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...
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First Read $14,991/$300,000 (5%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian and JLN Staff Today is the first day of FIA EXPO-V. EXPO is normally held in Chicago at the Hilton on Michigan Avenue. This year, it is being held in cyberspace and the FIA has put together a great...
Newest U.S. Stock Exchange MEMX Debuts, Keeps It Simple
After more than a year of preparation, Members Exchange (MEMX) CEO Jonathan Kellner is more than ready for Monday’s launch of the new U.S. stock exchange at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Betting Against Fear on Wall Street Has Rarely Looked This Good
Betting Against Fear on Wall Street Has Rarely Looked This Good
Wall Street holiday parties try dropping booze for bootcamps, smoothies
First Read New Year's Day Launch Seen as Just the Start of Illinois' Recreational Canna Business JohnLothianNews.com As of January 1, adults in Illinois will be allowed to legally buy small quantities of cannabis products for recreational use from licensed state...
Traders Fear Labour’s $11 Billion Tax Will Crush London Market; Schwab bulks up for fee war with $26bn TD Ameritrade deal
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Ray Dalio, refuting a story from Friday, says Bridgewater has no net short bet against stocks. For the record, no hedge fund ever has a net short bet. That is not what they do. Hedge funds hedge, in some way.~JJL Cboe has a...
End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME’s Giant Eurodollar Market; Bets on a Strong Pound Are Getting in the Way of a Strong Pound
Lead Stories End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME's Giant Eurodollar Market Alexander Osipovich - WSJ The clock is ticking on a huge futures market where nearly $3 trillion changes hands on an average day. Eurodollar futures, which let...
Charles Schwab to Buy TD Ameritrade for $26 Billion, Reports Say
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today's MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project series video is of Jeff Bernacchi, a CME member and former member of the CME Group board of directors who recently retired from the board...
Voice of Blockchain 2019: Smaller, More Streamlined
In 2018, “Disruption” Joe Hernandez’s Chicago-based blockchain conference, Voice of Blockchain, debuted at Navy Pier from August 24-25. When I asked Hernandez why he started VoB, he said he was “disappointed with the quality level of most...
OCC September Cleared Volume Up 11.3 Percent – Highest September on Record; Short sellers gain from bets against US brokerages
See also: TD Ameritrade fires back at Schwab by cutting commissions to zero, Stocks just delivered a reminder about October’s reputation for volatility, and more.
Regulators delay ‘big bang’ derivatives rules by a year; TD Ameritrade begins new CEO search
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Victory Capital cancels Harvest acquisition; Exchanges’ need to innovate
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ErisX Enters the Crypto World With New Spot and Futures Platform
It looks like there is a growing market for regulated exchange trading of cryptocurrencies. ErisX, the U.S. futures exchange best known for offering listed interest rate swap futures, just announced plans to launch a derivatives...
FIA Comes to Chicago to Talk Retail Derivatives
The FIA is coming to Chicago for an event focused on the retail listed derivatives market. The event features a keynote address by CFTC Chief Market Intelligence Officer Andrew Busch and panels led by the Most Interesting Man in the...
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