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Traders Flock to Tech Options as Stocks Soar; Options traders have gone full bull — here’s why they might regret it
Observations & Insight Tom Zagara - Part 2 - Open Outcry Traders History Project JohnLothianNews.com Tom Zagara has lots of great stories to tell from his time as a trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. There were so many, we broke...
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Goldman Sachs warns of imminent risk for stocks due to complacency on coronavirus; Options markets flash euro warnings after currency plunges past $1.08
Observations & Insight DASH Taking Order Routing to Next Level, Exec Says JohnLothianNews.com DASH Co-COO Stino Milito talks about options, algos, transparency and price improvement. How can order routing be improved? Milito explains...
Record Wall Street rally triggers boom in options; Mania has taken hold in the equity market and there is “no respect” for risk, says one strategist
Lead Stories Record Wall Street rally triggers boom in options Jennifer Ablan - Financial Times While the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq have surged to record highs in recent weeks, another rally has taken hold. The US options market has been...
Options Traders Are So Bullish It’s Sending Warning Signals; Northern Trust’s Cherry on Options
Lead Stories Options Traders Are So Bullish It's Sending Warning Signals Joanna Ossinger - Bloomberg Trading in U.S. stock options has by at least one metric reached a level of bullishness not seen since the height of the dot-com boom....
Could stock market volatility return in 2020?
Lead Stories Could stock market volatility return in 2020? Bloomberg Stock market volatility, as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index, is near 5-year lows even as instability in the Middle East and the coronavirus have led to pockets of...
Here are the 15 stocks that have driven a record-setting surge in options trading; Options trades pointing to ’50 Cent’ accumulate ahead of Super Tuesday
Lead Stories Here are the 15 stocks that have driven a record-setting surge in options trading Carmen Reinicke - Markets Insider As stocks continue to gain, a pickup in trading of consumer discretionary is also pushing options volumes to a...
Deribit’s crypto options market share still dwarfs competitors amid ecosystem growth; Cboe Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Cboe One Feed
Lead Stories Deribit's crypto options market share still dwarfs competitors amid ecosystem growth Frank Chaparro - The Block The market for cryptocurrency options has been heating up since the beginning of the year, but a first mover in the...
Cboe Acquires Hanweck and FT Options; No easy answers to stock markets’ last-minute rush
Lead Stories Cboe Acquires Hanweck and FT Options John D'Antona Jr. - Traders Magazine Cboe Global Markets, Inc., one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced it has acquired Hanweck Associates, LLC, a real-time risk...
70% chance of recession in next six months, study from MIT and State Street finds; BitGo Grows Crypto Custody Options With New Swiss and Germany Entities
Observations & Insight Tom Zagara - Open Outcry Traders History Project - Part 1 JohnLothianNews.com Tom Zagara has lots of great stories to tell from his time as a trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He was a broker, trader,...
Stock Traders Are Dumping Virus Hedges After ‘Peak Fear’ Passes; Exchange operator Cboe profit beats as lower costs offset weak trading
Lead Stories Stock Traders Are Dumping Virus Hedges After 'Peak Fear' Passes Yakob Peterseil - Bloomberg Worrywarts on Wall Street fretting traders are being complacent may want to look away from options markets right now. Investors are sending...
A Reddit trader claims to have raked in a $4.3 million gain by betting on Tesla’s skyrocketing stock
Lead Stories A Reddit trader claims to have raked in a $4.3 million gain by betting on Tesla's skyrocketing stock Ben Winck - Markets Insider A Reddit member with the username WSBgod claims to have made millions of dollars in unrealized gains...
Tesla rally fueled by fear of missing out, not short squeeze; Only About 1 in 5 Analysts Rate Tesla Stock as a Buy
Lead Stories Tesla rally fueled by fear of missing out, not short squeeze - investors April Joyner - Reuters A nearly 14% gain in Tesla Inc's stock on Tuesday was likely sparked by investors looking to hop aboard its remarkable rally, rather...
Cboe Global Markets Acquires Data Analytics Companies Hanweck and FT Options; Tesla’s 10,000% Options Surge Leaves Stock Gains in the Dust
Observations & Insight OCC Monthly Volume by Exchange - January 2020 Lead Stories Cboe Global Markets Acquires Data Analytics Companies Hanweck and FT Options Cboe (press release) Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), one of the world's largest...
‘50 Cent’ Profited From Volatility Jump, Wells Fargo Says; Traders Brace for More Stock Volatility
Lead Stories '50 Cent' Profited From Volatility Jump, Wells Fargo Says Joanna Ossinger - Bloomberg The options player known as "50 Cent" -- or someone using a similar trading strategy -- has profited from a flurry of bullish volatility bets...
Traders pay up for protection against sharp falls in US stocks; Morgan Stanley Shakes Up Top Ranks of FX Unit at Center of Probe
Lead Stories Traders pay up for protection against sharp falls in US stocks Jennifer Ablan and Robin Wigglesworth - Financial Times Traders have been scrambling to protect themselves from a collapse in US stocks, spooked by the coronavirus...
Coronavirus: When China’s Markets Reopen, Prepare for Volatility; The market’s favorite recession signal is flashing red again as coronavirus fears rage
Lead Stories Coronavirus: When China's Markets Reopen, Prepare for Volatility Shuli Ren - Bloomberg 7,000 or 40,000? 3% or 7%? As the Chinese hunker down for an extended Lunar New Year break, forced upon them by a raging epidemic, they're...
