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    Chicago titan Citadel just keeps growing. The rest of the city's hedge fund industry, not so much.

    16, 2019 02:36 PM Chicago titan Citadel just keeps growing. The rest of the city's hedge fund industry, not so much. As investors sour on hedge funds, Chicago players are caught in the $3.2 trillion industry's consolidation that favors megafirms. LYNNE MAREK TWEET SHARE SHARE EMAIL...
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    Thoughts on unusual options activity?

    Such a tough question to answer. Lot's of noise as you suspect, but occasionally a home run. Follow TradeAlert on FB or Linkedin and after a while consider subscribing. This week a size trade in CBLK went up just before the annoucement. A lot of big trades aren't directional bets and...
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    Victory Capital reverses move into options trading, cancels Harvest acquisition

    Older story, but still a decent read. Victory Capital reverses move into options trading, cancels Harvest acquisition Amid declining derivatives volume and volatility, Victory scuttles deal for options strategy specialist Harvest Volatility Management By Jeff Reeves Waning volatility in 2019...
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    Virtu Financial: The Frying Pan and the Fire

    Virtu Financial: The Frying Pan and the Fire View Larger Image “If you are not growing, you are dying.” – Tony Robbins On August 8, Virtu reported Q2 earnings and the stock (VIRT) fell 18%. Non-GAAP EPS came in lower than Street estimates. In addition to the costs of integrating the ITG...
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    Yikes - Target trade

    Closed for over a $3million loss
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    Real Estate Options

    It will be interesting to see how they develop.
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    Where can I find the put-call ratio on a stock?

    If you can't find it for free or want to calculate it - a paid service is Hamzei Analytics.
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    Yikes - Target trade

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    The Volcker rule is about to be changed

    BUSINESS NEWS AUGUST 20, 2019 / 7:58 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO U.S. regulators hand Wall Street a major win with stripped-down 'Volcker Rule' Pete Schroeder 4 MIN READ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday eased trading regulations for Wall Street banks, giving them one of...
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    Understanding Trade Executions with NBBO?

    16 exchanges. Most products are multiply list meaning the trade ar more then one evxchange - not all,but most. So you broker can smart route to any venue even if there market is inferior to NBBO. You can't be filled at worse than NBBO with rare exception like flashing quotes. So the receive...
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    How many traders are actually making a living?

    "Have you ever applied for a SBA loan before? Not as easy as you think." I don't think I said it was easy - I said lender of last resort.
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    OptionMetrics Accepting Submissions for Paper Presentations at its 8th Annual Research Conference (O

    Any New Yorkers with great ideas/research. OptionMetrics Accepting Submissions for Paper Presentations at its 8thAnnual Research Conference (ORC2019) Conference scheduled for Monday, October 28, 2019 in New York City; presentation abstracts due by September 10, 2019 August 15, 2019 12:21 PM...
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    Managing risk of broker platform outage

    Product dependent, but ask your broker if they offer/allow access to redundancy. Ask them now, before you need it.
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    August closing from Kevin Kennedy's facebook -

    One of the few remaining Floor Brokers.
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    GE Is A Massive Bankruptcy, It's Bonds Are Up ?

    The agency side institutional brokers.
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    GE Is A Massive Bankruptcy, It's Bonds Are Up ?

    Synthetic puts. The trade is being promoted fairly widely and unless you can see the OPRA codes it would be challenging to know.
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    GE Is A Massive Bankruptcy, It's Bonds Are Up ?

    Long the bond(senior) against shorting the stock and getting short the stock, in the options market.
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    Black-Scholes Market Assumptions

    Glad to have helped!
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