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A Forgotten Rogue CBOT Chairman Who Helped Launch the CBOE and the Options Industry

In the late 1960s, there were two rogue candidates who ran for the role of chairman of Chicago’s leading futures exchanges. One was Leo Melamed, head of the “Young Turks” at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the other was William Mallers, Sr. the youngest man ever elected chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade.


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SCILA’S ALEX LAMB TALKS WITH JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS ABOUT HIS STRATEGY FOR THE AMERICAS AND WHAT SETS SCILA APART FROM OTHERS

Alex Lamb, head of the Americas at Scila Inc., talked with John Lothian News at the FIA International Futures Conference in Boca Raton, FL., about Scila’s strategy for the Americas, how the company got its start, and what sets it apart from others that provide software tools for identifying market abuse, risk, or operational errors.


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Thomas McMahon, co-founder and co-CEO of AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) talked with John Lothian News at the FIA International Futures Conference in Boca Raton, FL., about how ACX got its start, its local and global properties, and the policy-driven nature of the environmental markets.


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A FORGOTTEN ROGUE CBOT CHAIRMAN WHO HELPED LAUNCH THE CBOE AND THE OPTIONS INDUSTRY

In the late 1960s, there were two rogue candidates who ran for the role of chairman of Chicago’s leading futures exchanges. One was Leo Melamed, head of the “Young Turks” at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the other was William Mallers, Sr. the youngest man ever elected chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade.


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In this episode of Options Discovery, Alex Teng introduces the concept of algorithmic trading in the world of options.


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Stuart Connolly, CEO at CloudMargin, was interviewed by John Lothian News at the FIA International Futures Conference in Boca Raton, FL. Connolly talked about the growth of the firm, its single-instance collateral management platform, and its evolution to meet the needs of the cleared OTC markets.


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ILAN LEVY-MAYER SHARES THE HISTORY OF CANNON TRADING AND ITS PATH TO ELECTRONIC TRADING

Ilan Levy-Mayer was interviewed by John Lothian News for the Path to Electronic Trading Video series. Mayer joined his brother in the futures broker business in Los Angeles after Ilan’s hopes for a basketball career were cut short by an injury. 


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John Lothian News met up with Jonathan Kellner, the CEO of Members Exchange, aka MEMX, at the FIA International Futures Conference at Boca Raton in March. Unfortunately, we had some glitches with the video so we are presenting the interview as an article instead. 


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John Lothian News spoke with James Davies of Tacans last week about his company, a Web3-focused venture builder firm founded in 2021 by Matthias Nielsen and Lars Seier Christensen. Tacans is working on building trading applications for decentralized exchanges, where there is no centralized location but the exchange is made via smart contracts.


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