Lead StoriesApple investors pay more for downside betsDoris Frankel, ReutersThe steady slide in longtime market darling Apple Inc has brought in options investors willing to pay more for bearish bets than at any time in the last four years.http://jlne.ws/105nSQQThe...
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JLN Options: Dwindling Options: Volume Flat Through February
Lead StoriesDwindling Options: Volume Flat Through FebruaryAndy Nybo, TABB GroupOptions trading volume in the first two months of 2013 fell .4%. But the ongoing federal budget debate and the introduction of mini options should prop up volumes in...
John Lothian Newsletter: U.S. regulators probing high-speed traders for wash trades; Cyprus tries to rework divisive bank tax; First Derivatives to register in US as SEF
The CFTC plans to look over high-frequency trading activity for the presence of wash trades, where transactions take place without actually establishing a market position. Ministers in Cyprus float the idea that they should unceremoniously tax the savings of everyone...
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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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