John Lothian Profiles
John Lothian Profiles: A Look Back with Steve Staszak
Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at the...
John Lothian Profiles: Ralf Roth – Market Structure Matters
Ralf Roth got his start in 1994 at Deutsche Bank as a junior fixed income analyst. Starting at the bottom and working his way up, Roth occupied various roles in equities and prime broking before eventually becoming the global head of...
John Lothian Profiles: George Gero’s long winding road through the futures industry
George Gero started out as a floor clerk on the New York Stock Exchange in 1959. He has been a witness to the growth and changes in the markets over the years, becoming a member of NYMEX, COMEX, the American Stock Exchange and PHLX...
John Lothian Profiles: Bob Otter – 40 Years in Futures
From humble beginnings as a runner during high school, Bob Otter became a futures industry tale of success. He told John Lothian News about what was lost and what was gained when exchanges went all electronic, as well as the lessons...
John Lothian Profiles: Tom Kadlec
From regulation to technology to the revenue structure, futures commission merchants have experienced drastic changes over the last 30 years, as Tom Kadlec, CEO of ADM Investor Services, knows full well. In this John Lothian Profiles...
John Lothian Profiles: Mike Forrester reflects on 50 years of trading at the CBOT
Toledo, Ohio-born Mike Forrester has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade for more than 50 years. He started out at the CBOT as a runner for the old Uhlman Grain Company in 1963 at age 22. He got interested in the markets and...
John Lothian Profiles: Blair Hull
It's not every day you hear one of the most successful traders and businessmen in the industry say he got his start as a card counter in blackjack."My brother-in-law told me that he made money in Lake Tahoe, enough money to pay for...
John Lothian Profiles: Lee Stern
Lee Stern has seen it all in his career - the highs of great markets and the lows of market scandal. After completing his military service in 1947, Stern enrolled in Roosevelt College and then found his way to the Chicago Board of...
John Lothian Profiles: Neal Kottke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BESH_tfCDE Neal Kottke, chairman of Kottke Associates in Chicago, is one of those industry veterans who has done it all in his career, from the commercial side to clearing, to starting his own clearing firm to...
John Lothian Profiles: Tom Cashman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq5NaNt0z_g Tom Cashman, a member of an iconic Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) family, is a pit trader, exchange trading floor broker and 50-year member of the exchange. Tom Cashman's contributions to the CBOT...
Consumer Complaints About Crypto on the Rise Amid Crypto Slump, Data Shows
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee met on September 28 under the leadership of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson for the first time. The CFTC chairman, Rostin Behnam, and Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero...
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LEX LUTHRINGSHAUSEN FULL INTERVIEW PART 2; LEX TALKS OPTIONS STRADDLES WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG.
In this Options Discovery interview, Lex Luthringshausen from Tradier sits down with Alex Teng for Part 2.
Explainer: How a massive options trade by a JP Morgan fund can move markets
Lead Stories Explainer: How a massive options trade by a JP Morgan fund can move markets Saqib Iqbal Ahmed - Reuters A nearly $16 billion JP Morgan fund is expected to reset its options positions on Friday, potentially adding to equity volatility at the end of a...