Alphacution Publishes “The Chicago Trading Company” Case Study
In this 71-page, 69-exhibit chart book, “The Chicago Trading Company,” Alphacution continues its focus on the explosion of activity in US option markets with a deep dive into another leading option trading firm, CTC, LLC. In this report, Alphacution leverages evolving modeling capabilities to explore its first example of a proprietary trading firm with core concentration in index options along with the peripheral suite of cash, futures and other option products used to capture volatility arbitrage opportunities. Furthermore, this research sets the stage to potentially identify (and rank) other large index option players with similar strategies where the regulatory data is not specifically disclosing exposures to index options. The complete chart book is available to premium subscribers or via individual document purchase.
More Pyth Network, More Crypto Market Makers
Crypto markets are a rapidly evolving landscape. Recent additions to the Pyth Network help Alphacution expand its roster of crypto market makers, liquidity providers and potential new entrants...
Forget ESG: SEC Still Fumbles The Basics…
New disclosure tools from the SEC - like an ESG reporting framework - are useful, but enhancing and enforcing existing disclosure tools are useful, too. Alphacution makes its case based on its roster of option market makers...
ETP Chart Porn: More Regional Domination
The suite of charts included in this Feed post about the global ETP market showcase the increasing dominance of one region over the others...
Zombie Roundabout: US Retail Stock Trading Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels?
With retail participation in the US stock market down from its pandemic era peak, Alphacution wonders how far it could go...
Alphacution Press: Bloomberg on Citadel Securities’ Record 2021 Windfall
"The key to our business, it's a lot of research."Kenneth C. Griffin On March 15, 2022, Bloomberg publishes Katherine Doherty's sweeping - and, in many ways, unprecedented - article "Citadel Securities Opens Up After Record $7 Billion Windfall" based on several (some for the first time) interviews with top Citadel Securities executives, including Peng Zhao (CEO), Matt Culek (COO), Joe Mecane (Head of Execution Services), and Jamil Nazarali (Head of Business Development). Alphacution provided data, a quote, and [...]
Virtu and Corporate Bonds: 2021 Strategy Analysis
Based on recently reported data for year-end 2021, Alphacution updates its ongoing strategy analysis for leading wholesale market maker, Virtu Financial...
Ranking Robinhood’s Wholesale Market Makers
Alphacution's analysis and modeling of Robinhood's latest financial disclosures leads to a ranking of its wholesale market makers, along with a couple important side bars...
Coinbase and the Cryptomancers: A 2021 Appendix
Alphacution updates its recent crypto market analysis with the latest financial disclosures from Coinbase Global and others...
Susquehanna’s Multi-Billion Dollar and Optionless Fundamental Strategy
Alphacution expands its library of research on legendary option market maker Susquehanna International Group (SIG) with this introduction to affiliate Susquehanna Fundamental Investments (SFI)...
