Today is the 10 year anniversary of the launch of VIX futures, traded at the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE). CFE has achieved tremendous success with these futures, based on its proprietary CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). It has also expanded into other volatility-based...
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John Lothian Newsletter: Brokers Move to Set Up Futures Markets; VIX Futures Trading Hours Will Almost Double by June; SGX to Introduce Iron Ore Futures as Investors Wager on China
Large brokerages look to starting futures exchanges as a way to cope with new financial regulations and at-risk volume. The CBOE Futures Exchange moves closer to 24-hour trading of their VIX futures products by nearly doubling trading hours. Singapore Exchange gears...
John Lothian Newsletter: Veronica Augustsson new CEO of Cinnober; Exchanges Cancel Trades That Sent Kraft Up 29%; Bank-Friendly U.S. Regulator Shifts Focus to Revamp Reputation
Software company Cinnober promotes Veronica Augustsson to CEO. In what is becoming a fairly common occurrence, trades in a stock spiraled out of control for reasons not immediately known; and after reviewing the market behavior, exchanges canceled abnormal orders and...
John Lothian Newsletter: CFE To Launch S&P 500 Variance Futures On October 4; Chicago Fed warned SEC about high-frequency trading; Bond trading model shows signs of stress
The CBOE Futures Exchange announces a new S&P 500 variance futures contract, slated to begin trading on October 4 assuming that it receives a thumbs-up (or at least a “thumb-of-no-action”) from regulators. In the latest episode of, “We Told Them Years Ago,” the...
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CME Group to Launch a Global Emissions Offset (GEO) Futures Contract on March 1
First Read $27,051/$300,000 (9.0%) Jeremy Grant ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Janet Yellen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Treasury Secretary, the first woman to hold the position first occupied by Alexander Hamilton. The vote was 85-14...
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Retail Traders Are Piling Into Viral Options Calls at All-Time High Level
Observations & Insight Sarah Ponczek of Bloomberg News shared on Twitter that 32 million call options traded yesterday, the second most on record, only behind a day last November. Lead Stories Retail Traders Are Piling Into Viral Options Calls at All-Time High...
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