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Cboe adds real-time trade alerts and data with latest acquisition; Someone Just Made a Big Bullish Options Bet on a Singapore ETF
Observations & Insight ****JJL: Ed Tilly and his team at Cboe Global Markets have done it again, buying one of the leading data firms in the markets, Henry Schwartz's Trade Alert LLC, which happens to be a sponsor of JLN. They are starting...
Options Market Signals a Dire Outlook for Stocks; Bitcoin’s halving breathes life into CME’s options product with new accounts rapidly growing
Observations & Insight The Spread: An Eligible Bachelier JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread, the OCC wins best equities clearing house for the third year in a row, a couple of Cboe directors bow out, we discuss the Bachelier model,...
As Capital Flows Into The Logistics Industry, Freight Futures Look For Traction
Nodal Exchange, in a joint effort with DAT and FreightWaves, launched trucking freight futures in March. In this video, FreightWaves Executive Director Addison Armstrong talks about how the logistics industry has abandoned its old school ways...
Futures for trucking; End of LME open outcry?; Nasdaq ETF “heist”
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Longtime COMEX member Irving Redel died peacefully at home surrounded by family on October 27, 2017 at the age of 94, according to the New York Times.~JJL The fall edition of Advantage Futures Inside Advantage is available...
Is Risk Really as Low as You Think?; What, the Fed Again?; Opportunity in volatility
Observations & Insight Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian Sorry to start with the sad, but former CME President & CEO Clayton Yeutter has passed away at the age of 86. Yeutter was CME CEO when I started my post-collegiate career and I was lucky enough to...
New Energy: Nasdaq’s Greifeld Looks To Shake Up Energy Space
Nasdaq's CEO Bob Greifeld shook things up at the FIA Boca Conference with the announcement it plans to launch a new futures exchange that will focus on energies, bringing new competition to the Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group. Greifeld spoke with John Lothian...
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Clearinghouse Urges Faster Trade Settlement Amid GameStop Scrutiny
First Read $29,776/$300,000 (9.9%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Maureen Downs has been re-elected as the chair of the NFA Board of Directors. Also, Don Thompson of JP Morgan is to serve as vice chair. Also, elected to two-year terms as...
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Wall Street’s favorite volatility index is the latest stock-market bubble, JPMorgan’s quant guru says; Structured Notes Saw Record Demand in a Volatile 2020. Investors Should Mind the Fine Print.
Wall Street’s favorite volatility index is the latest stock-market bubble, JPMorgan’s quant guru says; Structured Notes Saw Record Demand in a Volatile 2020. Investors Should Mind the Fine Print.
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