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OCC Volume Down 7% in March; Too Volatile, or Too Calm, Markets Not Right for Wall St. Banks
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightThe Spread - A CAT and Three Lizards Walk Into a Bar...JohnLothianNews.comWhat do an Irish pub, a reptilian derivative product and eurodollar trading have in common?...
The CAT Saga Continues; Treasury Swings Jump Like It’s 2016
The day’s options and derivatives news from financial services professionals. Today’s newsletter covers increased volatility in Treasury markets and the ongoing saga with the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT).
Death of European Bond Volatility; BOE No-Deal Planning Won’t Stop Market Volatility – Cunliffe
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightWednesday MiscellanySpencer Doar - JLNMIAX Emerald opened for trading on March 1 with IBM as the only symbol to start. Per the OCC, through March 5th 403 contracts...
VIX Curve(ball); Bond Volatility; Concannon on the SEC and Trading Incentives
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight CFA Institute And FINRA Foundation Study Debunks Common Myths About Millennials And Investing FINRA Conventional wisdom paints a picture of millennials as...
Low Bond Vol Creates Trove of Cheap Bets; Wells Fargo/LJM Update
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead Stories Low Bond Volatility Creates Trove of Cheap Bets; Whatever happened to rising interest rates sparking market turbulence? Brian Chappatta - BloombergQuint The Federal...
Strong 2017 Options Volumes; FX Options Traders Get Wake-Up Call; Cryptocurrencies Steal Volatility
Lead Stories Editor’s Note: In light of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there will not be a JLN Options newsletter on Monday. US Options Volumes Strong in 2017 Despite Record Low Volatility Tabb Options Liquidity Matrix US equity options volumes in 2017 increased 3.1%...
As Stocks Reach New Highs, Investors Abandon Hedges; Bond Market Vol at Multidecade Lows
Observations & Insight Top Options Stories of 2017 Countdown JohnLothianNews.com Listicles are occasionally the butt of jokes - Buzzfeed knows - but what about listideos? With 2017 in the bag, we at JLN thought we'd recap the year in options with a list of the big...
Talk of CAT Delay; Bond vol shows signs of life; Investors fearless
Lead Stories Exchanges in talks with U.S. SEC to delay new audit system: sources John McCrank - Reuters Stock exchanges are in talks with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to possibly delay the rollout of a new system aimed at helping the regulator better...
Suspect trading in Equifax options; Risks From ‘Shadow Insurance’ Business; $1 Silver Options Bet
Observations & Insight House passes hurricane aid, debt ceiling extension, government funding Christina Wilkie - CNBC The House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly backed the Senate's version of a bill raising the nation's borrowing limit for three months,...
HFT – Not so flashy anymore; Vicious VIX; JPM Head Quant Warns Of “Catastrophic Losses” For Short Vol Strategies
Observations & Insight An Excerpt of Note Spencer Doar - JLN I am re-reading "Liar's Poker" because...I don't really know why — maybe it's just summer instinct with all these reading lists floating around. Anyway, about a quarter of the way in, there's a notable...
One Place Volatility Hasn’t Gone Home to Die Is the Nasdaq 100; Bond volatility – all aboard the big dipper?; Pound Seen Losing the Most If U.K. Vote Delivers No Winner
Observations & Insight Cold as ICE: Sprecher asks UK, How much do you love me? Jim Kharouf - JLN To hear one exchange leader tell it, UK markets could use a little more love. At the 10th annual FIA IDX conference on Tuesday, ICE Chairman and CEO Jeff Sprecher said...
Chinese Backers Planning Singapore’s Third Derivatives Exchange; Some Big Bond Managers Are Buying Volatility Again; Credit Suisse has its own ‘Fear Barometer,’ and it’s flashing red
Observations & Insight Editor's Note Due to the Good Friday holiday, there will be no JLN Options newsletter tomorrow. We will be back in action on Monday. Have a great weekend! Lead Stories Chinese Backers Planning Singapore's Third Derivatives Exchange Bloomberg...
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First Read $31,126/$300,000 (10.4%) Ajay Jain ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Welcome to International Women's Day 2021. The theme for this year's International Women's Day is "Choose To Challenge." The WFE says there are over 100 women today...
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Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ surges to highest level in about 5 weeks as Treasury-yield spike sparks stock-market selloff; A new era of volatility begins, but equity inflows continue: BofA
Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ surges to highest level in about 5 weeks as Treasury-yield spike sparks stock-market selloff; A new era of volatility begins, but equity inflows continue: BofA
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