Much of 2017 for BOX depends on whether the exchange will get approval for its proposed trading floor. In this video from the Options Industry Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., BOX CEO Ed Boyle spoke about BOX's motivation to open a floor, revamping the exchange's...
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Options Adoption: Growth Potential in the Advisory Space
In this JLN video, Emily Sweet, senior analyst with Cerulli Associates, goes through some key findings from a study the firm conducted titled “How Financial Advisors Use and Think About Exchange-listed Options.” The study, sponsored by the Options Industry Council,...
Hurdling Options Obstacles: OptionsPlay Finds Advisors Need as Much Help as Retail Investors
When trading options, the options chain is both an advertisement and entry point for the retail investor. But for an options novice, a chart of prices for puts and calls is not the most clear or engaging means of joining the fray....
John Lothian Newsletter: Exchanges, Schwab criticize SEC market structure committee; New OIC Study Shows Increased Knowledge of Listed Options by Investors; SEC signals tighter rules governing Treasury bond market
First Read Reaching Out: Middle East Exchanges (Almost) Ready and Waiting By Jim Kharouf, JLN The World Federation of Exchanges Qatar 2015 Annual Meeting kicked off on Tuesday in Doha. It's an interesting place as the Qataris attempt to win the award for city with the...
Options – A Must Have in Every Advisers’ Toolbox
By Catherine Clay, CEO of Livevol Yesterday, I wrote about the increase in option volumes from “Mom and Pop” traders. Today I want to note the increased trading volumes originating from independent option advisers. Before 2004, many advisers did not trade options,...
Changing of the guard: Mike Cahill talks about new CEO post at OCC, and how things aren’t really changing
Changing of the guard: Mike Cahill talks about new CEO post at OCC, and how things aren’t really changing Yesterday, Mike Cahill was named as the next CEO of the OCC, (formerly Options Clearing Corporation. The move marks a historical changing of the guard at OCC. ...
JLN Options: Meet the Biggest Bear
Lead StoriesMeet the Biggest BearSteven M. Sears - Barron'sRecent trading by one major investor implies that he sees the VIX, now around 16.8, more than doubling by August.http://jlne.ws/1b2QQIuWall Street Week Ahead: Fed fears may be gone but brace for...
Alan Grigoletto on OIC’s new education efforts
Alan Grigoletto was recently promoted to vice president, education at the Options Industry Council (OIC), where he is responsible for expanding OIC’s educational efforts, including developing educational programs for the European markets. He was interviewed by Sarah...
John Lothian News Top Stories of 2011
We've created a list of the five most influential stories of 2011 for each of our newsletters, as well as from MarketsReformWiki, to help define what was a very eventful year across almost every market and industry sector. The year was punctuated by one major story...
Gary Delany – Options Industry Council (OIC)
JLN Options editor Sarah Rudolph sat down with Gary Delany, Director of European Marketing and Education for the Options Industry Council (OIC), to discuss some of the findings of the study, “European Demand for U.S. Listed Equity Options,” including identifying the...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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