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Tim McCourt from the CME Group – Micro E Mini Options
Tim McCourt, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Products at the CME Group, discusses the launch, reception, and use of the CME’s new options contracts on its Micro E Mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures.
Fears of a disputed US election fuel market volatility bets; Dollar slides in flows-driven market; investors await U.S. debate
Fears of a disputed US election fuel market volatility bets; Dollar slides in flows-driven market; investors await U.S. debate
Options Mania and Real-World Risk Mean Volatility Here to Stay; $718 million options unwind signals more caution on tech stocks
Options Mania and Real-World Risk Mean Volatility Here to Stay; $718 million options unwind signals more caution on tech stocks
Deutsche Bank Sees Vol Curve ‘Out of Line’ With Election Risk; ETF joins world’s biggest gold owners as investors flock in
Deutsche Bank Sees Vol Curve ‘Out of Line’ With Election Risk; ETF joins world’s biggest gold owners as investors flock in
We all need to reassess what we understand by the word ‘risk’; The Fed Hints Yield-Curve Control Already Is in Place
We all need to reassess what we understand by the word ‘risk’; The Fed Hints Yield-Curve Control Already Is in Place
The stock market’s fear gauge spikes 13% after Fed warns of prolonged labor-market damage; Cboe Revives Mini VIX Product Aimed at CTAs
Lead Stories The stock market's fear gauge spikes 13% after Fed warns of prolonged labor-market damage Ben Winck - Markets Insider Wall Street's go-to volatility gauge leaped as much as 12.7% early Thursday in the wake of Federal Reserve chair...
Volatility Traders Abandon VIX Bets as Stock Conviction Vanishes
Observations & Insight Maureen Obermeier: Open Outcry Traders History Project JohnLothianNews.com Maureen Obermeier started on the CBOE floor the summer after her freshman year of college and never left. She helped some friends get jobs that summer, and some, like...
Coronavirus Is Devastating the Conference Circuit; Wall Street Traders Are Tethered to the Desk With Virus Arriving
First ReadA Reporter's Story About the Boca CancellationBy John LothianLast week I told the JLN staff I expected by Wednesday or Thursday this week that FIA would cancel the Boca conference. They looked surprised. It was still surprising today when word...
ETrade’s Sale Is the Death Knell for Discount Brokerages; SEC Poised to Rule on Controversial ‘Speed Bump’ Proposal
First Read USDA: Hemp Pilot a Success Thom Thompson - John Lothian News In a report published on Thursday, the USDA announced that the recent state-level industrial hemp pilot programs had helped restart hemp production in the United States...
Record Wall Street rally triggers boom in options; Mania has taken hold in the equity market and there is “no respect” for risk, says one strategist
Lead Stories Record Wall Street rally triggers boom in options Jennifer Ablan - Financial Times While the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq have surged to record highs in recent weeks, another rally has taken hold. The US options market has been...
Stocks Have Rarely Been This Quiet in the Past 50 Years; Fed’s Kaplan Warns Central Bank Actions Are Driving Up Risk Taking
Lead Stories Stocks Have Rarely Been This Quiet in the Past 50 Years Amrith Ramkumar - WSJ The S&P 500 is in one of its longest streaks without a 1% daily move in the past five decades, highlighting how the latest leg of the stock-market...
A notoriously bearish hedge-fund manager is more convinced than ever that a crash is coming; ‘Giant Risk Event’ Makes Hedging a Good Bet in 2020, TD Says
See also: Singapore Poised to Allow Crypto Derivatives on Approved Venues; Hedge funds struggle as stocks keep behaving like bonds, and more.
October Is the Stock Market’s Most-Volatile Month. But Why? Corrections Aren’t Always a Harbinger of Doom
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Pandemic’s latest spread triggers surge in VIX ‘fear gauge’ for U.S. stocks; Bitcoin’s Options Market Sees Just 6% Chance of $20K Before Year’s End
Pandemic’s latest spread triggers surge in VIX ‘fear gauge’ for U.S. stocks; Bitcoin’s Options Market Sees Just 6% Chance of $20K Before Year’s End
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