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JOHN LOTHIAN
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John J. Lothian is the founder and co-owner of MarketsWiki, MarketsWiki Education and MarketsReformWiki and the publisher of John Lothian News.
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
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JOHN’S TAKE: John talks with Barchart’s Mark Haraburda for “John’s Take”
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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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A Deeper Dive into 0DTE Options trading: Jonathan Zaionz, Senior Derivatives Analyst at Cboe Global Markets and Author of “The Rise of SPX & 0DTE Options,” Discusses 0DTE and More in this Options Discovery Full Interview
In this Options Discovery full interview, Asma Awass speaks with Jonthan Zaionz, a senior derivatives analyst at Cboe Global Markets who recently had his paper, “The Rise of SPX & 0DTE Options” published.
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A Deeper Dive into 0DTE Options trading: Jonathan Zaionz, Senior Derivatives Analyst at Cboe Global Markets and Author of “The Rise of SPX & 0DTE Options,” Discusses 0DTE and More in this Options Discovery Full Interview
In this Options Discovery full interview, Asma Awass speaks with Jonthan Zaionz, a senior derivatives analyst at Cboe Global Markets who recently had his paper, “The Rise of SPX & 0DTE Options” published.
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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...
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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