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John Vaile Saw the Potential of Financial Futures and Helped Make Them A Success
John Vaile had an aunt who invested in the stock market who bought Vaile some stock when he was 10 years old and that experience caused him to want to be a stockbroker. As a result, Vaile became a student of the market.
He went to a couple of different colleges in Illinois, then ended up in a program at Wharton for students who did not graduate from college.
Vaile was working for Morgan Stanley and living in Lake Geneva, WI, surrounded by friends in the futures markets and he wanted to get involved with what was happening. He said he badgered Morgan Stanley to get involved. They gave him permission, but he said he could see how long it would take for them to truly become involved and he did not have the patience for that.
John’s Take: Four New Women CFTC Commissioners Was More Historic Than I Thought
When four women were confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and it was heralded as a historic event, I decided to look into the history of the commission and the number of women who have served and who they served with. At no...
John’s Take: Why I hate Chuck Mackie and Thoughts on FTX’s CFTC Request
I have a love/hate relationship with Chuck Mackie. I love him because he is a great guy, good citizen and cheerful practitioner of solving the world’s problems with market based solutions. I hate him because he really knows how to make me work, and work hard. Don’t worry, there are others on this list too (Hello Barbara).
On Thursday Chuck emailed me and asked when I was going to write a comment letter for the FTX request to the CFTC for LedgerX LLC, doing business as FTX US Derivatives, “to amend its order of registration as a DCO to allow it to modify its existing non-intermediated model.”
John’s Take: Cboe Empowers Scholarships Surprise Ceremony Gets a Closer Look
JOHN’S TAKE: Cboe Empowers Scholarships Surprise Ceremony Gets a Closer Look
John’s Take – Hitesh Mittal of BestEx Research on Payment for Order Flow
This week comedian and TV star Jon Stewart shined a big bright light on the subject of payment for order flow in equities trading on an episode of his show, The Problem with Jon Stewart. While his take is always entertaining and sometimes impactful, I wanted to share with you another source that has also looked at the subject.
Hitesh Mittal and Kathryn Berkow of BestEx Research released a paper last year titled “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Payment for Order Flow” that looked at the impact of the practice on institutional investors.
Introducing Euronext Knowledge Center
JOHN’S TAKE: Introducing Euronext Knowledge Center
John talks about “Dating or Defrauding” & Super Bowl Crypto in John’s Take
JOHN’S TAKE: John talks about “Dating or Defrauding” & Super Bowl Crypto in John’s Take
John about Micros and Nanos in John’s Take
JOHN’S TAKE: John about Micros and Nanos in John’s Take
John talks with Henry Schwartz, president of Trade Alert LLC, for “John’s Take”
JOHN’S TAKE: Options Term of the Week is Contract Multiplier with Kevin Davitt of Cboe.
John talks with Barchart’s Mark Haraburda for “John’s Take”
JOHN’S TAKE: John talks with Barchart’s Mark Haraburda for “John’s Take”
Futures exchanges as “hot commodities” is the theme of ”John’s Take”
JOHN’S TAKE: Cboe’s Empowerment Program is the theme of ”John’s Take”
Cboe’s Empowerment Program is the theme of ”John’s Take”
JOHN’S TAKE: Cboe’s Empowerment Program is the theme of John’s Take
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OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 12: SPREAD TRADING; DAN KEEGAN OF OPTIONTHINKER.COM TALKS CALL AND PUT SPREADS WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng introduces some bearish spread strategies with the bear call spread and the bear put spread.
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OPTIONS DISCOVERY EPISODE 12: SPREAD TRADING; DAN KEEGAN OF OPTIONTHINKER.COM TALKS CALL AND PUT SPREADS WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng introduces some bearish spread strategies with the bear call spread and the bear put spread.
John’s Take
John Vaile Saw the Potential of Financial Futures and Helped Make Them A Success
John Vaile had an aunt who invested in the stock market who bought Vaile some stock when he was 10 years old and that experience caused him to want to be a stockbroker. As a result, Vaile became a student of the market.
He went to a couple of different colleges in Illinois, then ended up in a program at Wharton for students who did not graduate from college.
Vaile was working for Morgan Stanley and living in Lake Geneva, WI, surrounded by friends in the futures markets and he wanted to get involved with what was happening. He said he badgered Morgan Stanley to get involved. They gave him permission, but he said he could see how long it would take for them to truly become involved and he did not have the patience for that.
Term Of The Week
Term of The Week – The Price of an Underlying Asset
TERM OF THE WEEK: This week’s Term of The Week is The Price of an Underlying Asset
