Todays Newsletter
Cboe and S&P launch ‘credit Vix’ indices as higher rates squeeze corporates
Observations & Insight Keynote Address of Chairman Rostin Behnam at the Futures Industry Association Expo 2023, Chicago, Illinois CFTC Markets continue to demonstrate volatility amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty. And that means that the Commission must...
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Trade in ‘fear gauge’ at high as investors hedge amid fragile markets
Observations & Insight Intro to the Collar Strategy; Doug Ashburn, Executive Editor at Britannica Money, Discusses the Different Components of a Collar and Its Use in the Options Industry JohnLothianNews.com Intro to the Collar Strategy; Doug Ashburn, Executive...
Trading in Diesel Options Is Going Crazy
Observations & Insight Options Discovery Episode 22; Intro to the Collar Strategy; Doug Ashburn, Executive Editor at Britannica Money, Discusses These Topics and More With JLN's Asma Awass. JohnLothianNews.com In this episode of Options Discovery, Asma Awass...
Traders wary of volatility as JP Morgan fund’s big options trade looms
Observations & Insight Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Unveil Innovative Cboe S&P 500 Dispersion Index JohnLothianNews.com In a recent video interview with John Lothian News, John Hiatt, vice president, Cboe Labs, and Tim Edwards, managing director at S&P Dow...
Cboe S&P 500 Dispersion Index (DSPX) Pushes Hot Options Trade Into Mainstream
Observations & Insight Editor's Note: The story "Reddit User Risks And Loses $600,000 Inherited Home That Didn't Fully Belong To Him In High-Stakes Options Gamble: 'My Life's Over, Here's My Final Advice'" had a broken link yesterday (actually, the link worked but...
Reddit User Risks And Loses $600,000 Inherited Home That Didn’t Fully Belong To Him In High-Stakes Options Gamble: ‘My Life’s Over, Here’s My Final Advice’
Lead Stories Reddit User Risks And Loses $600,000 Inherited Home That Didn't Fully Belong To Him In High-Stakes Options Gamble: 'My Life's Over, Here's My Final Advice' Yahoo Finance The story of a Reddit user losing $619,035 in the stock market showcases the risky...
OCC liquidity risk doubles to all-time high in Q2
Lead Stories OCC liquidity risk doubles to all-time high in Q2; Concentration of activity around June expiration responsible for record rise Joshua Walker - Risk.net The estimated largest payment obligation Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) could have faced had a...
‘Witching day’ price spikes point to options market manipulation – study
Lead Stories 'Witching day' price spikes point to options market manipulation - study; Data reveals patterns that can be explained no other way, researchers say Rob Mannix - Risk.net Is someone manipulating options markets on expiration days? A controversial new study...
Options Traders Seek Protection From Higher Rates Ahead of Fed Decision
Observations & Insight I had just landed in Charlotte, NC yesterday morning on my way to Bermuda and the WFE's General Annual meeting and I turned off airplane mode on my phone. The first text quickly flashed on my phone with the message, "Ed Tilly has resigned as...
Cboe’s CEO Resigns Over Undisclosed Personal Relationships
Observations & Insight Nick Solinger Reflects on FIA Tech Role, Its Future and IDX Takeaways JohnLothianNews.com In this JLN video interview from this year's FIA IDX in London, JLN Correspondent Julie Ros talked to Nick Solinger, the president of FIA Technology...
The Stock Market’s Fear Gauge Just Signaled Bull Market Is Still Alive
Observations & Insight John Shay Shoulders AFX Role With Optimism and Purpose JohnLothianNews.com John Shay, the CEO of the American Financial Exchange, took on the role after 7RIDGE bought the exchange from AFX Founder and former CEO Dr. Richard Sandor and the...
$4 Trillion Triple Witching Options Event, Rebalancing to Threaten Market Calm
Observations & Insight Options Discovery Episode 20: Intro to Options and Earnings; eToro Equity and Derivatives Investment Analyst Callie Cox Breaks Down Options and Earnings With JLN's Alex Teng JohnLothianNews.com In this episode of Options Discovery, Asma...
Triple-Witching Day: Are Options Markets Being Manipulated?
Lead Stories Triple-Witching Day: Are Options Markets Being Manipulated? Mark Hulbert - Barron's Be on your guard against market manipulation on Friday, Sept. 15, which is a triple-witching day. "Triple witching" refers to those four days each year—the third Fridays...
Gambling on Options Is Fun
Lead Stories Gambling on Options Is Fun; Also a Sculptor lawsuit, Jamie Dimon on bank capital rules and a 2x levered Bitcoin ETF. Matt Levine - Bloomberg There was just a very strong case that, if you wanted to make long-term retirement investments, buying stocks was...
Amateurs Pile Into 24-Hour Options: ‘It’s Just Gambling’
Observations & Insight The Spikes futures funeral has been put on hold as MIAX has filed a petition to the Washington, DC Court of Appeals asking them to review the matter. This starts a new 60-day clock that will keep Spikes futures trading through January 1,...
Volatility Insights: Evaluating the Market Impact of SPX 0DTE Options
Lead Stories Volatility Insights: Evaluating the Market Impact of SPX 0DTE Options Mandy Xu - Cboe Trading in zero days to expiry options, so called 0DTEs, have exploded in popularity in recent years - rising from 5% of SPX options volume in 2016 to over 40% since the...
