Happy July! July is named after Julius Caesar, a politician who was seduced by a foreign woman and then stabbed by a bunch of Senators. Things really haven’t changed a whole lot in 2053 years, but have a Caesar salad and enjoy the summer. Summertime and the Trading is Easy...

There was a lot of excitement a couple of weeks ago concerning Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. Steve Jobs didn’t return, but there was a new iPhone. With all that activity and volatility, Apple stock made a high of 144.56 on June 9th, and that was good news for anyone...

This has nothing to do with trading, but everthing to do with Chicago in the summerttime. 25 years ago today, on June 23, 1984, Ryne Sandberg homered in the 9th and 10th innings off of fellow future hall-of-famer Bruce Sutter to twice tie a game that the Cubs eventually won...

Triple, triple, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and chaudron bubble. (apologies to Shakespeare) This should be a volatile an exciting week in trading. It is expiration week for all June equity options, all stock indices – options and futures, ETFs, and financial futures and their options. This expiration always cause...

March was a record month in volume at the CBOE, and Chairman Bill Brodsky appeared on CNBC’s Fast Money to discuss the growth in options volume. Watch this clip and see how Mr. Brodsky emphasised education in the continued growth of the options business. Our Dan Keegan also hosted a...

It is a popular misconception that May 5th is Mexico’s Independence Day (September 16th is the real day). It is in fact a celebration of the 1862 defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla. The French had invaded Mexico ostensibly to collect a debt. They ended up conquering...

Happy May Day. May 1 is May Day, or International Workers Day. Labor groups worldwide mark the anniversary of Chicago’s Haymarket Riot in 1886, where anarchist labor organizers clashed with police. Dozens of police and rioters were killed in an incident that marked the beginning of the international labor movement....

This Thursday, February 12, 2009 marks the 200th birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Our quotes this week will all be from them. If you are wondering what Lincoln and Darwin have to do with trading, you obviously don’t understand how important the concepts of Freedom and Natural...