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The Spread – College Football Edition – 11/16
A chance to talk sports?! And derivatives trading?! This week offered up a glorious opportunity for "The Spread" and we pounced. The following are links to the stories referenced in this week's episode: -Screenshot Image -> "Dabo Doesn't...
Fear Driving Up Hedging Costs; GMEX and Demand Derivatives creating new exchange
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight Mad Morning Sees Half Dozen S&P 500 Flips as Tech Gains, Fades Sarah Ponczek and Vildana Hajric - Bloomberg Traders returning dazed from the worst...
Seth Golden still betting on calm; Derivatives ready for low touch?
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight Tuesday Miscellany Spencer Doar - JLN Our video of the day is of Maura Cunningham's MarketsWiki Education talk in New York. She is the founder and...
Investors clinging to maligned trade, setting up for more carnage: MS
Lead Stories Investors clinging to maligned trade, setting up for more carnage: MS Joe Ciolli - Business Insider It has been said that repeating the same mistake and expecting a different result is a psychological fallacy. If so, one...
Short vol losses a cautionary tale for using leverage; EU probes UK tax treatment of commodity derivatives; Bull market birthday
Observations & Insight Miscellaneous Notes for March 9 Spencer Doar - JLN A chunk of the JLN crew will be down in Florida for FIA Boca from Monday through Friday. We have a ton of content lined up with all sorts of finance and technology luminaries - the next...
JLN Options: VIX Manipulation Debate; XIV Tales; Insurance and volatility
Observations & Insight What’s the Deal With the VIX Manipulation Letter? Inaccuracy and Misunderstanding Spencer Doar - JLN The big options news of the day pertains to a letter alleging VIX manipulation. The letter, written on behalf of an anonymous whistleblower...
The VIX Can’t Cause Vol – Cboe’s View on Volatility ETPs
As volatility began to surge in February, and then exploded on the fifth of the month, exchange traded products (ETPs) that shorted or provided inverse exposure to VIX futures came under fire. The two most popular, Credit Suisse’s...
Volatility, Inc.; Carnage, but no volatility crisis; Debt ceiling the real worry; VIX ETPs
Observations & Insight Follow up - Sounds like Seth Golden is.... OK? Spencer Doar - JLN Lots of news today, as one would expect. Yesterday's blog on the short volatility trade was titled Vol-cano Erupts - How's Seth Golden Doing? Funnily enough, Quartz was able...
Vol-cano Erupts – How’s Seth Golden Doing?
Last year there were a few stories that came across the desk regarding the juniorization of firms and how removing experienced senior personnel could present risks of its own. After all, if you came into the markets in the 2010s, how...
Short volatility Waterloo; Hedging activity pop; VIX ETPs in all their glory
Observations & Insight Vol-cano Erupts - How's Seth Golden Doing? Spencer Doar - JLN Last year there were a few stories that came across the desk regarding the juniorization of firms and how removing experienced senior personnel could present risks of its own....
OCC plans cash management fee; Short-vol crushed in January; Selling time to traders
Observations & Insight Slippery Slope: Let's Let Markets Decide On New Contracts Jim Kharouf - JLN Do exchanges need further regulation on the contracts they launch? That is the question the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is addressing now with the so-called...
Third Barclays FX Trader Faces Charges in Scandal; Cboe update; Prop consolidation
Observations & Insight You Can't Rain On Our Parade: Cboe's Big 2017 Includes Bitcoin Futures. Can It Overcome Regulatory, Margin and Volatility Headwinds? Jim Kharouf - John Lothian News To hear Cboe Global Markets Chairman and CEO Ed Tilly tell it, his exchange...
Top Options Stories of 2017 Countdown
Correction: SROs did NOT begin reporting to the Consolidated Audit Trail in November - the deadline for implementation was indeed delayed. For a CAT update, see our January 2018 video with Thesys CAT Chief Compliance Officer Shane...
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