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TOM ASCHER – OPEN OUTCRY TRADERS HISTORY PROJECT – PART TWO
The ongoing fiasco that grew out of online broker Robinhood's decision to limit customers' ability to buy "meme stocks" like GameStop in January has produced a lot of noise, but also a silver lining.

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THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES EPISODE: GAME CHANGERS, PART II
Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the history of financial futures. We were motivated to get this history on video because of the death of Jack Wing, the CEO of The Chicago Corporation, who was an early supporter and proponent of the financial futures products. We wanted to preserve this history in video format before those that had created financial futures all disappeared.

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OCC REDUCES CLEARING FEES; COINBASE CEO SELLS $292 MILLION WORTH OF COIN SHARES – THE SPREAD
This week on The Spread, major exchanges begin trading options on Coinbase stock, Eurex announces record volume for ESG derivatives, Gary Gensler is confirmed as head of the SEC, and more.

THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 4/19/2021
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.

INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE’S LYNN MARTIN WALKS JLN THROUGH NEW ICE PORTFOLIO AUCTION PLATFORM
Fixed-Income Trading Platform Automates Complex Portfolio Trading, Leverages ICE Data and Risk Management Tools The world of bond trading is being swept into the electronic trading world and ICE has offered a new way to automate and make the trading of large...

JIM MARZANO – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
Broker and Trader of Financial Futures at CBOT Shares Tales of Early-Day Hiccups Jim Marzano thought he was going to be a grain merchandiser at Stotler Grain. Instead, he ended up being a broker and a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade. In fact, he made the first...

CUNNINGHAM COMMODITIES TO TIE UP WITH UK CFD PLATFORM 
Cunningham Commodities, LLC, the registered futures commission merchant, and Cunningham Trading Systems, LLC have agreed to a combine with Plus500, according to a press release from Plus500, a British platform for trading contracts for difference (CFDs). 

JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS CONVERTS CORONAVIRUS SECTION OF JLN TO WELLNESS EXCHANGE
Ongoing Health and Wellness Issues a Risk for Employers and Employees to Monitor and Address The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new risk to those addressed by this newsletter, namely the health and wellness of each of us, our families, colleagues, friends,...

THE 5 ESSENTIAL SHIFTS OF WEIGHT LOSS MASTERY
Excerpted from Medium: “It takes 30 days to create a new habit.” Or so we’ve been told… But in the area of weight loss mastery there are hundreds of habits to master — most of which are never discussed. This work of sustained + empowered weight mastery has been...

TOM ASCHER – OPEN OUTCRY TRADERS HISTORY PROJECT – PART TWO
Quantitative Brokers' Executive Chairman Tom Ascher Recalls His Days Trading on Floor In Part Two of the JLN interview with Tom Ascher for the Open Outcry Traders History Project, Ascher talks about getting involved in exchange politics. He joined CBOE’s board and...

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