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China to launch rubber, cotton and corn options Jan 28; Blaming quants for turmoil ‘insane’ – AQR
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesChina to launch rubber, cotton and corn options on Jan 28ReutersChina will launch options for rubber, cotton and corn on Jan. 28, the country's securities regulator said at a press...
Hultgren Questions Powell On Options Market; Pound Volatility; VIX Futures Settlement
Observations & Insight Timely Capital Relief Comments from Fed Chair Powell or: The Options Market Stability Act Was On TV! Spencer Doar - JLN During Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony on Capitol Hill, Rep. Randy...
VIX lawsuit update; Treasury options; CCP margin
Lead Stories VIX MDL Lead Should Have Young, Diverse Attys, Judge Says Lauraann Wood - Law360 (SUBSCRIPTION) The Illinois federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over alleged manipulation of the Chicago Board Options...
Bitcoin Options Would Tame This Beast; High Hopes for Low Vol; Death of FX Volatility
Observations & Insight The Spread - Week of 12/4 - 12/8 JohnLothianNews.com A JLN debut! The Spread is a brief weekly recap of some of the notable activity in the options world. (It won't always be this crypto heavy - we swear.) The following are stories...
Surge in oil options trading; Belief in cryptocurrencies; FX vol collapsing
Lead Stories Oil Options Trading Surges After Funds Buy Into OPEC's Rebalancing Alex Longley - Bloomberg Brent, WTI option volumes hit multi-month highs on Monday; Funds seen drawn by tightening oil market, Mideast tensions Options trading for crude oil this week...
CAT to boost cybersecurity threat?; FX markets stuck in low-volatility; Light trading volume in banks’ results
Lead Stories Audit Trail Could Boost Cybersecurity Threat, Exchanges Say Benjamin Bain - Bloomberg CBOE's Concannon sees little benefit gained for greater risk; SEC facing calls to delay CAT until security can be ensured Stock exchanges could become more exposed to...
VIX Fears; CME Launches Wednesday Weekly Options
Lead Stories Wall Street's 'fear gauge' on pace for record closing nadir as stock market trades at all-time high Mark DeCambre - MarketWatch A popular measure of Wall Street volatility was headed to an all-time low, highlighting a protracted period of subdued moves on...
Currency vol expectations regarding Jackson Hole; Debt-ceiling concerns; Credit Suisse hires Ebert from BAML
Observations & Insight Risk of sharp currency moves drives investors into hedged ETFs Helen Reid, Saikat Chatterjee and Trevor Hunnicutt - Reuters Investors have been piling into currency-hedged equity tracker funds, seeking protection against big moves in foreign...
Interactive Brokers’ market making segment feels impact of options business wind-down; A striking stat shows why even the bears are tempted to bet on stocks; Vix index sends mixed messages to investors
Observations & Insight Hits and Takes By JLN Staff Today is day two of the Chicago version of MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity at the Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech. We have the largest audience scheduled today for two sessions, one at 1 PM...
Freakish Peace Envelops Bull Market as Eighth Year Rolls By; While Donald Trump may have stocks up, some hedge funds managers are bracing for a selloff; Fed Takes Fear Out of Markets as Volatility Plunges in Bonds, FX
Observations & Insight Long-Time Options Industry Leader Gina McFadden is First Woman to Receive 2017 Sullivan Award OCC OCC, The Options Industry Council (OIC) today announced that Gina McFadden, a long-time leader in the U.S. listed equity options industry, will...
In Shadow of Le Pen and Brexit, Traders Redraw European Strategy; How Wall Street gauges fear in a time of Trump; Global derivatives industry calls for phase-in of new rule
Observations & Insight Arrival (not with Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker) Notice anything? MIAX Pearl opened up yesterday, bringing the grand total of U.S. options exchanges to 15. When MIAX announced its plans for Pearl, Jim Kharouf wrote a story...
Why Stock Market Volatility Isn’t Really as Low as It Appears; An Exceedingly ‘Worrisome’ Discrepancy; Euro Trading Calm Belies Risk of Lehman-Like Volatility Spikes
Lead Stories Why Stock Market Volatility Isn't Really as Low as It Appears Joseph Ciolli - Bloomberg Correlation, it's sometimes said, equals volatility. An index can't swing very much unless a lot of its members are going the same way. So if you're wondering why the...
JLN Options: Time to Start Fearing the VIX, Again
Lead StoriesTime to Start Fearing the VIX, Again Steven Russolillo - The Wall Street JournalThe market’s so-called fear gauge started showing signs of life this week, a development that historically doesn’t bode well for stocks.http://jlne.ws/16mJYlyCBOE Holdings, Inc...
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