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Managing the Russell Recon: A Decade of Change for Traders
...index. That index represents 98 percent of the total market capitalization of U.S. stocks. The stocks are simultaneously slotted into various sub-indexes. These include the large-cap Russell 1000 (the top...
The Outcome of Events: HedgeStreet and Philly Take a Lead in Strange New World
...a stock or bond. But, what if there was a way to bypass these investment types and trade the actually underlying events, such as the CPI index? It has already...
The Rocky Regulatory Road: Survival of the Small Broker Dealer
...trading veteran Arthur Pacheco. The firm had built a reputation in program trading and index-related trading and research. But with the number of market makers specializing in smaller stocks decreasing,...
Could More Volatility Sabotage Algorithms?
...Board Options Exchange's Volatility Index, or VIX, is at its lowest level in eight years. It hit 15.38 recently, a level not seen since 1996. Low levels of volatility mean...
More Power to The Buyside!
...advice and make forecasts. Peter Driscoll, senior equity trader at Northern Trust, a $570 billion index player. He is also a former Chicago Stock Exchange floor trader. Technology will continue...
Straddles, Fish and Chips
...buying and selling through the U.K. market. Later they tried index futures. But the Coullings became frustrated with some of the trading practices of the U.K. markets, including open outcry....
The Buzz About Pre-Opening Trading
...months following the launch of Nasdaq's closing cross. It immediately had problems. On December 17, matches in the Nasdaq 100 Index Tracking Stock, or the QQQ, went awry due to...
Back to the Stock Futures? Educating the Short Sellers and the Professional Traders
...of the market for futures linked to the S&P stock index. That doesn't exactly qualify single stock futures as a hot product. Still, OneChicago, the only exchange now trading single...
Shifting Paradigms for Profits
...In January, Penson acquired Tick Data. It has U.S. equities data going back to 1993, as well as global futures and index data that stretches back to 1974. The acquisition...
Seduced by Index Options A Chance for Stock Trading Pros to Bail Out the...
The world of index options trading may never be the same. The ability to trade index options is becoming much easier at a time when options exchanges are facing unprecedented...
