Equity Options News Today

Mis-selling fears see distributors pull back, leading to 40% issuance fall in a month

Unlike volume share, revenue share is much lower. This is because BSE is still charging much lower (Rs50 per mn of premium turnover) than the market leader; only in November’23, BSE increased tariff on its current week Sensex-30 contract — still ~30% lower than the competition.

Game theory and real-world data point to a different understanding of how arbitrage in markets works

Risk management practices built for slower markets are dangerously outdated

18th consecutive year of record revenues ...

Price swings after private meetings alarm PTFs, but Esma gives regulators no ‘specific guidance’

JP Morgan sees better risk/reward profile for 0DTE-based trend strategies

Counterparty Radar: Lincoln Financial, Global Atlantic lead expansion; Goldman claims top dealer spot

A string of hefty bets on a doubling of Wall Street's best known volatility index is raising eyebrows in the U.S. equity options markets, though analysts say they are probably not wagers on a market crash. Some 100,000 January call options on the Cboe Volatility Index changed hands on Friday, with a strike price of 27. Similarly large positions in January VIX options were opened on Wednesday and Thursday.

Popular ‘worst-of’ products flirt with downside barriers, but issuers see no cause for hedge alarm