the head of corporate communications for the Chicago Board of Trade.
Ray Carmichael – The History of Financial Futures Part I
Ray Carmichael joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1980, hired by then-CBOT president Thomas Donovan to lead communications for the exchange. Carmichael had come from the nonprofit world, so he understood how committees work in organizations.
Bill Brodsky – The Path to Electronic Trading, Part 2
Former Cboe Global Markets Chairman and CEO Bill Brodsky’s career in the financial industry spanned multiple decades and took him on a path from Wall Street to LaSalle Street. Here is Part 2 of a wide-ranging interview he gave JLN.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 16: A Year of Highs and Lows
In this episode of the CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast, Matt Raebel and Thom Thompson discuss their picks for the biggest cryptocurrency and blockchain stories of 2020.
The Spread: That’s a Wrap
This week on The Spread, Cboe announces new products, Massachusetts regulators file a complaint against Robinhood, and JLN says goodbye to Mike Forrester.
Broadridge/RJO Deal Shakes up Post-Trade Business, Gives RJO a Single Platform to Grow its Burgeoning Global Business
R.J. O’Brien (“RJO”) recently announced a major post-trade technology deal with Broadridge to supply RJO with the technology to manage post-trade flows on a global basis.
Kevin Darby – The Path to Electronic Trading – MarketsWiki Education
Kevin Darby started his career as a college kid on the CBOE trading floor and bridged the open outcry and electronic trading eras by using his knowledge of the trading floor processes and trading, his mathematical skills and his programming skills.
The Spread: Time for an Upgrade
This week on The Spread, Softbank ditches a controversial options investment, the CME becomes the new king of bitcoin derivatives, and more.
John Lothian Newsletter
Today's Newsletter
A $21 Trillion Treasuries Mystery Is Bedeviling Global Markets; Gensler pledges market structure review after GameStop turmoil
A $21 Trillion Treasuries Mystery Is Bedeviling Global Markets; Gensler pledges market structure review after GameStop turmoil
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JLN Options Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
Rocket shares soar more than 70% as analysts eye ‘GameStop-esque’ short squeeze; Rocket Falls as RBC Suggests Reddit-Driven Rally Is Overdone
Rocket shares soar more than 70% as analysts eye ‘GameStop-esque’ short squeeze; Rocket Falls as RBC Suggests Reddit-Driven Rally Is Overdone
Everything you need to know about Options Today
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