Over the last couple of decades technology has influenced data policies.  The internet introduced a distribution network and an e-commerce capability for broker dealers and market data vendors; delayed data and redistribution policies were tweaked and expanded.  Electronic / algorithmic trading brought us the advent of Non-Display Usage policies.  The policies gradually became more complex and prescriptive: to account for unforeseen usage at the outset, and to protect against “bad actors” who identified policy loopholes.  Over the last few years we’ve seen a number of information providers “unwind” restrictions and simplify data policy language; why?

AMERIBOR® (American Interbank Offered Rate), disseminated by the American Financial Exchange, LLC (AFX), is a transparent, transactions-based interest rate benchmark that represents market-based borrowing costs. Cboe Futures ExchangeSM, LLC (CFE) offers futures on the AMERIBOR interest rate benchmarks.

AMERIBOR Term-30 futures are now available for trading on CFE.

In partnership with Cboe™ and FTSE Russell, Russell Rhoads, Head of Research and Consulting at EQDerivatives, is publishing a series of articles about the Russell 2000 Index. In this article, Rhoads analyzes Russell 2000 Index performance and strategies during its historically treacherous September to October time frame. 

The financial markets have an organic nature to them and tend to follow patterns when we look back over time. Regardless of how much electronic trading and portfolio construction has caught on, the organic nature of the markets is likely driven by buy and sell decisions made by people. Historically, several negative equity market events have occurred between September and October. With September in full swing, I decided to explore how the Russell 2000 Index behaves by month, using data going back to 1989.

I was surprised to discover that on average, the Russell 2000 Index typically loses value in July, August, September and October. This...

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

The Cboe Mini-Russell 2000 Index option contract, known by its symbol MRUT, is an index option product designed to track the underlying Russell 2000 Index. At 1/10 the size of the standard Russell 2000 options contract, MRUT provides greater flexibility and precision for small cap U.S. equity trading strategies, and for new index options traders or traders managing an individual portfolio.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

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Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Within the daily deluge of market data is information critical to decision-makers in today's capital markets. Maintaining the highest level of awareness and understanding of market activity requires significant infrastructure and specialized tools. Trade Alert, a Cboe Global Markets company, provides real-time alerts and order flow analysis tools to institutional participants and self-directed traders from Wall Street to Wacker Drive, supporting informed decisions and superior account coverage.

Since 2005, Trade Alert has set the standard for timely, accurate flow analysis including directional sweep and complex order aggregation, unusual volume alerts, expert commentary, historical data and more. We invite you to explore our services and decide how flow analysis can help your business today.

Cutting-edge technology is capable of consuming the highest-volume market data feeds in real-time (e.g., the OPRA feed with peaks around 90 million messages per second) and processing millions of analytical calculations per second.