What's more exciting than an "Opening Bell"? This 17th century alternative... In the late 1600s, the world's first futures exchange (Dojima Rice Exchange) had an interesting trading schedule. Each day, officials lit a cord on fire, and trading continued until it was

BIG NEW ODD LOTS: Last week @tracyalloway and I sat down for an exclusive interview with CME CEO Terry Duffy. He says his firm is prepared to leave Chicago "if we had to", as new progressive mayor Brandon Johnson enters office. https://t.co/PVj1lcf9Xv

Going through Buy Buy Baby and even w/going out of business discounts everything is still cheaper on Amazon. Bezos undefeated

Did folks hear that Rich Repetto is retiring from Piper Sandler? I had just heard that today but folks said it was announced ~2 weeks ago but can't find an announcement on Google. That said, wish Rich the best. He was a real gentleman and scholar in this space - will miss him

There should be a REIT-like structure for market makers. REITs and market makers are both cash flow heavy, collect “rent” in their respective industries, and are attractive for their dividend yields more than their stock appreciation potential. Gimme that tax shield

If you need emergency medical attention over the weekend, you go to the hospital If you need emergency dental attention over the weekend, may God help your soul

“…there is a collective delusion that the company is exceptional. And as is the case in all such delusions, the deluded ones are just mortals standing on the shoulders of the truly exceptional people who went before them…”

Its not the policies that get me with this guy - its the god awful stuff he tweets Only two kinds of people make the “SEC you mean like the conference heh heh” joke - annoying normies and Gary Gensler

FOMC meeting was our biggest take of the year but online betting's killin' us now, T. Can't even spoof a book around anymore without guys moving action to the apps

Every ‘80s CME floor trader like

Our tax dollars pay for this

Ahhhhhhhh im disgorgingggggggg

Starting Amaranth 2.0 is low key goated when commodity volatility is the vibe https://t.co/MUvvY7KWRE

There’s one reason why we’ve been able to do all these things - liquidity itself. It’s the most fundamental thing of all. With liquidity, everything’s possible. Without it, nothing is.

If you’re not going to pass my bill to secure the dark pools, at least give them a path to exchange registration. Give them a chance to work hard, generate volume, and make this market better for everyone.

We all want the same thing. Order books free of spoofing. Market makers protecting liquidity. ETFs trading in line with their underlying. We can make this happen folks. If we just band together & focus on what matters.

Let’s give HFTs affordable access to colocation. Let’s give millions of servers the space they need to breathe & compute. Let’s prevent matching engines from creating an unfair playing field.

My administration is also cracking down on junk fees. The idea that brokers charge you a fee when you decide to choose another stock to own? Give me a break. Trading fees may not matter to you, but they mattered in my household.

When I was young, the US was ranked number one in market infrastructure. Now we’re thirteenth. THIRTEENTH. I’m just stating the facts here folks.

You get the same calls I’m getting. Seniors are suffering from sky-high market data costs. Let’s cap the cost of real-time option price feeds at $35,000 per month.