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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3715f412-2f13-11dc-b9b7-0000779fd2ac.html NYSE races to build derivatives trade By Anuj Gangahar in New York Published: July 11 2007 00:09 | Last updated: July 11 2007 00:09 John Thain, chief executive of NYSE Euronext, has made no secret of his ambition to...

This is the same old song and dance that has been going on in the options market for years. I'm just glad that people are finally waking up to this. Options have long been the place where the "smart money" does its insider trading. After complaining about this for years, it finally seems...

I don't know about that. It's always dangerous to short a massive and unchecked monopoly. The CME/CBOT monolith has near complete market dominance in all of their products. ICE squeezed them for $3 billion extra, but that's small change to them. I recommend staying neutral on the stock until...

I think you have a better chance of predicting and trading off options volume than equity volume. Options volume is far more transparent. Also, there are certain outliers in the options market that are easier to spot. Insider trading in options tends to occur in relatively predictable time...

I don't know. I think that's a bit of a platitude. Of course insider trading is a part of every market, but it doesn't explain the supposed surge that we are seeing these days in the options market. Who is making all of these shady trades? Why are they all showing up now? Is this really...

CME makes a bid for the CBOT. ICE surprises the world back in March with their surprise counter offer for the CBOT. CME goes on every financial show for months saying that they will never raise their bid. Then, a few weeks ago, they do just that. ICE strikes back by settling the...

Yeah. Tell me about it. :cool: I've never understood why anyone would pay these fees. Unless your fund manager is smoking the market by several orders of magnitude every year, why would you bother? Unless you are caught up in the cache of saying that you're investing in a hedge fund, is it...

That link is all about hedge funds, and there is definitely a school of thought that all of this shadiness in the options market coincides with the rise of hedge funds as options players. I tend to agree with that opinion. Just look at what Cramer essentially admitted to doing in his...

I'm not following you there, friend. What are you trying to say? Although I think I agree with your overall point that the SEC and others (Spitzer, etc) are only trying to placate retail investors. Most of these insider trading "investigations" are really just lip service to appease the masses.

At this point, are they even worth it for high net worth individuals. Is any fund manager really worth 2% & 20%? As for the insider trading, call me paranoid, but it seems that the influx of insider trading in options correlates perfectly with the influx of hedge funds into that space Of...

It seems like everywhere you look these days, there are more cases of shady insider trading, particularly concerning options. You can hardly pick up a magazine, turn on the TV or surf the web for financial news without being reminded of it. For example: When Greed is Bad - Insider Trading...

I tunred on MSNBC the other morning hoping to get my daily dose of news, only to see Cramer's ugly mug staring back at me. Am I the only one who doesn't want to hear Cramer going on about missing children or the poor state of television programming today? He should stick to his silly show...

I think we should just all agree that Fox Business News is the worst business news on television, bar none.

I concur. Fox Business news = Garbage

Not a bad tip. I've been to the options insider before, but I hadn't seen their options activity reports. I like the "seller bias" and "buyer bias" stuff. The trade alert service seems cool, but I don't know why I would pay for it. Especially when he puts his analysis up for free on...

Wow! And I thought that I was the cynical one on this board. But you guys have me beat hands down. :cool: I don't know if I would call gold a scam. I still see plenty of reputable banks and investment houses touting it as a "hedge against inflation" or a diversification tool, etc. It's...

Traders on the floor of the CBOE still plug in their handhelds and stream quotes from the floor, even though there is really no reason to anymore. I think some of this is just the inertia of tradition. That can be a very difficult thing to overcome.

I think you're a tad optimistic. I'd estimate that Google is in for a rough road, especially among the upper echelons of personnel who received a great deal of options. After all, the stock is up a ridiculous amount from the IPO. Even the most dedicated of employees would question his need...

hmmm.....so Timber Hill is finally going public, eh? I suppose it's about time. The funny thing is that IB would probably be worth more if they decoupled themselves from TH. After all, the money is in brokerage these days, not market making.

Cramer is always going on about his "charitable trust." He makes it sound like the earnings from his holdings are all going to charity. However, from what I understand of trusts, that only happens when he dies. Until then, he is free to take any profits that he wants from his charitable trust...