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Bulls are back in the Nasdaq and options are aflutter; Never-Ending Brexit Sends Traders to Distant Market Corners

by Matt Raebel | Oct 20, 2020

Bulls are back in the Nasdaq and options are aflutter; Never-Ending Brexit Sends Traders to Distant Market Corners

The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics

by Matt Raebel | Oct 20, 2020

The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics

Investors find new hedges against a US election sell-off; Covid-19 Making a Dangerous Comeback in Most Parts of U.S.

by Matt Raebel | Oct 6, 2020

Investors find new hedges against a US election sell-off; Covid-19 Making a Dangerous Comeback in Most Parts of U.S.

My Trip Down the Crypto Rabbit Hole in Search of the DAO Hacker

by Jeff Bergstrom | Sep 16, 2020

First Read Blue Skies In a Post-COVID World: Downside Doesn't Look as Deep, SocGen Says By Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News One day the world will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but what will a recovery look like and when will it take place? Societe...

Chinese Trading Apps Struggle as Millions of Investors Pile In During Rally; The World Can’t Take Much More Shale Gas

by Matt Raebel | Jul 7, 2020

First Read So Far, So Good - Updates from Cboe's Options Trading Floor By Matt Raebel - John Lothian News Cboe Global Markets has been reopened for more than two weeks now. How have things been going? According to Cboe, it's been a surprisingly...

FIA IDX-V: ‘No Victory Laps,’ But Systems Clear Amid Pandemic-Infused Volatility

by Suzanne Cosgrove | Jun 24, 2020

The global pandemic provided European markets with their first major test since the implementation of financial reforms that followed the 2008-2009 financial crisis, a challenge they met despite “stress on all of the markets, all of the time,” said Daniel Maguire, CEO...

Ken Griffin’s Virus Plan Now Includes Emergency Trading Site in Florida; Virus Market Mayhem Makes Insider Info More Valuable Than Ever

by Matt Raebel | Apr 2, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Not surprisingly, the OCC recorded its highest volume month ever in March, with total cleared contract volume at 670,646,998 contracts, the U.S. equity options industry's highest month...

Regulators Seek to Loosen U.S. Exchanges’ Control Over Stock Data; Swiss Trader Spills Secrets of Global Insider-Trading Network

by Matt Raebel | Jan 9, 2020

First Read Nothing Learned from the CFTC Bullying a Win in the Thakkar Case CFTC Commissioner Leadership Needed to End This Regulation by Litigation Case By John J. Lothian If Jitesh Thakkar loses his case brought by the Enforcement Division of...

Record Short VIX Positioning Reflects a Ton of Fear Elsewhere; Impeachment In Times Of Irrational Exuberance

by Matt Raebel | Nov 4, 2019

See also: LCH won’t back single fix for swaptions switch, China markets feel the pain of stalled derivatives rollout, and more.

FIA Expo Day Two: Alternatives to LIBOR

by Suzanne Cosgrove | Nov 1, 2019

Transitions, disruptions and outright change are not new to the futures and options industry, but at this year’s FIA Expo, those themes seemed to loom especially large. One of the biggest changes the industry is facing is the transition from LIBOR to other...

Where now for the rules that rocked European finance?; LCH shift heads off UK-EU regulatory battle

by Spencer Doar | May 7, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadA Great Day to Start Trading Micro E-Mini FuturesJohn J. LothianA Trump-influenced lower equity market and then a near rebound produced the perfect day for the CME Group to start...

Victory Capital cancels Harvest acquisition; Exchanges’ need to innovate

by Spencer Doar | Apr 24, 2019

A daily snapshot of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.

European investors complain over data costs; Big banks beef up AML controls

by Spencer Doar | Apr 4, 2019

In an abbreviated third trial day, the U.S. Department of Justice rested its case against Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies. Thakkar is on trial for allegedly facilitating the criminally fraudulent spoofing trading of Navinder Sarao, who pleaded guilty to two criminal counts related to his spoofing of E-mini S&P futures in the first half of this decade.

The Spread – OTC Options: Prescription Needed? – 3/1

by Spencer Doar | Mar 1, 2019

If Christopher Walken were a derivatives exchange executive, he might be known for the quote, "I got a fever, and the only prescription... is more clearing!" This this week's episode features the following stories: -BusinessWire -> CAT NMS...