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Machines are coming for your pricing models; Long VIX call gains; VIX MDL Update
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Wall Street’s Shady Swaps Spark Pushback From Regulators; ICE buying MOVE indices
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe OCC cleared 31,288,394 options contracts yesterday - a record for 2019. (The grand total with futures was 31,968,074 contracts.)~SDThe yield on 10-yr...
How Options Could Trigger Next Market Meltdown; Neuberger Berman Rode the Swoon by Selling Vol
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The Spread – Wake Up Call
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China Armed With Powerful Mkt Weapons in Trump Duel; CME boosted by new ‘micro’ contracts
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read"Regulatory Creep" - Legal Issues in U.S. v. ThakkarThom Thompson for John Lothian NewsThursday afternoon as part of the FIA Law & Compliance Conference, Marc Nagel, attorney...
Making an Independent FCM a Global Ag Powerhouse – Gerry Corcoran, R.J. O’Brien
It is not easy being a futures commission merchant (FCM) in today’s environment but R.J. O’Brien, the oldest and largest independent FCM, is thriving, bringing in record revenues of $600 million in 2018. In this video, R.J. O’Brien Chairman...
Vivendi tussles with Elliott over equity derivatives; Vol markets ignoring recession risk
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightFinance v physics: even 'flash boys' can't go faster than lightGillian Tett yesterday - Financial Times (SUBSCRIPTION)Five years ago, the author Michael Lewis...
NYSE goes to court to halt SEC plan; Japan Exchange Group, TOCOM to merge this year – sources
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffIt is a big day for news. Former CBOT Chairman Pat Arbor was released from jail on Valentine's Day, in an ironic twist to his divorce money battle. The NYSE...
Near and Midterm (Election) Hurdles: An Economic Outlook
"You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube." The Fed has its hands full. The midterm elections are right around the corner. The trade war is making Brazil a bigger agricultural player. Here to make sense of it all is Bluford...
Beijing summons top Wall Street bankers for tariff talks; Life lessons from Lehman
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The 85th Annual Market Structure Conference from the Securities Traders Association, titled "Shaping the Future" will be on October 3 to 5 at...
NYSE Cuts Jobs at CHX; Trump Lost Investors’ Confidence; Alleged NYSE Scheme
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Correction from JLN yesterday. Renato Mariotti will be speaking at MarketsWiki Education on Thursday, not Monday as scheduled. Bill Weldon was...
The Markets Will Stop a Trade War; Nasdaq’s Crypto Policing Meeting; Forest Fires
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff We have three changes for the upcoming MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in Chicago. Renato Mariotti was called to Atlanta by...
Liquidity concerns to fuel vol; CTC expands; Sebi’s derivatives rules
Lead Stories Goldman Warns of Liquidity-Fueled Sell-off After 'Volmageddon' Tracy Alloway - Bloomberg (SUBSCRIPTION) Weakened liquidity might have set stage for volatility surge; February event stands as warning to consider hedges:...
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Dead Chickens, Frozen Oranges Confront Farmers in South After Severe Cold
First Read $29,826/$300,000 (9.9%) Charles Bohm ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CME set new record volumes in the Ultra 10-Year Note and 30-Year Bond futures on February 23. Ultra 10-Year Note futures reached a record volume of 1.7 million...
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GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
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