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Britain’s IG Group to Buy U.S. Options Firm Tastytrade For $1 Billion; U.S. Options Setup May Signal Risks for Stocks, Tallbacken Says

by Matt Raebel | Jan 21, 2021

Britain’s IG Group to Buy U.S. Options Firm Tastytrade For $1 Billion; U.S. Options Setup May Signal Risks for Stocks, Tallbacken Says

FIA Expo: How Small Can You Go?

by Sarah Rudolph | Nov 12, 2020

Mini and micro futures contracts at various exchanges have been gaining a lot of traction lately, presumably because of the "Robinhood effect" of retail traders coming into the markets. Our own John Lothian led a panel at FIA Expo-V Thursday titled "How Small Can You...

Traders Test Fed’s Power With Bets on More Currency Volatility; Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ jumps on fears of coronavirus resurgence

by Matt Raebel | Jun 12, 2020

Lead Stories Traders Test Fed's Power With Bets on More Currency Volatility Susanne Barton and Robert Fullem - Bloomberg Citi's Fitzpatrick recommends 6-month euro-dollar call options; Expect 'virus differentiation across economies': Deutsche...

Vendors, the Virus and Volatility

by Sarah Rudolph | Jun 4, 2020

How are software vendors managing their businesses in the current pandemic environment? A group of some of the top vendors answered that question Wednesday in a webinar called “Vendors vs. Virus” hosted by Imagineer Technology Group.

MIAX Partners with Firms for Equities Exchange; Next frontier for credit traders is shorting volatility

by Spencer Doar | May 17, 2019

A daily snapshot of options news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the industry.

The Spread – A New Year – 1/4

by Spencer Doar | Jan 6, 2019

It's hard to believe 2018 is in the rear-view mirror, but markets stop for no one. So without further ado, enjoy the first episode of "The Spread" in 2019. Below are the stories referenced in this week's episode: -Youtube -> Up, Down, Touch...

Bad Stuff the Market Worried About Is Starting to Happen; Tastytrade, Peak6 invest $10 million in new exchange

by Spencer Doar | Jan 4, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffICE posted another record volume year in 2018, with fourth quarter volumes up 20 percent and open interest increasing 10 percent from a year earlier. Average...

Thursday’s ‘flash crash’; Vol specialists face year reckoning; tastytrade invests in exchange

by Spencer Doar | Jan 3, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight December 2018 Options Exchange Marketshare via OCC ++++ Thursday miscellany: That didn't take long Spencer Doar - JLN We're only three days into the New Year and...

tastytrade raises $20m; February’s legacy; ETFs using derivatives; CME latency tricks

by Spencer Doar | Jun 29, 2018

Observations & Insight Hot Friday In Chicago SD - JLN With all the trade rhetoric floating around and the market's intraday gyrations, I haven't felt the onset of stereotypical summer sluggishness. Until today. Something about...

Deep Dive With JLN: How Can The Financial Industry Draw In The Next Generation Of Talent?

by Jim Kharouf | Oct 17, 2017

Note: Scroll to the bottom to view the video in three smaller segments. The future for the financial markets is bright, even if the headlines don't always say so. John Lothian News' CEO Jim Kharouf sat down with Brian Mehta, chief marketing officer at Trading...

Millennials and Options: A Perfect Match?

by Spencer Doar | May 10, 2017

Every business wants to capture the millennial customer. Millennials, loosely defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, are the largest generation on record and are set to inherit some $30 trillion. The generation’s (eventual)...

Tabb Options Liquidity Matrix; Cliff Asness on equity volatility; The tasty nation adds an entree, tastyworks

by Spencer Doar | Jan 11, 2017

Lead Stories US Options Volume Falls in December TABB Forum US listed options volume declined in December as traders pulled back after an active November propelled by the surprise election of Donald Trump. Volume totaled 327.5 million contracts in December 2016, a...

The tasty nation adds an entree, tastyworks: Tom Sosnoff and the tastytrade crew are “going to murder passive investing”

by Spencer Doar | Jan 9, 2017

Editor’s note: This story contains language that some readers might find offensive. Also, the subject matter contains a plethora of non-capitalized proper nouns, which are the actual names of the firms. The team behind retail brokerage thinkorswim, and more recently...