Lead Stories Investors, Beware: The Fear Gauge Is Sending False Signals Steven M. Sears - Barron's It's the start of the most important earnings season in a decade. The stock market just posted its greatest weekly rally in 46 years. But that fact—and even official...
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead Stories U.S. midterms a mere blip on equity options traders' radar Saqib Iqbal Ahmed - Reuters Less than a month before the U.S. congressional elections, data suggests equity...
Lead Stories Havens Just Aren't Safe Anymore, Goldman Says Eric Lam - Bloomberg No traditional havens had positive beta to VIX lately: Goldman; Derivative hedges will become more important, strategists say Traditional safe havens haven't been working out for investors...
Observations & Insight For The Trader Among Us: Trading Chicago If you haven't registered for the Trading Chicago event on June 29 at the Swissotel in the Windy City, now is the time to do it. We've got a great lineup of panels and speakers with a strong emphasis...
Observations & Insight CBOE Celebrates Exit of Long-tenured Employees at Chicago Gala By John J. Lothian The CBOE held a gala event at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago last night to celebrate the long and successful careers of several key employees...
Lead Stories Market's 'Fear Gauge' Nears 1993 Low Gunjan Banerji - WSJ A measure of expected stock volatility, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, slid Monday to its lowest level in nearly a quarter-century, indicating investor comfort with the current market but also...
Lead Stories OCC Educating Lawmakers on Potential Impact of Tax Reform on Listed Equity Options Market Craig Donohue - OCC Last November?s national election results brought dramatic change to Washington, D.C., not only in the White House, but also on Capitol Hill. One...
Lead Stories The U.S. Dollar Replaces a Broken VIX Index Brian Kelly - RealClearMarkets The VIX Index is broken. It no longer provides an accurate measure of the amount of leverage in the financial system. This poses a problem because central bankers, regulators,...
There is a regular drum beat in the financial services arena about a "new asset class" or the "next asset class", many of which really aren't actually new. In recent years, volatility has checked most, if not all, of the boxes for a new asset class. The space has been...
The CBOE Volatility Index futures, or VIX, has been THE most successful futures contract in recent years. With the VIX posting record volumes this year, the exchange and Russell Indexes say now is the time to launch the Russell 2000 Volatility Index futures or RVX....
Lead StoriesThe New VIX Futures Margin Requirements Adam Warner - Schaeffer's Investment ResearchIt's a summer Friday, so it's not likely we see too much intraday volatility in stocks today. CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) futures, though, could see some serious...
Commentary & InsightStephanie Hammer Speaks About the New Mindset for Financial TechnologyMarketsWiki.tvStephanie Hammer talks about some of the key themes and takeaways in putting together her new book, "Architects of Electronic Trading: Technology Leaders Who...
Lead StoriesFear Gauge Sees Stock Volatility Abating Even Further Kaitlyn Kiernan, The Wall Street JournalThe spread between reality and expectations is widening.Lately, actual volatility in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has been higher than the...
Lead StoriesOptions volume on expiration light due to Boston lockdownAngela Moon and Doris Frankel, ReutersOptions trading volume on Friday was unusually light as much of Boston, a major U.S. financial center, was under lockdown as police hunted for a suspect in...
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