SoftBank abandons its ‘Nasdaq whale’ bets; While OPEC+ Fights, Mexico Wins Over $2 Billion With Oil Hedge
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The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics
The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics
The Pitfalls of America’s Ant Army of Retail Stock Traders; Justice Department’s Antitrust Division And The Securities And Exchange Commission Sign Historic Memorandum Of Understanding
The Pitfalls of America’s Ant Army of Retail Stock Traders; Justice Department’s Antitrust Division And The Securities And Exchange Commission Sign Historic Memorandum Of Understanding
May Volumes; Fixing the VIX; 50 Cent; OIC Options Studies
Observations & Insight US Options Volumes Remain on Record Pace Despite Slowing Momentum TABB Forum US options volumes slipped again in May 2018, losing some of the momentum established during a torrid first quarter, but volumes...
Day Trading the VIX; The Exec Securing Money With Blockchain; LME considers starting lithium contract
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff ICE has committed more than $1 million to relief from Hurricane Harvey. You can donate through them too.~JJL CME Group will hold a Tech Talk 6.0 event on September 14 in Chicago at the Museum of Broadcast History. Topics to be...
Traders test OPEC ‘whatever it takes’ resolve to defend oil price; The VIX is not a Fortune-Teller; ‘Vol’-Apalooza: A Handy Reference Guide To Low Volatility Regimes
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HFT – Not so flashy anymore; Vicious VIX; JPM Head Quant Warns Of “Catastrophic Losses” For Short Vol Strategies
Observations & Insight An Excerpt of Note Spencer Doar - JLN I am re-reading "Liar's Poker" because...I don't really know why — maybe it's just summer instinct with all these reading lists floating around. Anyway, about a quarter of the way in, there's a notable...
Manipulation in the VIX?; Options Suggest Traders Overconfident About Inflation Forecasts; Opec – Brent crude options volatility eases ahead of OPEC decision
Observations & Insight MIAX Options: Consolidated Audit Trail ("CAT") Fee Dispute Resolution Rule Mondovisione MIAX Options filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a rule filing to adopt MIAX Options Rule 1713 that will establish the procedures for...
How Can We Extend the Success of the VIX to the Whole Equity Options Market?; Investors Aren’t As In Love With Stocks As You Might Think; OPEC set to prolong oil output cuts by nine months
Lead Stories How Can We Extend the Success of the VIX to the Whole Equity Options Market? Timothy Klassen, Volar Technologies LLC - TabbForum The introduction of the new VIX in late 2003 led to the eventual explosion of trading volumes in VIX futures and options....
Government enforcers take aim at compliance officers; Euronext to acquire FastMatch and expand into global FX markets; KCG Said to Eliminate 10% of Staff, Shut Two Offices in Asia
First Read Ride For Beth Jan Bart de Boer, Chief Commercial Officer ABN AMRO Clearing We are raising money to fund research to help the daughter of our European Chief Commercial Officer, James Egan. James Egan is a very well known and respected person in the Futures...
Traders Pile On Long Positions As Nifty Hits Lifetime High; China to Allow Onshore Bond Buying via Hong Kong This Year; Oil at $40 No Problem as U.S. Drillers Snub OPEC With Hedges
Lead Stories Traders Pile On Long Positions As Nifty Hits Lifetime High Agam Vakil - Bloomberg The Nifty 50 index advanced 1.7 percent on Tuesday hitting a new lifetime high of 9,122 on an intraday basis and even managed to close above the 9,000-mark for the first...
Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ jumps the most in about 5 months as Trump spooks market; VIX shorts hit new record; Trump Aides’ Confusion Mimicked by Bond, Stock Options Gauges
Lead Stories Wall Street's 'fear index' jumps the most in about 5 months as Trump spooks market Mark DeCambre - MarketWatch A popular measure of Wall Street fear jumped to its highest level in more than four months on Monday, as the equity market retreated amid...
OCC Names New CFO, Treasurer, and Chief Compliance Officer; Volume on Oil Derivatives Hits Record as Traders Eye $60 a Barrel; OPEC Deal Upends Everything in Oil Market, Not Just Prices
Observations & Insight November Options Exchange Marketshare via OCC ++++ The View from Convergex: Reinvention, Options and Market Structure Spencer Doar - JLN It may come as a surprise that Convergex, the agency brokerage with headquarters in New York, has a hand...
OCC Cleared Contract Volume Increased 20 Percent in November; Citi Said to Weigh Derivative Desk Move to Frankfurt on Brexit; Traders are betting that volatility is about to spread
Observations & Insight The View from Convergex: Reinvention, Options and Market Structure Spencer Doar - JLN It may come as a surprise that Convergex, the agency brokerage with headquarters in New York, has a hand in approximately 20 percent of all options routed...
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First Read $29,826/$300,000 (9.9%) Charles Bohm ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CME set new record volumes in the Ultra 10-Year Note and 30-Year Bond futures on February 23. Ultra 10-Year Note futures reached a record volume of 1.7 million...
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GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
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