John Lothian: Week in Review (August 3rd -7th, 2026)
The Weekend Update
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK
The History of Single-Stock Futures: From Ban to Revival
Months ago, I heard that FIA was examining renewed industry interest in reviving single-stock futures, which debuted in the US in 2002 and last traded on OneChicago in 2020. I decided to explore their history in a video project, particularly because 25 years had passed since the Commodity Futures Modernization Act legalized SSFs. The project also traces their earlier prohibition under the 1981 Shad-Johnson Accord and the Futures Trading Act of 1982.
10 MOST CLICKED STORIES OF THE WEEK
PAGE OF THE DAY
Monday Cboe Australia
Tuesday Options Xchange Group
Wednesday Citadel Investment Group, LLC
Thursday Victor Niederhoffer
Friday Novig
JLN PRESS ROOM PAGE OF THE WEEK
Victor Niederhoffer
Victor Niederhoffer, a contrarian speculator who made a fortune as a quant pioneer but took major losses in the 1997 Thai stock market crash and the 2008 financial crisis, has died at the age of 82.
FROM JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS
An Old Answer to a New Wager
Nine Democratic senators, led by California’s Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla and Oregon’s Jeff Merkley, wrote to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig this week demanding that the commission rein in prediction markets offering event contracts on wildfires. Their letter cites more than $1.2 million in bets on Polymarket’s offshore platform surrounding the Palisades and the Eaton fires that killed 31 people in Los Angeles in January 2025, and it relays a blunt warning from state and local fire officials: contracts that pay out on destruction invite someone to supply the destruction.
The History of Single-Stock Futures: From Ban to Revival
Months ago, I heard that FIA was examining renewed industry interest in reviving single-stock futures, which debuted in the US in 2002 and last traded on OneChicago in 2020. I decided to explore their history in a video project, particularly because 25 years had passed since the Commodity Futures Modernization Act legalized SSFs. The project also traces their earlier prohibition under the 1981 Shad-Johnson Accord and the Futures Trading Act of 1982.
Trading Technologies Says Its Systems Are Ready for 24/7 Markets
Trading Technologies is technologically prepared for the derivatives industry’s shift toward round-the-clock trading, though expanding operational support across weekends will require a more gradual transition, two company executives said.
Ex-NYSE Executive Warns SEC Overhaul Risks Wasting Millions Without Deeper Reforms
Rescinding Wall Street’s long-standing order protection rule will streamline market routing and potentially force a shakeout among hyper-fragmented stock exchanges. Still, it risks becoming an expensive, low-impact administrative exercise unless regulators overhaul how they evaluate institutional executions.