January 14, 2025 – Happy New Year, everybody! I hope you had a quiet, relaxing Christmas season and a great start to the New Year. As I’ve done in prior years, I want to update you on my options trading strategy: How was the performance in CY 2024? Are there any strategy changes? How did … Continue reading Options Trading Series: Part 13 – Year 2024 Review The post Options Trading Series: Part 13 – Year 2024 Review appeared first on Early Retirement Now.| Early Retirement Now
September 17, 2024 – Welcome to another installment of my Options Trading Series. Please click here for the Options Landing Page for more details about the strategy. People frequently ask me how I deal with losses when I trade my options strategy. My approach is that a loss is water under the bridge, and I … Continue reading Why the Wheel Strategy Doesn’t Work – Options Series Part 12 The post Why the Wheel Strategy Doesn’t Work – Options Series Part 12 appeared first on Early Ret...| Early Retirement Now
Trading Options for extra income is a phenomenal way to improve investment outcomes during accumulation and in retirement.| Early Retirement Now
The firm’s Larry Thompson says it will release a white paper with lessons learned from its blockchain build.| Digital Finance
It’s good that there isn’t turbulence in the derivatives market. Maybe.| Digital Finance
This blog reviews central counterparty (CCP) volumes and market share for cleared credit derivatives (CRD) and FX derivatives (FXD) in Q2 2025. For all-currency CRD, comparing Q2 2025 with Q2 2024, we see 45 percent volume increases, with indexes up 46 percent, single-names up 11 percent, and swaptions up 152 percent. Analyzing by currency shows that: […]| Clarus Financial Technology
This post looks at USD swaptions activity in Q2 as part of our regular quarterly coverage, the most recent of which was Swaption Volumes by Strike – Q1 2024. We use SDRView data, which shows all trades reported by US financial firms to US SDRs. If you are new to swaptions, some basics are outlined […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Clarus CCPView has daily volume and open interest (OI) data published by each CCP, which is filtered, normalized, and aggregated to allow meaningful volume comparisons. This blog looks at single-sided gross notional volume in vanilla cleared swaps referencing IBORs and RFR indexes for quarter two (Q2) 2025 and the prior four quarters in all major currencies and regions. This comprises: Read […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Given that over a year has passed since CORRA cessation, I wanted to illustrate the transition using CCPView and SDRView volumes. So, I will bias the 2025 edition of this blog towards CDOR-CORRA volumes review, while briefly covering CAD derivatives volumes along the way. Last year’s edition of this blog is here and our prior […]| Clarus Financial Technology
U.S.-based clients can now trade CME-listed cryptocurrency futures contracts alongside our market-leading spot crypto liquidity.| Kraken Blog
This blog covers the 2024 edition of the “ISDA Year-End Margin Survey”, published on 14 May 2025, which covers over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives uncleared initial margin (IM) and variation margin (VM) for all asset classes, and cleared IM for interest rate derivatives (IRD) and credit derivatives (CRD) only. We combine the ISDA survey data with more […]| Clarus Financial Technology
This blog reviews the volumes and central counterparty (CCP) market share of cleared credit derivatives (CRD) and FX derivatives (FXD) in Q1 2025. Comparing Q1 2025 with Q1 2024, we see 44 percent overall volume increases in cleared CRD – index, single-name, and swaptions. Comparing Q1 2025 with Q1 2024, we see 31 percent overall volume […]| Clarus Financial Technology
Bitcoin mining stocks have faced significant declines in early 2025, with companies like Bitdeer, Cipher Mining, and Hut 8 losing over 30% of their value due to falling Bitcoin prices and an 80% surge in network hashrate, which has squeezed profit margins and eroded investor... The post How do Hashrate Derivatives Compare to Bitcoin Mining Stocks? appeared first on Bitfinex blog.| Bitfinex blog
Amberdata's Q1 2025 report highlights extreme market turbulence, security breaches, and regulatory changes, shaping crypto trading trends and institutional participation.| blog.amberdata.io
The crypto venue has launched 24/7 futures trading in the U.S.| Markets Media
North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boasts the only state-owned bank in the nation? Has it secretly gone socialist? No. The Bank of North Dakota (BND) operates on the same principles as any capitalist bank, except that […]| WEB OF DEBT BLOG
We’re excited to announce our launch of regulated crypto derivatives in Europe, providing our clients and partners with access to a full suite of liquid futures instruments – all within a recognized regulatory framework. Eligible clients and partners in the European Economic Area (EEA) can now trade a broad range of crypto derivatives, including both […]| Kraken Blog
Richmond is suing two global banks over a $66 million financial deal it says violated California law and strapped the city for money.| Richmond Confidential
Box Spreads can provide a high-yield and tax-advantaged alternative to CDs and money market accounts. Here's a step-by-step guide.| Early Retirement Now