The Crypto Train: Citadel Securities Succumbs to FOMO
A first-of-its-kind outside investment from Silicon Valley venture heavyweights into Citadel Securities is a significant event, particularly for possible future competitors in crypto markets. But, the transaction itself didn't need to be exposed. So, why was it? Was this news or strategic communications? Alphacution weighs in...
Chicago Trading Company Levels Up
Based on its collaboration with Pyth Network and a recent big hire from Millennium, Alphacution puts its spotlight on derivatives powerhouse, Chicago Trading Company (CTC)...
Alphacution Publishes “Simplex Trading, Unadjusted”
In this 67-page, 64-exhibit chart book, “Simplex Trading, Unadjusted,” Alphacution borrows the spotlight from the record-setting volumes in the US options market for 2021 and focuses it in on one of the key – yet, relatively little known – players in the space: option market maker, Simplex Trading, LLC. Taking some of its recent modeling upgrades for an initial spin, Alphacution performs its unique brand of visual display on public regulatory data to present what is likely to be an unprecedented review of such a secretive player operating in such a complex arena like Simplex.
Alphacution Press: CNBC on Record Option Trading Activity
Alphacution data and a quote included in the story, "Options trading activity hits record powered by retail investors, but most are playing a losing game" by CNBC reporter, Yun Li.
Alphacution’s Best of 2021
Of the more than 50 original research pieces published to the Feed in 2021, Alphacution shares its picks for Best of the Year...
Option Markets: How (Real, Synthetic) Whales Wag The Dog…
US listed markets have become inverted, with option volumes consistently exceeding stock volumes in 2021. Alphacution presents a hypothesis about real and synthetic whales that influence markets via options - as well as evidence of market maker activity beneath it all...
SoftBank, Revisited
In the most dramatic example of regulatory back-filling that we have ever seen, Alphacution updates its story on SoftBank, formerly known as the Nasdaq Whale...
The Crypto 31: A List of Market Makers
Alphacution presents a comprehensive list of 31 market makers and liquidity providers engaged in cryptocurrency markets...
Pyth Network: (More Than) Crypto’s Consolidated Tape?
Pyth Network may be crypto's answer to a consolidated tape, but is it - could it be - more than that?
crypto.com Arena: A Naming Rights Deal Fit For La La Land
This was the starting price of the Staples Center naming rights deal...
