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BNP Paribas announced the launch of six exchange‑traded notes (ETNs) that track Bitcoin and Ether, targeting French retail, private banking and Hello bank! clients. The ETNs are issued by selected asset managers and operate under the MiFID II framework, providing regulated, indirect exposure without direct custody of the digital assets. Availability begins on 30 March 2026 in France, with plans to extend to wealth‑management clients across Europe. This move marks the bank’s structured entry into the crypto‑asset market while adhering to European supervision.
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) will begin clearing select financial futures listed on the newly rebranded MIAX Futures Exchange (XMFE) starting May 17, 2026, with trades effective May 18. MIAX Futures, owned by Miami International Holdings, will become an OCC participant exchange, using...
Market participants are adding bullish options on the Iran conflict as the war shows signs of winding down, according to commentary from recent earnings calls and CLSA research. The shift reflects a broader move to hedge or speculate on geopolitical...
Starting Sunday March 29, CME Globex will roll out software upgrades for the CME and CBOT commodity futures markets (Market Segment ID 70), with the changes taking effect on the trade date March 30. The upgrades are designed to be transparent to...
Crude oil surged past $100 a barrel, its highest level since 2022, prompting a wave of volatility across the S&P 500. Analysts warn that higher input costs and inflation risk could weigh on large‑cap energy, industrial and consumer firms.
Now that cuts have been completely priced out through late 2026 into 1H 2027, long SOFR futures are extremely attractively priced. I do not believe hikes will happen as that would twist the knife into a global recession, so therefore...
Cboe’s CEO Kinahan is launching simple, risk‑defined prediction‑market products aimed at retail traders, leveraging the growing appetite for options among younger investors. The exchange plans to offer binary contracts with clear payoff structures, differentiating from traditional futures and gambling‑style markets....
The piece uses Doug Costa’s coin‑flip contract example to illustrate the power of the no‑arbitrage axiom in derivative pricing. By calculating the no‑arbitrage price and delta hedge, it shows that even with perfect knowledge of true probabilities, a trader can...
Palantir Technologies has entered a joint venture with Polymarket to embed its Vergence AI engine into the prediction‑market platform’s sports‑betting and event‑driven ecosystem. The partnership aims to detect and prevent fraud in real time, offering regulators and users greater confidence...
🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Nifty To Options: Rohit Srivastava’s Complete RMI Trading Framework Stop Guessing Market Moves. In this power-packed session, Rohit Srivastava (Creator of RMI) will show you how to go from accurate Nifty Analysis → High-probability options trades using a clear,...
Trading frequency - a commentary from a five decade veteran I follow about 40 global futures markets I enter each year figuring that I might three good signals in a given market over the course of 12 months -- maybe four. That's...
PrimeXBT was named Best Trading Conditions – Asia and Best Forex & CFD Broker – Asia at the World Business Outlook Awards 2026. The accolades highlight its ultra‑fast execution, 99.98% uptime and access to over 350 markets, positioning the broker...
Testing an automated futures trading strategy on Micro Nasdaq futures (MNQ). Day 10. Two trades. Two wins. +325. This is a rule based trading system built for consistency, using fixed risk management and structured execution. No discretionary trading. No overtrading. Tracking performance on a prop firm style account...
"Your Options don't have to be in-the-money for you to make money" - @sstrazza today LIVE on The Morning Show @StockMktTV Here's the link. Let us know what you think: https://t.co/4fzzcuHq16 https://t.co/VDX8ocHwoM
On Tuesday morning, oil futures trading surged dramatically as 734 contracts changed hands between 10:49 and 10:50 GMT, jumping to 2,168 contracts in the following minute—16 times the day’s average volume. Bloomberg valued the contracts traded in that 60‑second window at...
March 2027 RBOB gasoline futures $2.21, implying $3.15 at the pump by the winter https://t.co/TkEv0pc6Zf
Using premarket marks, this is Crude (USO) vs VIX. You can see the AM VIX move is high relative to the move in oil (red dot). Black dots are last 5 days. https://t.co/ZgBEOTzNOF
U.S. grain futures closed higher on March 25, with May corn edging up to $4.67 per bushel and soybeans climbing to $11.71. Livestock prices slipped, as April live cattle fell to $234.42 and feeder cattle slipped modestly, while lean hogs...
SPX vols look quite oddly bid this morning? @NoelSmith lemme know if I'm just being dumb (please)
The #BTC CME Gap is still present. Historically, about 95% of such Gaps eventually get filled. https://t.co/qkvxNOs2am
A sudden $580 million rush of oil futures contracts hit the market minutes before President Donald Trump announced a five‑day cease‑fire on attacks against Iran, prompting the CFTC to launch an insider‑trading investigation. The spike coincided with a 10% drop in...
Brent crude: - Flat price (white) - Prompt futures timespread (blue) - Dated-to-Frontline (DFL) spread (orange) All off their highs, but DFLs are both closest to the "real" spot market and they're trading nearest the high of the lot. In relative terms DFLs didn't get...
The author breaks down the recent S&P 500 futures (ES) action, highlighting an "elevator down" sell that led to a rapid failed‑breakdown and a 200‑point rally up to the 6720 level. After the surge, ES entered a tight consolidation between...
Natural gas futures rose on Wednesday after earlier declines, driven by heightened geopolitical risk following Tehran's rejection of a U.S. peace proposal. The market also absorbed bullish signals from rising LNG feed‑gas demand and expectations of tighter storage balances. Despite...
Light Crude Futures $CL_F $USO 2 hour chart on left 30 minute on right Oil had been holding support btwn 94-92 until the 🟠"taco tweet" removed some of the perceived risk in oil It dropped down to the anchor from the beginning of the...
6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public. 7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move. someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.
Options writer Edward Corona announced he is closing two cash‑secured put positions on Hut8 Corp and Redwire Corp after capturing more than 80 % of the collected premiums. The Hut8 trade yielded a $184 open profit on a $213 premium, while...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a formal inquiry after a sudden, undisclosed spike in oil futures trading volume occurred minutes before President Donald Trump's televised statement on Iran. The probe comes as the Middle‑East conflict squeezes supply, with...
High impact news tomorrow The day trade opportunity happened in the futures market during London session I’m personally not entering any new option positions today due to the fact that high impact news (unemployment claims) However, the data still gets...
Lululemon (LULU) is confronting a slowdown as stagflationary pressures erode premium discretionary demand. The stock has repeatedly tested a long‑term support level near $160, and a decisive break could push it toward $140. While its net margin of roughly 14%...
Andy Millett and Alasdair Macleod dissect the recent plunge in gold and silver prices, arguing that paper markets have become detached from the underlying bullion demand. They highlight weak speculative activity on COMEX and note that retail demand in the...
Euronext has launched container freight futures and selected Xeneta’s Global Container Price Index (XSI‑C) as the underlying benchmark. The index is praised for its real‑time data, comprehensive coverage of carriers and trade lanes, and focus on 40‑foot containers. Its independence...
A technical indicator flagged a bearish pattern across U.S. equity futures, prompting short‑term traders to reassess risk. The signal arrived as Brent crude hovered above $100, gold slipped 15% month‑over‑month, and geopolitical tension in the Middle East intensified. Analysts warn...
Brent crude rebounded past $100 a barrel while the two‑year Treasury yield rose to 3.88%, sending S&P 500 futures down 0.2% and weighing on large‑cap energy and industrial stocks. The move follows fresh missile and drone attacks in the Middle...
On March 27, 2026, the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) implemented a further adjustment to SABESP (SBS) American Depositary Share (ADR) options (symbol SBS1) following a 0.16098% stock dividend and a $0.05 ADR issuance fee. Each SBS1 contract now delivers 102...
$5 Corn May Mark a 2026 Peak Alongside $120 Crude - The December corn future (Dec26) stretch to $4.99 a bushel around the onset of the Iran war on March 9 may have peak inklings akin to Dec22's $7.66 apex...
The post outlines a hands‑on market‑making experiment using Polymarket’s crude‑oil binary contract and a tight 89.5/90.5 call spread priced with Black‑Scholes. By computing each instrument’s implied delta—how many probability points move per $1 change in CL—you can spot when the...
U.S. equity futures slipped from 6,678 to 6,660 after an Iranian semi‑official outlet reported Tehran’s rejection of any ceasefire or negotiations with the United States. The report, released at 7:50 a.m. ET, highlighted Iran’s view that talks lack legitimacy and that...
Investors have sharply increased hedging as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF’s 20‑day put‑call implied volatility (IV) skew jumped to 2.0, a level not seen since 2021 and only eight times since 2010. Historical episodes show that when the skew reaches this...
A cluster of six Polymarket wallets earned roughly $1.2 million by buying low‑priced "Yes" shares on a contract predicting a U.S.–Israeli strike on Iran on February 28, 2026. Similar insider‑informed bets generated $485,000 from a $38,500 stake on the covert capture of Venezuelan...
The article outlines a "basis defense" mechanism where a persistent positive spread between futures and spot prices creates a synthetic floor that forces institutional investors to buy index‑heavy stocks during foreign spot sell‑offs. On March 25, 2026, foreign investors dumped roughly...
Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. began trading listed options on its PURR common stock on the Nasdaq Options Market, giving investors new hedging and speculative tools. The launch arrives as crypto‑linked derivatives expand, highlighted by Wintermute’s new oil CFD offering.
https://www.tiktok.com/@theblackliststocks?_r=1&_t=ZP-94ylxCCXmzW Going live about to enter gold futures trade and listen to music and just chill I’ll see yall there 🫱🏾🫲🏻📈🚀
This Friday, the market is expected to be volatile: BTC options worth a record $14.6 billion are set to expire. This is the largest expiry in the past couple of months. The maximum “pain price” is at $75,000. https://t.co/fDAMfSj474
Corcept (CORT) 700 May $50 puts selling to open $13 a minute ahead of the halt SEC: https://t.co/g4LgvLustp
I find the oil futures curve to be a useful way of keeping track of news out of the Middle East, as it provides a useful metric for assessing what's changing, and how much. https://t.co/Hl3XzfUEfP
Single stock calls are looking cheap, with stock IV seemingly cheap relative to Index calls. I think that could be an interesting trade setup here. https://t.co/kZqM2eCdlo
$VIX at 25 is pretty much right where the stock market bears want to see it (I posted an X article this morning for my subscribers about this) https://t.co/nM3ANvkYbo
May soon becomes the RBOB prompt.. it's $2.89... implying a $3.80-$3.85 national average (down from today's $3.99 level) https://t.co/0eD1CGzOZ5
Mostly green arrows around the World as Israel says there’s growing talks for a 30 Day Ceasefire. Europe and Asia broadly higher $spx futures +62. We’ll see if early strength builds or fades. $spy pivot resistance $662...
