This week on The Spread, the OCC and several major exchanges report trade volumes, the CFTC orders a Brooklyn man to pay $1 million in penalties over a binary options scheme, and more.
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Individual Investors Retreat from Markets After Show-Stopping Start to 2021
Observations & Insight ****JJL: The OCC reported that March 2021 total volume was up 34.8 percent from a year ago and that it was the highest total volume month on record for U.S. equity options. March also marked the end of the highest quarter by contract volume...
The Spread: Tiger Billionaire
This week on The Spread, the unregulated crypto exchange Deribit announces a bitcoin volatility index, the CME says over 1 million micro e-mini equity options contracts traded, and more.
The Spread: To The Moon And Back
This week on The Spread, Michael Bolton wants you to break up with your brokerage, Rocket Companies become “GameStop 2: Electric Boogaloo,” and more.
Options Basics For Newbies: Mind Your Greeks, Professor Says
The well-documented influx of new retail investors into equities and options on equities in 2020 and 2021 has boosted derivatives volume, but it also has unleashed traders who may not be prepared for high rates of volatility if and when the market falters.
The Spread: Meme Wars
This week on The Spread, furor over Robinhood and retail traders continues, the SEC looks at social media in a crack-down on fraud, and more.
The Reddit Frenzy Has Already Quadrupled Silver’s Options Volume; A Onetime Giant of Volatility Has Gone Haywire in OTC Trading
The Reddit Frenzy Has Already Quadrupled Silver’s Options Volume; A Onetime Giant of Volatility Has Gone Haywire in OTC Trading
Stacey Cunningham, NYSE president caught up in Sino-US tension; After Capitol Riot, Resignations and Calls for Trump’s Removal
Stacey Cunningham, NYSE president caught up in Sino-US tension; After Capitol Riot, Resignations and Calls for Trump’s Removal
Bitcoin Tops $35,000 for Fresh Record as Wild Swings Resume; Saudi Arabia’s Surprise Supply Cut Ripples Through Oil Markets
Bitcoin Tops $35,000 for Fresh Record as Wild Swings Resume; Saudi Arabia’s Surprise Supply Cut Ripples Through Oil Markets
Volatility in U.S. stocks jumps as investors brace for Senate ‘blue sweep’; Day Trader Quickly Put to Test After End-Of-Year Buy Frenzy
Volatility in U.S. stocks jumps as investors brace for Senate ‘blue sweep’; Day Trader Quickly Put to Test After End-Of-Year Buy Frenzy
Virtu Moving Workers to Florida as Pandemic Reshapes Wall Street; CEOs Urge Congress to Certify Biden’s Electoral College Win
Virtu Moving Workers to Florida as Pandemic Reshapes Wall Street; CEOs Urge Congress to Certify Biden’s Electoral College Win
A Speculative Frenzy Is Sweeping Wall Street and World Markets; ‘Sick man of Europe’: UK cut off over fears about new COVID strain
A Speculative Frenzy Is Sweeping Wall Street and World Markets; ‘Sick man of Europe’: UK cut off over fears about new COVID strain
Quadruple Witching Roils Stock Market, Sparking Bursts of Volume; Cboe Options Exchange to List Mini-Russell 2000 Index Options in First Quarter 2021
Quadruple Witching Roils Stock Market, Sparking Bursts of Volume; Cboe Options Exchange to List Mini-Russell 2000 Index Options in First Quarter 2021
How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift
How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift
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The Reddit revolt: GameStop and the impact of social media on institutional investors; Citi, BofA Want to Save Traders’ Time With Fixed-Income Platform
The Reddit revolt: GameStop and the impact of social media on institutional investors; Citi, BofA Want to Save Traders’ Time With Fixed-Income Platform
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Day Traders Know a Bubble When They See One, and They Want In; Marko Kolanovic Says Markets May Be at Long-Term Turning Point
Day Traders Know a Bubble When They See One, and They Want In; Marko Kolanovic Says Markets May Be at Long-Term Turning Point
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