Observations & Insight $14,341/$300,000 (4.8%) Rich Mackey Lead Stories The stock market's fear gauge tumbles despite ongoing election uncertainty Matthew Fox - Markets Insider An uncertain outcome of the presidential election and a potential divided Congress...
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Investors, Beware: The Fear Gauge Is Sending False Signals
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...
U.S. midterms a mere blip on equity options traders’ radar
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...
Havens Just Aren’t Safe Anymore, Goldman Says; Hedge Funds Bet on Volatility
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...
Market Volatility Has Vanished Around the World; How S&P 500 options may be used to manipulate VIX ‘fear gauge’; MIZUHO: ‘The market appears at risk for an unexpected event’
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...
VIX Surge Is Unwelcome Lesson in Duplicity of Volatility Wagers; The Volatility Buyer Known as ’50 Cent’ Just Had a Huge Payday; Don’t Fear The Fear Gauge
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...
Market’s ‘Fear Gauge’ Nears 1993 Low; Traders Are Fleeing the Options Market; An Exchange Wants to Shake Up How End-of-Day Stock Trading Works
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...
OCC Educating Lawmakers on Potential Impact of Tax Reform on Listed Equity Options Market; Low VIX Got You Down? These Fear Gauges May Do the Trick; Does the CBOE takeover of BATS go against the spirit of MiFID?
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...
The U.S. Dollar Replaces a Broken VIX Index; Tail risks wagging the dog with Wall Street fear gauge; Oil Bets Are Biggest in 9 Years Amid OPEC, Trump Volatility
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,...
Better Volatility: Scott Nations and ISE Look to Launch a Better Volatility Contract
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...
Small Cap Splash: Russell's Pat Fay Talks About CBOE's Latest Volatility Contract
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....
JLN Options: The New VIX Futures Margin Requirements
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...
JLN Options: Bets on More Volatility Ease As Summer Nears
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...
JLN Options: Fear Gauge Sees Stock Volatility Abating Even Further
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...
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