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More exchanges decelerate drive for speed, experiment with minuscule delays
After a prolonged drive to be the fastest to execute trades, more exchange operators are experimenting with speed bumps, or fractional delays in orders to trade stocks, as a new way to bolster liquidity.
Bitcoin Options Introduction Subdued in Wake of Futures Letdown; Stocks and Bonds Haven’t Rallied Like This Since 1998
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Machines are coming for your pricing models; Long VIX call gains; VIX MDL Update
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Breaking Down Eurex’s Latency Protection
In this video from FIA IDX, Eurex Executive Board Member Randolf Roth discusses Eurex’s plans for latency protection (a speed bump) in its French and German equity options markets. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's...
Challenges slow Mexico’s oil hedge this year; Cboe Plans ‘Speed Bump’ for Equities Exchange
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightOptions Industry Leader Series: On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity - BOXJohnLothianNews.comIn this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX...
POP goes the speed bump!
ICE Futures US tried to certify (that is, to fast-track) to the CFTC a change to the order execution rules in the central limit order books for its two-year old daily gold and silver futures contracts. The changes are designed to protect...
How Options Could Trigger Next Market Meltdown; Neuberger Berman Rode the Swoon by Selling Vol
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Banks Face U.K. Grilling in Probe Over Big Gender Pay Gaps
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHow to Improve Gender Equality; Accepting the Challenge to Go 50:50John Lothian - Publisher - John Lothian NewsI have been challenged by a senior woman in the derivatives industry to...
SIFMA on Strike Listing Procedures; SocGen Closes Commodities Desk; Spoofing Trial Coverage
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightHung Jury in Trial of US v ThakkarThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsThe trial of Jitesh Thakkar for aiding and abetting two instances of spoofing - which were executed...
Eurex to test equity options speed bump; MIH teams with Templum for digital securities trading
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightData Day in the case of U.S. v. Jitesh ThakkarThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsIn an abbreviated third trial day, the U.S. Department of Justice rested its case...
The Spread – Bumpy Road – 10/1
Editor's Note: A clarification from Eurex regarding its speed bump is discussed in this episode - the latency protection functionality will be available with the annual T7 system release but IS NOT going live in December as stated in...
CFTC and SEC Binary Options Enforcement Actions; SEC sues Tesla
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Part 2 of my interview with Eurex as part of their 20th anniversary celebration was published yesterday.~JJL Today is your last day to save on...
Eurex plans options speed bump; “Volatility and the Fragility of the Medium”
Lead Stories Eurex plans speed bumps to favour traditional investors - CEO Reuters Futures exchange Eurex will impose a speed limit on trading from December that seeks to restore the balance between high-frequency traders and traditional investors, its CEO told...
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Nasdaq launching options on the Nasdaq-100 Micro Index; 3 reasons the stock market rally is set to continue despite recent volatility, according to UBS Wealth Management
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