Live from the FIA Expo, Mark sits down with Scot Warren, MD of Equity Products and Index Services at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Scot dispels a number of rumors surrounding the CME's recent volatility licensing deal with the CBOE. Will we see VIX options and futures trading on the CME in the near future? Mark and Scot also explore the reasoning behind the CME's acquisition of the Dow Jones family of index products.

Recent asset sales embolden, but leave questions

Breakout from consolidation at $19 leans lower

A look at a Google iron butterfly

Sell a strangle, buy a strangle, and get paid for the risk until March

Volatility Tracking Report for February 8, 2010: Long Gamma Pays Off

Kevin Cook looks at recent S&P 500 movement and what it tells us.

Rounding up the last part of Adam Sussman's presentation with a look at various market insiders' opinions of HFT, and which asset classes are traded in this space.

Second installment of Adam Sussman's presentation "High Frequency Trading: Understanding the Participants and Their Roles in the Market," featuring detail of institutional asset holdings and comparing those assets to average daily volume.

The first installment in a series covering the Buy-Side Tech High Frequency Trading Forum. Part one covers Adam Sussman's presentation "High Frequency Trading: Understanding the Participants and Their Roles in the Market"

Weekly Volatility Tracker

If you hold a position larger than a specified threshold in a futures or options contract that is regulated by the CFTC, your clearing firm must report it and classify your position as either commercial or non-commercial. Futures traders have been tracking these reports for years, but I'm not aware of any studies that analyze the history of VIX futures commitments…