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Goldman Sachs warns stocks will tumble 18% in the next 3 months – and lays out 6 risks they think investors are ignoring; Wall St banks’ trading risk surges to highest since 2011
Observations & Insight The Spread: Re-Opened For Business JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread, several exchanges cautiously open their trading floors, the OCC's volumes are up yet again, Cboe posts its earnings report, and more....
China/HKEX battle heats up; ETFs Unlikely to Cause Widespread Mkt Disruption
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The JLN Team was saddened to learn of the passing of FIA employee Bernadette Connolly, who passed away after a long illness. Bernie was loved and very respected, as FIA so appropriately shares in...
The Spread – Week of 4/23 to 4/27
Who likes TV show theme songs (especially older ones that still live on through syndication)? If you don’t, well, shame on you, but watch this week’s episode of The Spread anyway for some updates on happenings in the options world....
Surge in oil options trading; Belief in cryptocurrencies; FX vol collapsing
Lead Stories Oil Options Trading Surges After Funds Buy Into OPEC's Rebalancing Alex Longley - Bloomberg Brent, WTI option volumes hit multi-month highs on Monday; Funds seen drawn by tightening oil market, Mideast tensions Options trading for crude oil this week...
Uncovering the Secret History of Wall Street’s Largest Oil Trade; Cowen Group to Buy Brokerage Firm Convergex for $116 Million; Hedge funds square up most of their former record bullish position in oil
Observations & Insight March Marketshare via OCC ++++++ No Garfield Needed - A Good Case of the Mondays at CME Spencer Doar - JLN Yesterday was the first trading day for CME's Monday weekly options on the S&P 500 and E-Mini S&P. The launch comes after the...
Multi-Asset Trading Now in Vogue for the Buy Side?; Exploring the Rare Action in the S&P 500 Put / Call Ratio; Bets surge on WTI playing catch-up with Brent price
Observations & Insight EDITOR'S NOTE: JLN Options is happy to have Henry Schwartz, President of Trade Alert, as a guest editor this week. Building Blocks Henry Schwartz - Trade Alert The flip side of smart-routed sweeps we discussed yesterday is high-touch...
2016 Exchange CEO Series: Nasdaq Futures’ Magnus Haglind Bullish On Energies
Nasdaq Futures (NFX) shook up the energy futures space last year with its entry into the energy exchange space in July 2015. Now the company is looking to gain some ground on its established competitors, CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange.With gas oil and natural...
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London’s Centuries-Old Insurance Market Investigates Its Slavery Role
First Read $9,641/$300,000 (3.2%) Anthony George Gero and Tom Price ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken personally invites you to join FIA for the virtual Futures and Options Expo this November 10-12. Expo-V brings you three days of...
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VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
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