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Bitcoin Trust Plunges As Arbitrage Spreads Collapse

By silveristhenew | Published December 21, 2017

Just a week after CME started Bitcoin futures trading (and 2 weeks after CBOE), a number of massive arbitrage premiums have finally started to collapse as shorts dip their toes in a risk-limited way… The first 'arbitrage' is the Bitcoin Futures-Spot spread which was well over $2000 in the first few days of Bitcoin Futures […]

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Someone Just Made $60 Million Betting That The Crowd Is Wrong

By silveristhenew | Published December 19, 2017

Over the weekend we warned that just as everyone was convinced that the yield curve can only flatten from here, and was positioned massively on the long side of the 30Y future, the opposite was about to happen, and in a tweet highlighting the record net spec long positioning in 30Y futures, we said “here […]

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Global Stocks Roar To Record Highs As Tax Reform Is “Priced In” All Over Again

By silveristhenew | Published December 18, 2017

Global stocks and US equity futures roared upward to new record highs to start the second-to-last week of the year, boosted by optimism over a Republican agreement on the shape of U.S. tax cuts aimed at lifting growth; incidentally this is the 6th consecutive day that the “tax bill” has been priced in by the […]

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Bitcoin Futures Crash Over $2000 From Open, Converge To Bitcoin Spot

By silveristhenew | Published December 17, 2017

Update: Bitcoin and Bitcoin Futures have collapsed since the futures opened… Dropping over $2200 to converge with spot… *  *  * Both CME and CBOE Bitcoin Futures contracts opened above $20,000 this evening (with Bitcoin spot hovering around $19,000). However, as soon as trading started, Bitcoin futures got hammered lower.   Those expecting a surge […]

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Finally, Gold Speculators Start To Bail, Setting Up A Big Q1 2018

By silveristhenew | Published December 12, 2017

  Finally, Gold Speculators Start To Bail, Setting Up A Big Q1 2018 Posted with permission and written by John Rubino, Dollar Collapse      It took a lot longer than it should have, but gold futures traders have finally started behaving “normally.” The speculators who were extremely, stubbornly long – and who are usually […]

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Bitcoin Futures Top $18,000, Soar 20% From Open – Halted for Second Time

By silveristhenew | Published December 11, 2017

Update: At 10:05pm ET,  the CFE halted trading in Cboe Bitcoin Futures (XBT), in accordance with CFE Rule 1302(i)(ii) which defines the threshold for the halt as a 20% surge. XBT will re-open for trading approximately five (5)minutes from the time of the halt. Bitcoin Futures have topped $18,000 for the first time… It was […]

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Eric Peters: Today’s Opportunities Include Negative Convexity, Complexity, Illiquidity, Leverage, Or All The Above

By silveristhenew | Published December 10, 2017

From the latest Weekend Notes by Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management Anecdote “What are the odds we come across an opportunity in the coming 4yrs to earn 20%?” the investor asked his team. “High,” they answered. “The odds are 100%,” he said, having seen this movie a few times. “So our cost […]

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The TRUTH about the new Bitcoin Futures CME contract

By silveristhenew | Published December 10, 2017

Elite E Services 12/10/2017 – As a Forex CTA for 12 years, we were happy to learn the CME will offer a Bitcoin futures contract, and called the CME to learn more.  Unlike most of these Bitcoin outfits, the CME has an office, a phone, which is answered, and we were routed to the correct person.  […]

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Bitcoin’s Growing Price Gap Between Exchanges Creates Potential Headaches For Futures Trading

By silveristhenew | Published December 9, 2017

On Thursday, as the Bitcoin price made record high after record high, spiking to somewhere between $16,000-19,500, it was one of the top stories across mainstream media outlets, never mind Reuters, Bloomberg and the FT. However, what exactly was the all-time high for Bitcoin? Because of Bitcoin's growing "price gap", it depended where you looked. […]

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Banks Issue Last Minute Warning About Risks Of Bitcoin Futures, Ask Regulator For Review

By silveristhenew | Published December 7, 2017

As we countdown to the launch of bitcoin futures trading on the CBOE (10 December) and CME (18 December), the big banks – via the Futures Industry Association – have suddenly got cold feet about the risks. We don't blame them, somebody's going to get hurt, the only question is who. The banks are worried […]

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