THE WEEKEND UPDATE: FEBRUARY 1-5, 2021
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JOHN LOTHIAN: A FUTURES TRADER’S CONFESSION
All the Ways I Have Traded Futures Over the Years I was brought up as a futures trader and the people I knew were futures traders. The people at my first industry-related job that I listened to on long car rides or on the radio talked about futures. The people I…
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THE SPREAD: MEME WARS
This week on The Spread, furor over Robinhood and retail traders continues, the SEC looks at social media in a crack-down on fraud, and more.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 2/1/2021
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
JOHN VAN DER BLEEK – THE PATH TO ELECTRONIC TRADING
John Van Der Bleek got his start in the markets after working for a hospital part time with someone later hired at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as an employment manager.

NASDAQ WEATHERED A “PERFECT STORM” IN 2020, LED EXCHANGES IN SINGLE STOCK OPTIONS VOLUME
While major world events can cause ripple effects in the markets, the effects of the ongoing pandemic have felt more like a series of earthquakes. The year 2020 was an historic one for many reasons; in Nasdaq’s case, it was also the first year that it led all exchanges in total volume traded for equity options.

ED TILLY – THE PATH TO ELECTRONIC TRADING
In a recent Zoom interview with John Lothian News for the JLN MarketsWiki Education Path to Electronic Trading series, Cboe Global Markets Chairman. President and CEO Ed Tilly shared the story of his start in the options industry and how that led him on a path towards electronic trading.

JOHN LOTHIAN: A FUTURES TRADER’S CONFESSION
All the Ways I Have Traded Futures Over the Years I was brought up as a futures trader and the people I knew were futures traders. The people at my first industry-related job that I listened to on long car rides or on the radio talked about futures. The people I…

CBD PRICES LANGUISH AS KSU STUDIES USING HEMP IN FEED
It has been quiet lately in hemp country – which, since the 2018 Farm Act, of course, includes all 50 states. In fact, industrial hemp plantings were reported to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency by farmers in 48 states in 2020 (Alaska and Mississippi didn’t come to the…