Why has volume significantly increased in the open outcry trading pits at the CME Group in recent months compared to before the pits were closed for the Covid-19 breakout? Open outcry volume stood under 50% of total volume before Covid-19 closed the pits, but in the...

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JLN spoke with Paul McLaren, the president of Enhance Your Options, at the OIC Conference in Nashville in April. He talked about his background in and passion for education and how he started a training company specifically for options education. 

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At a recent meeting of the social justice committee at my church, St. Peter’s UCC in Elmhurst, IL, I was asked to look into the organization My Hood, My Block, My City. While perusing the organization’s website I noted the board chairman listed at the time was Will Hobert of principal trading group WH Trading.

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JLN spoke with Jim Toes, president and CEO of the Security Traders Association (STA), at the OIC Conference in Nashville. The head of the grassroots trade organization, which serves individuals in the financial services industry, spoke about the outlook for the industry, the lessons learned from COVID, and the possible impact of proposed federal regulation.

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Lule Demmissie is the U.S. CEO of eToro, a global social trading platform with 32 million users in 100 countries.  Demmissie says: “Think of it as Twitter and then on top of it a trading system and then on top of that a place for people to practice.” Social engagement drives the platform. When users log in, they see a broad feed of user thoughts on the assets, markets and investing. As users navigate to each asset, they gain access to a unique feed that presents user posts related to that specific offering. People can trade crypto, stocks, ETFs and options, the latter made possible by eToro’s recent acquisition of Gatsby, a commission-free options trading app. Futures could be a possibility someday. 

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JLN spoke with Annabelle Baldwin, the chief revenue officer of Spider Rock, a Chicago-based proprietary trading firm, at the OIC Conference in Nashville. She spoke about how the company is building the next generation of trading tools as well as a new options platform to serve a broader set of institutional clients.

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