Here’s a look at The Options Insider’s favorite tweets of the week.
Financial exchanges/options markets
@Options any thoughts on the last sentence or 2 of this Re VIX calls/Fut shorting? Seems like tail wagging dog? http://bit.ly/1h3vwGE?(John King??@jking321??Apr 21)
Hong Kong Exchange to launch copper futures; CME shelves plans to launch a futures contract linked to U.S. inflation http://www.futuresmag.com/2014/04/23/hong-kong-exchange-to-launch-copper-aluminum-zinc#.U1fb8ryaq0w.twitter??(Futures Magazine??@FuturesMagazine)
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[Market Close] S&P 500 seals first six-day win streak since September: http://cnb.cx/1rjC0me?(on Tuesday)
Is BATS no longer treating its customers well? Wasn’t that the secret to their “growth” ?
pic.twitter.com/k2SXpcCijI?(Eric Scott Hunsader??@nanexllc)
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Volatility of Major Currencies Lowest Since 2007 via @TreasuryandRisk http://ow.ly/w7OKF?(CMEGroup??@CMEGroup)
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Options Is fact that SPY ATM IronFly has neg delta caused by volatility smile? Counter by placing init trd somewhat above the money? Thx (John King??@jking321)?
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NEWS: CME Europe set for launch (FTSE Global Markets) http://tinyurl.com/mnu7u8a?(TabbFORUM??@TabbFORUM)?
The Nasdaq suffers its fourth weekly loss in five weeks; it fell 1.75% today:
http://on.wsj.com/PzWP0p?(on Friday)(WSJ Markets??@WSJmarkets)?
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Ann Saphir??@annsaphir??
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U.S., euro zone activity up; China decline slows
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Turkey?s central bank resisted government pressures to loosen rates, and drew a chorus of praise
http://on.wsj.com/1hrJe1V?(WSJ MoneyBeat??@WSJMoneyBeat)
Peru set to regain world?s second largest copper producer place this year http://jlne.ws/1lvGb16?(JLN Metals??@JLNMetals)?
This and That
For the first time since 1983 an American man has won the Boston Marathon! Congratulations Meb Keflezighi! (Boston Marathon??@bostonmarathon)
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Americans More Embarrassed About Credit Card Debt Than Their Weight
http://yhoo.it/1i98Fug?(Yahoo Finance??@YahooFinance)
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Facebook reports 802M daily active users, 609M daily mobile users, and 1.28B monthly active users.
$FB?(CNBC Newsroom??@CNBCnow)
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Facebook earnings: Revenue up 72% year over year, beating expectations.
http://yhoo.it/1hkC2sL? $FB?(Yahoo Finance??@YahooFinance)
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In the last quarter, Apple shipped 43.7M iPhones, 16.35M iPads, 4.1M Macs, and 2.76M iPods.
$AAPL?(CNBC Newsroom??@CNBCnow)?
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Average cost of DJIA stock: $85.65. Apple price after 7/1 split: $74.86.
$AAPL?(Michael Driscoll??@michaeldrisc)
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