$1 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Friday; Volatility Rampant in Stock Market Where Optimism Still Abounds
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Dan Gramza – The Path to Electronic Trading
Dan Gramza sat for an interview with John Lothian News for the MarketsWiki Education The Path to Electronic Trading video series. Gramza tells the story of how he got started in trading with stock options in 1974.
The Spread: Quarantined
This week on The Spread, bitcoin option volume spikes as bitcoin craters, the VIX closes at an all-time high due to coronavirus concerns, the NYSE closes its doors as two traders test positive for COVID-19, and more. Produced by Mike Forrester. Transcription Welcome...
Market Expansion, Data Solutions and Software as a Service: Trading Technologies’ Rick Lane, Part I
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 Industry Leader SeriesRick Lane, Chairman and CEO of Trading Technologies, sat down with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 to talk about market expansion and rebuilding at TT. He explains how TT is using its software as a service platform to try to...
Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Traders revive short vol bets; Low touch in derivatives – Where do we go from here?
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightDefense rests in a "thin" case against Jitesh Thakkar; Thakkar acquitted of conspiracyThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsIn a move that surprised the courtroom, the...
Market Structure: Why You Should Care – Kevin McPartland, Greenwich Associates
“I’m not a particularly good investor. I don’t know if my own portfolio is set up the way it should be. But I can certainly explain to you exactly how an equity trade comes from a pension fund and makes its way all the way down...
Electronic Trading Adoption and Crypto Parallels – Richard Sandor, AFX
"Sometimes these exogenous shocks force us to look at things that we do in a different way." The financial industry has adapted to new technologies before, but AFX CEO and Chairman Richard Sandor believes blockchain will gain...
ABN AMRO Loves Fidessa
The romance between ABN AMRO Clearing (ACC) and Fidessa is a strategic and growth-oriented one and the relationship is driven by James Fairweather. James Fairweather is the global head of execution services at ACC. He is driving this...
Sun Trading up for sale; Plight of Deutsche Boerse’s Kengeter; MiFID negotiations
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Resumes from students interested in the MarketsWiki Education Recruiting event on October 16 are starting to flow to us. If you know of a student who may be interested in an internship opportunity in the industry, please direct...
Bill Harts, Modern Markets Initiative – How a Small Group of Traders Improved Markets for All
"The most liquid stocks in the world used to trade at a minimum spread of one-eighth, but was quite often trading at a quarter spread. If you were an average retail investor buying 100 shares, you would have been paying an extra $25...
Nils-Robert Persson, Cinnober Financial Technology – How to Manage a Challenge
"You should be prepared to walk on thin ice. It's not dangerous if you know what you are doing."Thirty years ago, Nils-Robert Persson left a job at communications software giant Ericsson to join the financial technology space, where he has been ever since. Back then,...
Dear CFTC: Give Us 90 Days
Some representatives from the CME Group trading floor at the Chicago Board of Trade don’t believe they are being heard by exchange leaders or regulators. More importantly, they don’t believe the interests of their customers are being heard. To rectify that, they are...
Stefani Sandow, product manager, Trading Technologies – What Vitruvius Can Teach Us About Software Development
"If you're interested in getting into financial software, you should remember Vitruvius. You should create software that is solid, that is useful, that is delightful." Stefani Sandow, product manager at Trading Technologies, shows the relationship between the Roman...
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Trading Ring That Survived Two World Wars May Succumb to a Virus
First Read $8,041/$300,000 (2.7%) Buck Haworth, Mo Guilfoile, JB Mackenzie, Nancy Stern, Hollis Griffin, Thomas Jordan and Jan Waye. Hits & Takes JLN Staff Exchanges: Euronext was down due to technical issues, but has resumed. Coronavirus: India peaking, Sweden...
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Hedge Funds Cut Bullish Euro Bets at Fastest Pace Since February
Observations & Insight $8,041/$300,000 (2.7%) Buck Haworth, Mo Guilfoile, JB Mackenzie, Nancy Stern, Hollis Griffin, Thomas Jordan and Jan Waye. ++++ The Spread: Remembering Joe Sullivan JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread, a binary options fraudster is...
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