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Global Appeal: Tim McCourt of the CME Group
ESGs, S&P E-Minis, and Bitcoin Options – oh my! Tim McCourt stopped by the Eurex booth at FIA Expo 2019 to discuss how consumer demand has shaped the CME’s latest product offerings.
Donnie Roberts – Open Outcry Traders History Project
MarketsWiki Education's Open Outcry Traders History ProjectDonnie Roberts came to Chicago after graduating from graduate school with a love of futures and options trading. He chose Chicago over New York and London. He came to the visitor center of the...
The Spread – For Cheddar or Worse
This week on The Spread: MIAX scores another legal win, Nasdaq raises fees to pay for upgrades they hope will give them a competitive edge, and the CME Group gets cheesy with new options and futures contracts.
The Importance of Investor Education
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Mary Savoie, executive director of the Options Industry Council and first vice president, investor education, for OCC, talks about the importance of investor education and how to become an informed investor.
Managing risk with VIX
In this MarketsWiki Education video from our World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Rob Hocking, senior vice president, head of derivatives strategy at Cboe, explains what the VIX index is and how to manage risk using the VIX index and its related products, including VIX futures and options. In the complex options world, face to face negotiations between brokers and traders still take place, he says, and market makers still provide an important function.
The Spread – In/Stability
It appears Congress still us little old options folks on the radar as the Options Market Stability Act is back in action! Also, JPMorgan has a Trump-related volatility measurement that we talk about in this week’s episode of “The Spread,” the last with Spencer Doar as host.
The Spread – LIBOR Edition
In this episode of “The Spread,” we look at the history of the LIBOR, a financial innovation that grew to underpin trillions of dollars of derivatives contracts before becoming the centerpiece of one of the largest financial scandals of our time.
The Spread – Moving on Up
A tongue-in-cheek weekly recap of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.
The Spread – A Big Deal
If LSEG’s purchase of Refinitiv goes through, it would be quite the mega deal for capital markets. This episode of “The Spread” examines the tie-up’s potential. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's Newsletter We visit...
The Spread – A SPIKE in Volume
A snarky recap of the week’s notable (and sometimes just random) options-related news, hosted by JLN Editor Spencer Doar.
The Spread – Put Your Dukes Up
A tongue-in-cheek weekly recap of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.
As Capital Flows Into The Logistics Industry, Freight Futures Look For Traction
Nodal Exchange, in a joint effort with DAT and FreightWaves, launched trucking freight futures in March. In this video, FreightWaves Executive Director Addison Armstrong talks about how the logistics industry has abandoned its old school ways...
The State of the Options Industry: Great, But Not 2018 Great
In this video, Trade Alert President Henry Schwartz talks about trends in the listed options industry, from an increase in FLEX and alternative ETF options to the plight of market participants caught wrong-footed at the end of 2018.
The Spread – Getting Corn-y
A tongue-in-cheek weekly recap of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.
Signal Generation: Growing the Options Industry’s Footprint
In this video, Matt Amberson, principal of Option Research & Technology Services (ORATS), talks about how getting people to use options data is a good first step on the road to their eventually trading options. Produced by Mike Forrester ...
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Charles Schwab to Buy TD Ameritrade for $26 Billion, Reports Say
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today's MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project series video is of Jeff Bernacchi, a CME member and former member of the CME Group board of directors who recently retired from the board...
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End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME’s Giant Eurodollar Market; Bets on a Strong Pound Are Getting in the Way of a Strong Pound
Lead Stories End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME's Giant Eurodollar Market Alexander Osipovich - WSJ The clock is ticking on a huge futures market where nearly $3 trillion changes hands on an average day. Eurodollar futures, which let...
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