Observations & Insight Lead Stories Stock Fear Gauge Falls to Nine-Week Low After Topping 2008 Highs Sarah Ponczek - Bloomberg Just minutes after the worst U.S. jobs report since the Great Depression, the Cboe Volatility Index fell...
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Wild Oil Market Sees Record Contango as Expiry Nears; Hedge funds sense crude at turning point but not fuels
Lead Stories Wild Oil Market Sees Record Contango as Expiry Nears Dan Murtaugh and Alex Longley - Bloomberg Oil in New York has slumped to its weakest structure on record as the current contract nears expiration, adding extra volatility to a...
Tesla rally fueled by fear of missing out, not short squeeze; Only About 1 in 5 Analysts Rate Tesla Stock as a Buy
Lead Stories Tesla rally fueled by fear of missing out, not short squeeze - investors April Joyner - Reuters A nearly 14% gain in Tesla Inc's stock on Tuesday was likely sparked by investors looking to hop aboard its remarkable rally, rather...
The Spread: It Takes Two to Contango
This week on The Spread – low natural gas prices lead to an increase in swaptions trading, the CME has another successful launch, and a Binance-backed exchange boasts a ton of trading volume.
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...
Interview with OCC’s Donohue; Boom in VIX trading; Industry bits
Observations & Insight Bits and Pieces SD- JLN While the war of words over Cboe's end-of-day trading proposition regards equities, we're going to keep you updated, since the players involved are options exchange groups, too. Today's news pertains to Cboe and...
JLN Options: Nasdaq's PHLX Options Market Has 'Issues,' Halts Some Trading
Lead StoriesNasdaq's PHLX Options Market Has 'Issues,' Halts Some TradingJacob Bunge, NASDAQNasdaq OMX Group Inc. ( NDAQ ) on Thursday halted trading in some stock-options contracts on its largest options exchange due to "system issues," according to notices sent to...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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