In this video, Trade Alert President Henry Schwartz talks about trends in the listed options industry, from an increase in FLEX and alternative ETF options to the plight of market participants caught wrong-footed at the end of 2018.
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50 Cent Big Buyer of March VIX Calls; New Japanese Flex Options; Currency Volumes
Lead Stories '50 Cent' Is Buying Up Big on March VIX Calls Luke Kawa - Bloomberg Just as the rapper Curtis Jackson III captures attention for realizing he's made millions on Bitcoin, the buyer of volatility options that shares his moniker is a window shopper in VIX...
JLN Options: Options Week in Review Jan. 10, 2013
Volatility ETFs hit new lows as the VIX index fell to its lowest level since June 20, 2007, ETF Trends reported. Those affected included the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) and the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (TVIX). This came after a...
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CME Group to Launch a Global Emissions Offset (GEO) Futures Contract on March 1
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Retail Traders Are Piling Into Viral Options Calls at All-Time High Level
Observations & Insight Sarah Ponczek of Bloomberg News shared on Twitter that 32 million call options traded yesterday, the second most on record, only behind a day last November. Lead Stories Retail Traders Are Piling Into Viral Options Calls at All-Time High...
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