Hedge Funds Had a Fine Year Amid Covid Volatility; The valuation warning signs for stock markets
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SEC Approves Plan to Bring More Detailed Stock-Market Data to Public; Citi Trial Shows Chain of Gaffes Leading to $900 Million Blunder
SEC Approves Plan to Bring More Detailed Stock-Market Data to Public; Citi Trial Shows Chain of Gaffes Leading to $900 Million Blunder
The Thorny Speed Bump Question
If the industry can agree on one thing, it’s to disagree about speed bumps. In this video, Chicago Trading Company Head of Market Structure and Electronic Trading Strategy Steve Crutchfield talks about why he is in favor of ICE’s recently...
Central bankers fuel volatility in FX and bonds; Millennial investing in derivatives like options and futures; Tech Stocks Hit More Turbulence Than the Rest of the Market
Observations & Insight Bits & Pieces from yesterday's FOW-JLN Trading Chicago Event: Things ain't great Spencer Doar - JLN First, if you've been in a cave, look at the VIX today - popped to over 15 and has now dropped into the 13 handle. The options panel at...
China’s Big Derivatives Push Aims at Global Pricing Power; OCC News – May 2017; Euronext expects London to lose euro clearing after Brexit
Observations & Insight Liquidity Providers Unduly Penalized By Capital Rules: CTC's Crutchfield JohnLothianNews.com What's a market maker to do when it can't warehouse risk? The options industry has a problem with bank capital rules. In this JLN video, Steve...
Liquidity Providers Unduly Penalized By Capital Rules: CTC’s Crutchfield
Financial Reform Objectives at Odds with Effects of Rules What’s a market maker to do when it can’t warehouse risk? The options industry has a problem with bank capital rules. In this JLN video, Steve Crutchfield, head of market...
Just Floored: Who Says Jeff Sprecher hates open outcry?
Open outcry is still alive and well in New York. The New York Stock Exchange opened a new trading floor for the NYSE Amex options market this week, a completely renovated space that also houses: NYSE’s US cash equities, ICE Futures US members, NYSE Arca’s customer...
JLN Options: S&P 500 record runs are small but steady; Why It's So Tricky to Time Volatility Spikes; Oil VIX Is Up 209% and Brazil VIX Is Up 45% in 2014 Y-T-D
Observations & Insight Wrapping it Up Doug Ashburn - JLN Today's newsletter features a snapshot of volatility from several asset classes - equities, oil and gold to name a few - and also includes a bit of a look-back on 2015, as many of our regular resources use...
Steve Crutchfield, EVP at IntercontinentalExchange – How to Build an Options Trading System (In Ten Minutes)
"You've got to come up with some numbers that describe the universe based on data that fit that model." Steve Crutchfield, Executive Vice President at IntercontinentalExchange, explains the three key components of building a trading system. Beginning with a brief...
A Breakthrough for Institutional Investors Trading SPY Options
Institutional investors such as pension funds and mutual funds are a crucial step closer to being able to take large positions on SPY options, which overlie the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has just received approval...
John Lothian Newsletter: CBOE looks to set up London base; Citigroup to launch commodity trade finance business; Liquidnet launches Philippines dark pools
CBOE announces plans to expand into London with VIX futures. Citigroup, seeing the European exodus from commodity trading by banks and other firms, decides to take a seat at the table. Liquidnet opens up its ninth dark venue in Asia in the Philippines. First Read...
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Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020; CFTC chair steps down, academic Chris Brummer in lead to replace him: sources
Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020; CFTC chair steps down, academic Chris Brummer in lead to replace him: sources
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Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020; Nasdaq Sets Record as Big Tech Stocks Outperform
Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020; Nasdaq Sets Record as Big Tech Stocks Outperform
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