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Gary Katz Reflects On His Career and “Active” Retirement

by Spencer Doar | Jun 5, 2018

At the 36th annual Options Industry Conference (OIC) in Amelia Island, Fla., Gary Katz was honored with the Joseph W. Sullivan Award. His time running the first all electronic options exchange, the ISE, might be over, but Katz is...

Options Market Structure Issues; Timely VIX Hedging; No SPY Alternative for Traders

by Spencer Doar | Jan 30, 2018

Observations & Insight Turn Yourself In, It'll Be Easier: Bank Cooperation On Spoofing Charges Saves Millions Jim Kharouf - JLN Over the past several months, there has been a fair amount of talk about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's push on the...

A New Exchange, a Different Asset Class and a Hearty Dose of Blockchain

by Spencer Doar | Nov 30, 2017

Madison Ave gets a new solution for buying and selling digital advertising (Editor's note: For background on NYIAX and the state of the advertising business, see JLN's You Look Mahvelous Dahling: “Mad Men” Ready To Walk The Exchange...

The Patent World

by Jim Kharouf | Sep 5, 2017

We’re back in court today. On Friday, Nasdaq filed suit against Miami International Holdings, the parent company of MIAX, the youngest of the U.S. options exchange groups. Nasdaq announced it had filed suit for patent infringement and theft of secret information by...

There’s one big trading company that’s loving all this uncertainty (CBOE); Buying Into the Turmoil: Investors Embrace the Risks; The VIX Is Broken, But Does It Matter?

by Sarah Rudolph | May 11, 2017

Observations & Insight Options Industry Conference Update: Congress Continues To Push For Avoiding Unintended Consequences in Tax and Dodd-Frank reforms By Jim Kharouf and Jeff Bergstrom, JLN The 35th Annual Options Industry Conference kicked off on Wednesday with...

Euro Hedging Costs Surge as Traders Respond to Political Risk; Understanding the Trump Rally; Taxes more than gains? Yes, if you don’t exit your options in time

by Spencer Doar | Feb 22, 2017

Observations & Insight Take Our Survey - Again By Jim Kharouf, JLN Editor-in-Chief & CEO Sometimes these things happen. The link we provided yesterday only allowed one person to take the survey. We know there are more than one of you willing and able to take...

Record Equity Investor Calm Means It’s Cheap to Hedge Trump Risk; Thesys to run massive U.S. securities markets trade depository; CBOE Holdings Stockholders Approve Share Issuance In Bats Merger

by Spencer Doar | Jan 18, 2017

Observations & Insight Hungry for more: Dash Financial Sees Opportunity In A New Broker Landscape Jim Kharouf - JLN For some firms today, being young has its advantages. Dash Financial might just be one of those young and agile companies that can take advantage of...

JLN Options: Nasdaq Preps ISE Migration; China’s Stock Options Traders Haven’t Been This Bullish All Year; Taiwan says tightens forex derivative options business for seven banks

by Spencer Doar | Sep 13, 2016

Observations & Insight JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade - Seeing Opportunity Everywhere in the Market MarketsWikiEducation.com "I don't care what job you have, I don't care where you are at, you basically hate 25 percent of what you do. Twenty-five percent of your job...

“Cannot be done”: ISE’s Gary Katz Tells The Inside Story Of The Biggest Disruptor To The Options Industry

by Jim Kharouf | Jul 7, 2016

It's been quite a ride for almost 20 years for Gary Katz, now officially the former co-founder, president and CEO of the International Securities Exchange.Nasdaq closed the deal to buy ISE from Deutsche Boerse on June 30, ending one of the most pioneering and...

Let Me Count the Ways: Nasdaq Looks at All the Possibilities for Options, and Beyond, in ISE Acquisition

by Jim Kharouf | Jun 30, 2016

With double the number of US equity options exchanges, Nasdaq has some work to do in the coming months.Nasdaq closed the deal today for $1.1 billion with Deutsche Boerse, giving the exchange three options markets: International Securities Exchange, ISE Gemini and ISE...

Half Full: Trade Alert’s Schwartz Says Options Industry Has Growth Opportunities

by Jim Kharouf | May 12, 2016

Today's options market is a mixed bag of some strong products gaining traction but, in general, the industry has slowed dramatically over the past decade.Henry Schwartz, president of Trade Alert, speaking at the 34th Annual Options Industry Conference in Palos...

How Investors Can Cash In On Bats

by Jim Kharouf | Apr 12, 2016

In March 2005, the International Securities Exchange broke new ground as the first securities exchange in the US to go public. Now the markets await the next round of exchange IPOs, with Bats Global Markets coming April 14. Bats' shareholders are expected to generate...

ISE Getting A New Parent

by JLN Staff | Mar 9, 2016

Amid all the talk about mega-deals in the exchange space, Nasdaq has grabbed the latest headlines with a deal to buy the International Securities Exchange, (ISE) for $1.1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second...

John Lothian Newsletter: High-Speed Trader DRW Proposes Thousand-Foot-Plus Tower in Rural England; Stock-market-by-diktat not working for China; A Growing Conflict in Wall St. Buyouts

by JLN Staff | Jan 5, 2016

First Read Paul McCormick, Opening City Doors - Finding your First/Next Financial Job MarketsWikiEducation.com "There is a mismatch between the way companies like to hire people and the way graduates and young professionals like to get hired." Paul McCormick has...