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CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume of 15 Million Contracts per Day in September 2016
October 5th, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that September 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 15 million contracts per day, up 6 percent from September 2015. CME Group September 2016 options volume averaged 2.9 million contracts per day, up 9 ...
Hedge funds resume selling in ags, led by corn, cotton, hogs
August 22nd, 2016
Hedge funds returned to a bearish bias on ags – although not by much, as improved sentiment towards cocoa and wheat prices offset some of the impact of data-fuelled sales in corn and cotton. Managed money, a proxy for ...
The Odds of a Global Food Crisis Are Rising
August 22nd, 2016
The vulnerability of global food production to extremes of weather is a profound reality that few grasp. Given the current abundance of food globally, confidence in permanent food surpluses and low grain prices is high. Few worry that the ...
CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume of 14.1 Million Contracts per Day in July 2016
August 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that July 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 14.1 million contracts per day, up 10 percent from July 2015. CME Group July 2016 options volume averaged 3.2 million contracts per day, up 9 ...
Vela announces new appointments to support global sales and marketing growth
July 20th, 2016
Vela Trading Technologies, a global leader in high performance trading and market data technology, today announced the appointment of seven new hires in the team led by Rob Lane, Global Head of Sales and Marketing. The new personnel bring ...
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016
July 7th, 2016
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016, up 13 Percent from June 2015, and 15.1 Million Contracts per Day in Second-Quarter 2016, up 13 Percent from Second-Quarter 2015 Derivatives marketplace CME ...
George Soros Is Back In The Cockpit And He’s Buying Gold Stocks
June 10th, 2016
George Soros is back in the cockpit. The billionaire fund investor is reportedly responsible for a series of bearish bets made by Soros Fund Management, a $30 billion “family office,” made earlier this year. The Wall Street Journal’s Gregory Zuckerman made a splash ...
CME announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day
June 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day, up 6 percent fromMay 2015. CME Group May 2016 options volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 10 percent versus May ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
CFTC orders Futures Commission Merchant and its controller to pay a $150,000 Penalty
May 10th, 2016
Cunningham also Penalized for its Failure to Immediately Report a Customer Residual Account Deficiency and for its Failure to Report Special Account Positions Held by Large Traders The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing ...