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Gamblers Are Sinking Billions Into a Leveraged Market Fringe
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The buy-everything mania that greeted Donald Trump’s election is cooling in the tried-and-tested world of stocks and corporate credit. Yet on Wall Street’s speculative fringes, the risk-taking frenzy is only getting bigger by the day.
Margin Debt Up 0.3% in October; Highest Level Since 2022
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FINRA has released new data for margin debt, now available through October. The latest debt level is at $815.368 billion, the highest level since February 2022. Margin debt is up 0.2% month-over-month (MoM) and up 28.4% year-over-year (YoY). However, after adjusting for inflation, debt level is up 0.2% MoM and up 25.1% YoY.
Bloomberg Open Interest 11/22/2024
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Get a jump start on the US trading day with "Bloomberg Open Interest". Matt Miller, Katie Greifeld and Sonali Basak take you to Wall Street to Main Street, to the C-Suite and beyond. "Bloomberg Open Interest" will bring you what's buzzing in markets with the leaders who are shaping the day's narrative. (Source: Bloomberg)
Cboe to launch first cash-settled options for spot Bitcoin
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Cboe Global Markets plans to launch the first cash-settled index options that will reflect the price of spot Bitcoin. The Cboe Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index, with the ticker CBTX, will track the performance of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds listed…
Cboe to Launch Cash-Settled Bitcoin ETF Options as Crypto Booms
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Cboe Global Markets Inc. said it is set to list the first cash-settled index options related to the spot price of Bitcoin, marking the latest addition of cryptocurrency-related securities to traditional exchanges.
Is Ethereum dying? Bitcoin eyes rally to $100K while ETH struggles
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Ethereum (ETH) lost its three-year support against Bitcoin (BTC) as the most prominent cryptocurrency rallied towards its $100,000 target on Friday, November 22. ETH has faced sticky resistance at $3,500 for nearly four months while competitors hit record highs this cycle.
Bets on ECB Rate Cuts Surge, Bitcoin Nears $100,000 | The Opening Trade 11/22
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The euro fell to its lowest level in two years and traders ramped up bets on interest-rate cuts from the European Central Bank after gauges of business activity in the bloc’s two biggest economies contracted more than expected. The single currency fell almost 1% to $1.0375, the weakest since November 2022. The market-implied odds of a half-point rate cut next month jumped to 50%, from about 15% on Thursday. Bitcoin approaches $100,000, fueled by optimism about President-elect Donald Trump's support for crypto and potential friendly regulations. (Source: Bloomberg)
CFTC advisory committee recommends use of tokenized assets as collateral
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An advisory committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has voted in favor of allowing tokenized assets to be used as collateral for margin trading. The CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee forwarded the recommendation around these blockchain or distributed ledger…
Bloomberg Open Interest 11/21/2024
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Get a jump start on the US trading day with "Bloomberg Open Interest". Matt Miller, Katie Greifeld and Sonali Basak take you to Wall Street to Main Street, to the C-Suite and beyond. "Bloomberg Open Interest" will bring you what's buzzing in markets with the leaders who are shaping the day's narrative. (Source: Bloomberg)
Calamos Investments Looks to Hedge Bitcoin's Volatility With New ETFs
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Exchange-traded funds that pledge to hedge the epic volatility of the world’s largest cryptocurrency may soon be coming to Wall Street, just after a triple-digit rally that’s taken speculative euphoria to a whole new level.
Opportunities Beyond the Traditional Bond Indices
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For most of the last fifty years, fixed income investing has been characterized by owning some combination of Municipals, Corporates, Treasuries and Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities which has worked well with periods of secular disinflation.
Grayscale-Bitwise will begin trading Bitcoin ETF options today
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Grayscale will start trading the Bitcoin ETF options for both products on November 21, following BlackRock’s IBIT options trading on the previous day, which reached $1.9 billion in a day. An American asset manager, Grayscale Investment LLC, announced on their X’s…
Markets Builder Tradeweb Hits All-Time High: See New Names On IBD 50, IPO Leaders And More
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Find out which top-rated stocks like Tradeweb Markets have just earned a spot on IBD’s lists of the best growth stocks. The post Markets Builder Tradeweb Hits All-Time High: See New Names On IBD 50, IPO Leaders And More appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
Webull expands crypto futures offering with Coinbase Derivatives
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Webull, a regulated trading platform, has expanded its crypto futures offering through a partnership with Coinbase Derivatives. The retail brokerage and digital investment platform announced the development on Nov. 20, noting that the integration opens crypto futures trading opportunities for…
Truflation and LandX to bring indexed agricultural commodities to DeFi
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… farmland markets, to bring indexed agricultural commodities into the digital finance … . The collaboration will see tokenized agricultural assets such as wheat and … commodities and digital finance. Adding agricultural data to our marketplace enriches …
Eli Lilly Option Trade Produces $1,125, If You Can Tolerate The Heavy Risk
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A short strangle on Eli Lilly will generate $1,125 in option premium and takes advantage of the current high level of implied volatility. The post Eli Lilly Option Trade Produces $1,125, If You Can Tolerate The Heavy Risk appeared first on Investor's Business Daily.
QCP Capital expects new institutional influx as Nasdaq debuts Bitcoin ETF options
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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF options debut on Nasdaq is set to bring a new “wave of institutional investors” to the crypto market, analysts at QCP Capital say. Options on the iShares Bitcoin Trust could attract a new “wave of institutional investors,”…