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OptionsCity Named Finalist for CityLIGHTS Award
OptionsCity Metro Tips of the Month
In Defense of Derivatives and How to Regulate Them
CME Volume Picking Up Despite March Dip
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OptionsCity™ Named Finalist for CityLIGHTS Award
CityLIGHTS is Illinois' annual celebration of vitality and innovation in the technology community.  OptionsCity™ has been named a finalist for the Illinois Technology Association CityLIGHTS award, in the Newcomer Award category.
 
The Newcomer Award is presented to the company that has the strongest potential to emerge from its start-up phase to become a solid presence in the technology marketplace.More
OptionsCity Metro Tips of the Month
Tip 1 - Have Market Data in Your Tradesheets Using the Alternate Sheet!

Do you want to see market data (or maybe other Greeks or spreads) in your tradesheet but you don't want your tradesheet cells to use too much space?  Then you can use the Alternate Tradesheet feature. More

Tip 2 - Make Strategies "Stick" in the Citymarket by Using Favorites, or Keep Your "Favorites" Options Close at Hand.

Starting on the latest version of OptionsCity, you have the ability to select strategies and/or options as your "Favorites".  Once they become your favorites. More
Industry News
In Defense of Derivatives and How to Regulate Them
The dictionary defines a derivative in the field of chemistry "a substance that can be made from another substance."  Derivatives in finance work on the same principle.  But if you read the headlines these days, you might think derivatives were made from arsenic by Wall Street institutions bent on causing financial destruction.More 
CME Group Announces the Launch of New E-mini Gold and Silver Futures Contracts
CME Group Inc., the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today today announced the E-mini® gold kilo and E-mini silver 1,000 ounce futures contracts, scheduled to begin trading on April 19 for trade date April 20.  These contracts are listed with, and subject to the rules and regulations of NYMEX.  The products will be available only on the CME Globex® electronic trading platform.
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CME Volume Picking Up Despite March Dip
Exchange operator CME Group Inc. said Thursday average trading volume across its exchanges fell 30 percent in March from a year ago, but it's trending up since the start of the year.

An average of 10.8 million contracts were traded per day on CME Group's exchanges in March, compared...More
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