Oct 23, 2025 | MetroTrade Monthly
The precipitously downward market move on October 10th, combined with the year-long rally in gold and silver, got me thinking about manias, panics, and crashes, the role of October in that narrative, and their place in the derivatives industry. October has long held a...
Sep 18, 2025 | MetroTrade Monthly
With the 2025 NFL season recently kicking off, I thought the time was right to examine event contracts utilizing a somewhat modified 6 Ws and 1 H model. Given the complexity of this topic, I thought it would be best to try to simplify it as much as possible by using...
Aug 28, 2025 | MetroTrade Monthly
During my annual summer trip to the New Jersey shore, I couldn’t help but notice that my beach read, Den of Thieves by James Stewart, was somewhat non-typical. So for this month’s MTM, I thought it would be fun to create a “beach reading” list for traders. Reading may...
Jul 24, 2025 | MetroTrade Monthly
For those who missed it, the CFTC recently closed the comment period for public comments on 24/7 Trading[1] and the listing of Perpetual-style futures contracts[2]. But these are not the only changes looming in the industry, based on the pending applications at the...
Jun 26, 2025 | MetroTrade Monthly
Along with the CFTC, the CME Group is also having an anniversary in 2025. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the demutualization of the CME Group from a member-owned non-profit into a shareholder-owned corporation. In light of this, I recently added the book...
May 29, 2025 | MetroTrade Monthly
Given that the CFTC is celebrating its 50th birthday and has been in the news lately, I thought the time was right to examine its origins, the Commodity Exchange Act that preceded it, and the application of that Act today to crypto, prediction markets, and whatever...
