Bitcoin futures

[Pekelo]

IB won't allow shorting

So who is going to provide the sell side? The miners? IB is going to ask for a BTC deposit before you can sell a future? Doesn't make sense, futures are contracts, not stocks...

 

[Macca1]

So from the institutional side, apart from Goldman sachs, who is actually setup to clear on the CBOE open today?

 

[truetype]

So from the institutional side, apart from Goldman sachs, who is actually setup to clear on the CBOE open today?

ABN, as mentioned on another thread.

 

[Cuddles]

What are the prices? Everything is down on my end

 

[Clubber Lang]

What are the prices? Everything is down on my end

Zerohedge- “CBOE website crashes as Bitcoin futures begin trading.”

 

[just21]

username IDS has just said his employer interactive brokers are open for business.

 

[Clubber Lang]

What are the prices? Everything is down on my end

Opened 14,400ish went to 15,600’s back down to 14200’s then to 15400’s all in ~15 minutes lol

https://cryptowat.ch/bitfinex/btcusd

 

[Clubber Lang]

TWTR-
“CBOE bitcoin futures pretty quiet so far. Just tiny lots traded. Only $401,600 trading in the first 20 minutes.”

 

[Cuddles]

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=@XBT.1&tab=news

 

[Arnie]

GXBT just broke through 17,000.