This week on The Spread - the Fed opts for higher inflation targets, the OCC gets featured, Cboe has a new options product, and more. Produced by Mike Forrester. Transcript: Welcome to The Spread, I’m Matt Raebel. Congrats to those who bet on the...
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The Fed Brings the Global Financial System Back From the Abyss; The Global Oil Market Is Broken, Drowning in Crude Nobody Needs
First ReadNot the Ronin Death WatchBy Thom Thompson for John Lothian NewsThe CME announced on March 20 that it had auctioned the portfolios of Ronin Capital, a direct clearing member, because its capital was insufficient "going forward." Friday's Issues...
VIX Spikes to Highest Since 2008 in Manic Monday Trading; Global Stocks Plunge With Crude Oil in Free Fall: Markets Wrap
Observations & Insight The Spread: Coronavirus Causes Conference Cancellations JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread - FIA Boca and OIC canceled due to coronavirus concerns, and record-smashing options trading and clearing volumes...
Keeping up with a growing industry: Trabue Bland of ICE Futures U.S.
Trabue Bland, president of ICE Futures U.S., discussed the growth of the FANG+ Index Futures, the impact of zero or low interest rates on ICE's clearing members and other market participants, how traders use data now compared to decades ago, and more at...
A Guy on Reddit Turns $766 Into $107,758 on Two Options Trades; Nobel laureate Myron Scholes says his models show the smart money is pessimistic
See also: Exchange Landscape Gearing Up for Expansion in 2020, Negative U.S. Interest Rates? Options Traders Say Yes, and more.
SEC Charges 18 Traders in $31 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme; ICE closes acquisition of BAML fixed income volatility indices
See also: Inside Facebook’s Botched Attempt to Start a New Cryptocurrency, Why hedge fund managers are happy to let the machines take over, and more.
A Plethora of New Reference Rates
Ameribor is not the only new short-term interest rate vying for market attention. As part of the post-financial crisis reforms, global regulators are overseeing the abandonment of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offer Rate, in favor of new...
The Highest Paid Grip in Chicago and Parts Beyond
Friday I was the highest paid “grip” in Chicago as I helped drag JLN’s video and lighting equipment to the Wrigley building in Chicago on Michigan Avenue for a video shoot with American Financial Exchange CEO Richard Sandor and Wedbush...
Bridging the Gap Between OTC and Exchange-Traded – Brad Levy, IHS Markit
There still exists some polarization between listed derivatives markets and OTC markets. In this video, Global Head of Loans at IHS Markit and CEO of MarkitSERV Brad Levy talks about why the gap between the two is slowly closing and the...
Montréal Exchange’s Luc Fortin Says It’s All About The Time
Market to Expand Hours and Revamp It's 5-Year Bond Luc Fortin, the president and CEO of Montréal Exchange, is looking to expand the exchange's reach this year with new extended hours starting in October, which will grab more of the...
Volatility Is Back. Scarred ETF Investors Aren’t
Lead Stories Volatility Is Back. Scarred ETF Investors Aren't Asjylyn Loder - WSJ Exchange-traded products that enable investors to profit from wild price swings in stocks are enjoying big gains this year. But retail investors,...
Dash Buyout; LJM-Wells Fargo lawsuit; Options-based funds study
Observations & Insight Bits for Weekly VIX/SPX Expiration Day Spencer Doar - JLN The Onion had a good title for Gary Cohn's resignation - Gary Cohn Resigns In Protest Of Trump's Bigoted Comments Towards Aluminum. If you're wondering when this trade war could kick...
Making a Friend of Fear; Speculators take record bet Fed will pull rate trigger soon
Lead Stories Making a Friend of Fear Steven M. Sears - Barron's We find ourselves in the midst of great debates in the stock and options market. The Standard & Poor's 500 index, for which 2017 was the least volatile year since 1965, is no longer serene. Early...
Call the Guinness Book – Trading Records at CME Continue
In 2018, 40% of Eurodollar options trading, 84% of Treasury options trading on the screen The hit parade continues over at CME Group. Its markets didn’t need a volatility spike to continue their volume and open interest trends, but...
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VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
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