Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff John J. Conheeney has passed away. See the NFA statement below.~JJL CQG is hosting their 7th annual charity softball game next week before the...
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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...
JLN Options: Volcker Rule Rewrite; Thomson Reuters moving FX derivs to Ireland
Lead Stories Volcker Rule Rewrite to Drop Trading Burden on Banks, Sources Say Jesse Hamilton and Benjamin Bain - Bloomberg Wall Street is poised to get a big reprieve from the Volcker Rule, as U.S. agencies prepare to scrap a...
Regulatory Crypto Crackdown; CME grain pushback
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Intercontinental Exchange Group's market cap was $42.2 billion yesterday. Last August, it was $38.8 billion. In 2005, after its IPO, it was $2 billion.~JK Yesterday marked the 228th birthday of...
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...
No-Deal Brexit Could Cause Finance Chaos; ADM makes takeover approach to Bunge; Louis Dreyfus turns to blockchain
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff In case you missed it, the government shut down. The Senate has a noontime vote scheduled to reopen with three more weeks of funding. If you're curious which states get hit the hardest by a federal shutdown, checkout the 2018...
SEC’s Edgar System Hacked; Neuberger Berman acquires Breton Hill; S&P Cuts China’s Credit Rating
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The LME Metals Seminar is fast approaching, and it's set to be one of the best yet. What's in store for the flagship event of LME Week? You can see the full agenda HERE. Or you can register, HERE.~JJL Exchange Analytics is...
NYSE Wants Delay on End-of-Day Co. Announcements; T+2 Settlement; Banks join forces to create digital currency
First Read Hits & Takes Today's featured speaker from the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in Chicago is Michael Patak of TopstepTrader.~JJL The very last page of Deutsche Boerse's 425th anniversary pamphlet covering its chronology from 1585-2010...
Building a Foundation – JB Mackenzie
“Ask yourself if you’d be interested in an operations or compliance job. Because that gives you a foundation to help you excel.” In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, JB Mackenzie, director of futures and forex at TD...
Frankfurt Is the Big Winner in Battle for Brexit Bankers; Robotic Hogwash! Artificial Intelligence Will Not Take Over Wall Street; Wall Street Profits by Putting Investors in the Slow Lane
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Yesterday was a success for the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity at the Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech in Chicago. We had six strong speakers who were appreciated by the audience of industry interns. Rick...
Fixing FX: The Currency Trader’s New Guide to Ethical Behavior; BIS Releases New Set of Standards for Currency Trading; Post-crisis regulations have had ‘adverse impact’ on bond activity
First Read CME's CEO Is Expected to Make Full Recovery After Lung Collapse by Brian Louis - Bloomberg Company sees Duffy returning in 'next couple of weeks'; Illness was disclosed at CME's annual shareholders meeting CME Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer and Chairman...
JLN Exchange Leader Series 2017: SGX’s Syn Says Trade Barriers Mean Opportunities for Offshore Exchanges
Singapore Exchange's Michael Syn says that when economic barriers to trade come down, offshore jurisdictions like SGX can benefit by showing their worth for hedging exposure. The "big three" Asian markets - India, Japan and China - taken together account for about 25...
Scott Feldman, ICAP Infinity – The Fintech Evolution
“That ability to communicate well and play [the role of] Google Translate is a differentiating factor for someone in the fintech space. You’ve got to marry the technology with the finance, and a lot of times they don’t speak the same language.” That ability to...
Can’t Stop the Signal: FX Traders in the Era of Big Data
By James CochraneThe foreign exchange markets are at an important crossroads. While these markets have benefitted enormously from technology developed over the last two decades, there remains a struggle around the best and most efficient ways to leverage continued...
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First Read $29,826/$300,000 (9.9%) Charles Bohm ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CME set new record volumes in the Ultra 10-Year Note and 30-Year Bond futures on February 23. Ultra 10-Year Note futures reached a record volume of 1.7 million...
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GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
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