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The Weekend Update

JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK

A Timely Object Lesson on the Dangers of Tight Coupling in Financial Markets, and Hence the Lunacy of Fetishizing Algorithms

In a nutshell, Chris Edmonds of ICE revealed that due to a “technical issue” during the market chaos of March 2020 (which I wrote about in a Journal of Applied Corporate Finance piece) a large market participant was arguably in default to the ICE clearinghouse, but ICE (after consulting with the CEO, i.e., Jeff Sprecher) did not pull the trigger and call a default. Instead, it gave some time for the incipient defaulter to resolve the issue.

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10 MOST CLICKED STORIES OF THE WEEK

Editorial: Improbably, downtown Chicago gets a new open-outcry trading floor

There is a fundamental flaw in the crypto economy

A Timely Object Lesson on the Dangers of Tight Coupling in Financial Markets, and Hence the Lunacy of Fetishizing Algorithms

First futures exchange aimed at health care economy has filed for regulatory approval

Crypto Goes Shopping for a Regulator It Can Push Around

8 Wall Street quants who quit lucrative trading careers at Citadel, Jump Trading, and Renaissance Technologies to build startups instead

Gemini Crypto Exchange Operator Sued on Role in Bitcoin Futures Product

CFTC Considers FTX’s Democratized Clearing Proposal

CFTC sues Gemini claiming crypto exchange lied in futures contract evaluation

Regulators Have a Shot at Bringing Competition to Derivatives Market

4 MOST CLICKED MARKETSWIKI PAGES OF THE WEEK

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FROM JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS

TERM OF THE WEEK – VOLATILITY, STRIKE PRICES, EUROPEAN OPTIONS, AND CHINA A 50 INDEX – JUNE 3, 2022

TERM OF THE WEEK: This Week’s term has Tastytrade’s Jermal Chandler explain the important concept of volatility skew, two crucial concepts in strike price choices, European-style options strategies, and Russell Rhoads broadens ‘Terms’ with a China A 50 Index comparison.

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CBOE’S ARIANNE ADAMS BRINGS THE OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE INTO CBOE

Arianne Adams, formerly Arianne Criqui, came to Cboe Global Markets after spending more than eight years at Goldman Sachs, so JLN asked her, How did watching the Cboe from the outside help you with your job?

JLN interviewed Adams at the 2022 Options Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

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XFA’S BILL LOONEY TALKS PANDEMIC CHANGES IN MARKETS TO JLN AT OIC 2022

Bill Looney of broker XFA was interviewed by JLN at the 2022 Options Conference in San Antonio, Texas about how the firm responded to the pandemic and changes in the markets since March 2020.

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BEVON JOSEPH UPDATES JLN ON GREENWOOD PROJECT PROGRESS AT OIC

Greenwood Project Founder and Executive Director Bevon Joseph was interviewed by John Lothian News at the 2022 Options Conference in San Antonio, TX about the progress of the program and the success the young people in it are experiencing.

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RIVAL SYSTEMS CEO ROB D’ARCO SEES TRADERS MAKING THE JUMP TO PROFESSIONAL RANKS

JLN interviewed Rob D’Arco, CEO of the software vendor Rival Systems, during the 2022 Options Conference in San Antonio, Texas, about the state of Rival and the industry. He was bullish on many of today’s retail traders making the leap to become professional traders in the future.

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