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Fed Hears Urgent Pleas to Ease Rules on Banks in Options Markets; ABN Amro takes $200m hit from failure of a single client
Lead Stories Fed Hears Urgent Pleas to Ease Rules on Banks in Options Markets Silla Brush, Benjamin Bain and Jesse Hamilton - Bloomberg Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the options market has been a crucial tool for investors seeking to protect...
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2020 Options Industry Conference Cancellation; Down $52,000 in a day: Furious Robinhood customers want payback following the app’s two day outage
2020 Options Industry Conference Cancellation; Down $52,000 in a day: Furious Robinhood customers want payback following the app’s two day outage
Dalio said those who insured against coronavirus fallout could be ‘annihilated’; How to Hedge a Coronavirus
Observations & Insight A Reporter's Story About the Boca Cancellation By John Lothian Last week I told the JLN staff I expected by Wednesday or Thursday this week that FIA would cancel the Boca conference. They looked surprised. It was...
OCC February Total Volume Up 60.7 Percent from a Year Ago – Highest Volume Month Ever for U.S. Equity Options Industry; Traders Were Already Rushing to Short Volatility Before Fed Cut
Observations & InsightFutures Industry Association Cancels Prestigious Boca International Conference Due to an Abundance of Caution Because of Global Coronavirus Outbreak John Lothian - John Lothian News The Futures Industry Association has cancelled...
Should we worry as the market’s ‘fear gauge’ nears its highest level since the Great Recession? Wall Street’s Hot Volatility Trade Right Now Is Betting on Calm
Lead Stories Should we worry as the market's 'fear gauge' nears its highest level since the Great Recession? Andrew Van Dam - The Washington Post An index pundits love to call Wall Street's "fear gauge" is flashing red. Should we panic? The...
The S&P 500 suffers its quickest correction since the Great Depression; Volatility index hits highest level since 2015
Observations & Insight The OCC cleared 45.4 million contracts yesterday, setting yet another record for the U.S. derivatives clearing industry.~MR Lead Stories The S&P 500 suffers its quickest correction since the Great Depression Ben...
The Invisible Forces Exacerbating Market Swings; Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ on pace for 2nd-biggest weekly jump in its history as coronavirus sends stocks into correction
Observations & Insight We forgot to mention after the OCC's record-breaking news yesterday that the MIAX PEARL Options Exchange also set a new contract record this week with 2,326,629 contracts executed, beating their previous record of...
What Rout? RBC Still Sees Bullish Behavior in U.S. Options; Finance’s ‘fear index’ spurred by coronavirus worries
Observations & Insight The OCC set a new record for cleared volume of options contracts yesterday - 42.2 million. This surpasses the previous record of 41.9 million cleared contracts on August 8, 2011. Check out the OCC's volume data on the...
Virus Fears Propel VIX to Biggest Daily Surge Since Volmageddon; Virus Risk No Longer Just a Blip on the Horizon
Lead Stories Virus Fears Propel VIX to Biggest Daily Surge Since Volmageddon Joanna Ossinger - Bloomberg The Cboe Volatility Index surged to its highest in more than a year Monday as renewed fears about the coronavirus outbreak battered risk...
The stock market’s fear gauge spikes to its highest since August as the coronavirus outbreak rages; European shares suffer worst day since 2016 as virus spreads, Wall Street opens ugly
Observations & Insight The Spread: Always Bet on Bull JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread: bullish bets abound despite coronavirus concerns, Cboe creates a cushion and casts chats at two conferences, volume of MIAX's SPIKES options...
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...
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...
