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Stock Option Volume ‘Exploded’ in 2020; Future Volatility in Stocks Will Be About Vaccines, Not a Blue Wave

by Matt Raebel | Jan 7, 2021

Stock Option Volume ‘Exploded’ in 2020; Future Volatility in Stocks Will Be About Vaccines, Not a Blue Wave

CME changes rules to stoke trading; How the World’s Dullest Market Quietly Created a Synthetic Dollar Empire

by Matt Raebel | Sep 25, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The Financial Times says investors are anticipating a Joe Biden win in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. The Kremlin is increasingly alarmed about the prospect of a Biden win,...

The Spread: Make Way for the SA-CCR

by Matt Raebel | Apr 3, 2020

This week on The Spread, the OCC shatters its own records (again), Senator Loeffler sells put options, the SA-CCR is adopted early, and more.

Fed Takes on Role of World’s Central Bank by Pumping Out Dollars; Preventing the Next Pandemic May Start With Supply Chains

by Matt Raebel | Apr 1, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff This morning John Lothian News published our special report on spoofing titled Chicago Trading Community Faces Off In Spoofing Fight. I want to again thank our sponsors, Eventus Systems, Born Technology,...

U.S. Plans to Keep Markets Open, Considering Shorter Hours; Chicago trading firms seek more capital

by Matt Raebel | Mar 18, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian and JLN Staff The U.S Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin did his best Game of Thrones John Snow impersonation yesterday (You Know Nothing!) when he suggested shortening trading hours as a way to...

Junk bond king’s pardon ‘is spectacular’ for Wall Street; Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason for $4.5 billion

by Matt Raebel | Feb 19, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The FIA released its monthly volume highlights for January 2020, in which global volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.25 billion contracts, up 15.2% from the previous month and up 20.3% from...

The Spread: Hedge Early, Hedge Often

by Matt Raebel | Jan 24, 2020

This week on The Spread, Cboe sets its sights on the European derivatives market abroad while preparing for growth at home, and options traders clamor for more VIX data to make "unprecedented" hedges against market volatility. Produced by Mike...

Just Two Days Into Year, Middle East Tensions Interrupt Market’s Celebration; Oil Prices Jump, and Stocks Slide, After U.S. Kills Iranian General

by Matt Raebel | Jan 3, 2020

See also: Interactive Brokers Closes Out 2019 with Pretty Weak Volumes; Don’t laugh: Here’s why the ‘great rotation’ from bonds to stocks could finally happen in 2020, and more.

Euroclear delays decision on sale; Eurex’s ESG segment exceeds half a million traded contracts

by Matt Raebel | Dec 17, 2019

See also: ErisX to launch futures market tomorrow, according to notice; Fed Alumni Fear Crisis Risk in Simultaneous Cuts to Rules, Rates; and more.

In swaps we trust? Disappearing dollars drive currency trading dependence; France Tried Soaking the Rich. It Didn’t Go Well.

by Matt Raebel | Nov 14, 2019

First ReadA Cost-Benefit Analysis of the CFTC Case Against Jitesh Thakkar, Part 1John Lothian, Publisher - JLNCost-benefit analysis is an important part of the regulatory process and even more so after Dodd-Frank became the law of the land. The CFTC does...

The Spread – In/Stability

by Matt Raebel | Sep 9, 2019

It appears Congress still us little old options folks on the radar as the Options Market Stability Act is back in action! Also, JPMorgan has a Trump-related volatility measurement that we talk about in this week’s episode of “The Spread,” the last with Spencer Doar as host.