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Forex And Commodities Futures And Options. What To Know Before You Trade. (TopForex.info)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:52:39 GMT

Forex And Commodities Futures And Options. What To Know Before You Trade. The popularity of trading futures and options has been growly rapidly for several years. The ease of accessing constantly updated data online has prompted an increased fever by day traders to attempt to be successful and make money in this [...]

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ECX Monthly Market Update & EUA Volume - June 2008 (Mondo Visione)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:51:50 GMT

June Highlights : ECX trading volumes reset the scales in June and substantially broke all previous records with 295 Mt, 223% higher than June 2007. The previous monthly record was April 2008 when 191 Mt traded. Average daily volumes in EUA and CER futures and options climbed to 14 Mt (14,039 lots). ECX recorded its highest ever daily trading volume on 6th June when over 34 Mt traded...

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CME Group expands link with Nasdaq (Chicago Tribune)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:11:00 GMT

CME Group Inc. unveiled an expanded link with Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., under which CME will receive an extension on its exclusive rights to offer futures and options on futures contracts based on Nasdaq indices for an additional seven-year period, through 2019.

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MF Global falls 19% after pricing $300 mln sale of new securities (Market Watch)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:27:00 GMT

MF Global shares slump another 19% after the futures and options broker says it priced two offerings of new securities to raise $300 million.

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Friday Options Outlook: MF, HRB, WB, XRT, MER, C, PMCS, NRG (Seeking Alpha)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:31:37 GMT

Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. MF Global (MF) – Options in the country’s largest futures and options broker, MF Global, saw a 24.4% spike in implied volatility this morning amid yet another ruinous selloff for its shares, down nearly 18% to $7.03. With the reading now in at 150%, option traders clearly feel these are choppy waters for the brokerage, with more...

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MF Global Prices $300 Million Sale (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:14:18 GMT

MF Global, the nation's largest futures and options broker, priced $300 million in convertible stock and notes it is selling to repay a bridge loan due in December.

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MF Global Prices Offerings of $150 Million of Convertible Senior Notes and $150 Million of Convertible Preference Shares (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:24:49 GMT

NEW YORK - MF Global (NYSE: MF), a leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options, today announced that it has priced an offering of $150 million of its 9.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2038 and an offering of $150 million of its 9.75% Non-Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares,

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MF Global Prices Offerings of $150 Million of Convertible Senior Notes and $150 Million of Convertible Preference Shares (Business Wire)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:24:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MF Global (NYSE: MF), a leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options, today announced that it has priced an offering of $150 million of its 9.00%

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MF Global's Glum (Forbes)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:29:13 GMT

The futures and options house sinks on rough outlook.

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Would Oil Prices Continue to Be So High If We Got Rid of All the Speculators? (About Economics)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:23:20 GMT

Many have blamed the rapid rise in oil prices in 2007 and the first-half of 2008 on speculators. But if we somehow banned speculators from trading oil futures and options,...

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MF Global to Offer $150 Million of Convertible Preference Shares and $150 Million of Convertible Senior Notes (Business Wire)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:04:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MF Global Ltd. (NYSE: MF), a leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options, today announced that it intends to offer approximately $150 million of

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MF Global Elects New Independent Board Member (Business Wire)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MF Global (NYSE: MF), a leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options, today announced the election of Martin Glynn to its board of directors, effective

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MF Sets Aside $10 Million (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:48:20 GMT

MF Global set aside $10 million to cover potential civil monetary penalties from the CFTC after receiving notice that the futures-and-options broker likely faces enforcement action related to a probe of natural-gas-pricing information.

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Mini Russell 2000 Index Futures Set Second Consecutive Daily Volume And Open Interest Records On ICE Futures U.S. (Mondo Visione)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:32:50 GMT

ICE Futures U.S.(TM), a leading regulated U.S. futures exchange for global agricultural, equity index and currency markets, today announced further milestones in the transition of Russell Index futures and options on futures to ICE. A daily volume record of 14,807 Russell Mini Futures was set on Thursday, June 12, representing the third volume record for the...

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MF Global secures $450M commitment from bank syndicate (Market Watch)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:45:52 GMT

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -MF Global Ltd. on Friday said that a bank syndicate has committed to provide a $450 million credit facility to the broker of exchange-listed futures and options. The move will complete the company's refinancing plan for a $1.4 billion bridge loan it took out when separating from Man Group Plc in July 2007. The credit facility will mature in two years. MF Global...

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MF Global lures ex-CBOT chief (Financial Time)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:06:00 GMT

The independent broker of listed futures and options moved to strengthen its operations by hiring Bernard Dan as chief operating officer of its North American businesses

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Bernard Dan Joins MF Global as North American Chief Operating Officer (Business Wire)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MF Global Ltd. (NYSE: MF), a leading broker of exchange-listed futures and options, today announced the appointment Bernard (Bernie) Dan as chief operating officer

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CME Group Foreign Exchange Contracts Reaches Second Highest Volume Day - Exchange Establishes New Notional Value Record For Currencies (Mondo Visione)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:08:35 GMT

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX), reached the second-highest day of volume trading with 1,264,086 futures and options on futures contracts traded, only surpassed on December 8, 2006, when 1,268,883 contracts were traded.

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Competition Concerns Prompt FOA To Commission Survey On The Impact Of Exchange-Integrated Clearing On Listed Derivatives Market Participants (Mondo Visione)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:30:03 GMT

In light of the recent publicity surrounding ICE Clear, LIFFE Clear and the prospect for a Clearing and Settlement Code of Conduct for listed derivatives, the Futures and Options Association (FOA) today announced the appointment of Oxera, an independent economics consultancy, to survey a broad cross-section of market participants and organisations involved in the listed derivatives market...

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LiquidityPort to Launch Platform for Block Futures & Options Trading (AdvancedTrading )

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:12:47 GMT

LiquidityPort is gearing up to launch its electronic Block Trading System (eBTS) for futures and options.

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