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...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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