Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 24, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Nasdaq Tests BTC Trading: A leaked demo of bitcoin trading on TD Ameritrade’s platform suggests that mainstream…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 18, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Crypto Exchange Volumes Trending Away From Fiat: Crypto trading volumes are growing but the percentage of those…
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The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) today announced that has listed the first-ever U.S. index futures contracts in Taiwan - S&P500® Futures and Dow Jones Industrial Average® (DJIA) Futures, in parallel with the launch of an after-hour trading session. The listing was marked by a launching ceremony attended by guests from its international partners, CME Group…
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CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the successful launch of S&P 500 and E-mini S&P 500 Monday Weekly options on futures. The total volume through the first two trading days was 5,490 contracts with participation from 10 firms. Open interest reached 5,319 as of today, April 4th. Launched in…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced that it will join the S&P 500®, effective at the open of trading on Wednesday, March 1. Edward Tilly, CEO of CBOE Holdings, commented: We are honored to join ranks with other great blue chip companies listed in the S&P 500. This recognition highlights our company's continued strong growth…
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U.S. stocks looked set for a higher open on Wednesday, with the Dow set to take a shot at 20,000, following a raft of strong quarterly earnings and optimism around President Donald Trump's pro-growth policies, Reuters reported. The Trump rally had driven Wall Street to a series of record highs since November. The S&P 500…
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Literally some several hours after Trump's shock victory, markets continue to react on the news. The pound dipped in and out of negative territory in volatile trade as the dollar recovered against a basket of currencies on Monday, but firmed in a remarkable snapback later on Thursday. Oil edged higher, Asian shares rallied on Thursday.…
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CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) just announced a new record breaker today with Wednesday Weekly S&P 500 Options achieving a new daily record. Wednesday Weekly S&P Options reached a new volume record of 128,060 contracts yesterday...Monday, November 7th. The previous record came just the prior business day on Friday, November 4th. This is the first time…
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Deutsche Börse AG has announced that a new UBS Global Asset Management equity index ETF on S&P 500 has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. ETF name: UBS (Irl) ETF plc - S&P 500 UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) A-acc Asset class: equity index ETF ISIN: IE00BD34DK07 Ongoing charges: 0.22 percent Distribution…
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Following news that the FBI found no reason to charge Hillary Clinton after the news of the new emails linked to her use of a private server, stocks began rallying on Monday. This seems to be a so called "relief rally" that calms concerns about Donald Trump winning the election. Fundstrat's Tom Lee shared that although…
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