Traders Magazine

The US options market continues to be a dynamic growth story that has the attention of traders, brokers, trading venues, and infrastructure technology providers. Strength in options trading has been largely driven by retail participation over the past half-decade. Read more about the current landscape in the options market in the latest #ExecutionMatters, produced by Traders Magazine in collaboration with Lime Trading.

The global effort to combat climate change is intensifying, as is the demand for innovative market-based solutions that can promote liquidity with efficiency, transparency and integrity.  At the heart of this movement lies the concept of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) established under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aim to reduce or remove global emissions by enabling countries to transfer verified carbon credits linked to greenhouse gas reductions. Read more about the potential of ITMO markets and the role of technology across the ITMO lifecycle in today's #TechTuesday, written by Rohan Sherrard, Product Manager, Carbon at Nasdaq Financial Technologies.

Markets Media Women in Finance program was honored to ring the NYSE opening bell today. Thank you so much Jessica Froats for coordinating this wonderful event at the iconic venue at the corner of Broad & Wall. With schools closed today we were fortunate be joined by many young daughters and nieces who may be future women in finance. And young son allies who we hope also had a great experience. Markets Media's 10th annual Women in Finance Awards event will be held on Thursday, November 21 at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York. Linda Coffman Rupveen (Ripsy) Arora Mohan Virdee David Griffiths Meaghan Fitzpatrick, PMP® Akiko Imai Kathryn Zhao Supriya Bajoria Yulia Kuksina Arianne Adams Diane Neligan Jasmine Ferreira Terry Flanagan

“To make the determination to rewrite the entire trade lifecycle technology to be cloud-native, and to move our markets into the cloud, was a huge moment of truth for our organization.” In today's #TechTuesday, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman discusses the exchange group's cloud journey.

The SEC dropped its long-awaited second shoe on tick sizes and access fee caps early on Wednesday, September 18 – which just happened to be opening day of our annual market structure conference. Read how we pivoted to discuss this and more at our conference in the full story from Traders Magazine: https://bit.ly/3zXwnKF

The US presidential election is just five weeks away. What might be in store for financial markets in the next few weeks/months? Nasdaq Chief Economist Phil Mackintosh did a deep data dive and says investors should be prepared for a period of higher volatility, increased market activity, and potentially lower returns.

Julie Andress of KeyBanc Capital Markets will become Security Traders Association Chair on January 1, 2025. Traders Magazine met with Julie on the sidelines of last week's STA annual market structure conference in Orlando to learn more about her background, her priorities, and her aims for moving the industry group forward.

European Women in Finance - Markets Media announces this year's awards winners in heartfelt ceremony - https://hubs.li/Q02Rbw1X0 #ING #M&G #Nomura #Citadel #VirtuFinancial #JPMorgan #NinetyOne #CitadelSecurities #Mizuho #FidelityInternational #BlackRock #Tradeweb #CMEGroup #BNPParibas #RJOBrien ##LSEG #GoldmanSachs #JainGlobal #PIMCO #SyzGroup #SSGA #R3 #Euronext

Coming up next week.. The webinar will feature Duncan Cooper, Chief Data Officer at Northern Trust Asset Servicing; Michael Tracy, Senior Partner, North America Front and Middle Office Practice Lead at Lionpoint Group (an Alpha Group company); and Thomas McHugh, CEO and Co-Founder of FINBOURNE Technology. Julia S. of Markets Media Group will moderate. Reserve your complimentary registration today!

Trade surveillance is seeing new technological advancements at the same time regulators have higher expectations for compliance coverage. Anna Lyudvig of Traders Magazine surveyed the landscape, including industry perspectives from Tony Sio of Nasdaq, Joe Schifano of Eventus, and Shayne Ganeson, CFA of TradingHub.