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Dark Pool trading by the 11 First Republic Bank “Rescuers” exploded in volume as the bank tanked. FINRA (multi-week delayed reporting) the volume of shares traded by banks in secretive Dark Pools went from 3 million shares Feb 27th to an explosion of 71 million shares traded in Dark Pools Mar 13th.

April 10, 2023 3:16 pm

via wallstreetonparade: Jamie Dimon, the Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has cranked up his public relations machine since March 16 to promote the narrative that he came to the “rescue” of the plunging regional lender, First Republic Bank. The so-called …

Global banks trading volume rose sharply since the end of February. These major bank collapses will cause a massive ripple in the system

March 29, 2023 5:17 pm

by BoatSurfer600 This ship is heading for a iceberg 🚨 Getting out now before it it gets ugly ? pic.twitter.com/AJNNoACJAO — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 29, 2023 Billion dollar banks are trading like shitcoins pic.twitter.com/6Wc0DfUr5t — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) March …

Bank Maneuvers, First Republic, Low Volume, FHLB Lends a Hand, Amazon Layoffs

March 21, 2023 10:10 pm

From a broad perspective, equities performed well on Monday. Much better than I would have expected to be honest, with the banking crisis anything but “fixed” and with an FOMC policy decision on the docket for tomorrow (Wednesday). As for …

Gap Between VIX Put-Call Volume And CBOE Put-Call Ratio Is Widest Since 2006, Precursor To Major Volatility Spike (The Deregulation That Buttiegieg Blamed Trump For Would NOT Have Prevented The East Palestine Ohio Train Derailment)

February 27, 2023 6:43 pmFebruary 27, 2023 11:16 am

by confoundedinterest17 The gap between the VIX Put-call volume and CBOE Put-call ratio is the widest since 2006, the precursor of a major volatility spike. Meanwhile, for those of you interest in railroad regulatory issues, as a general matter, regulations are …

Retail trading orders have accounted for 23% of the market’s total volume in late January, an all time high, per Bloomberg.

February 9, 2023 1:25 pm

Retail trading orders have accounted for 23% of the market’s total volume in late January, an all time high, per Bloomberg. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 9, 2023 momentum is improving.. another round of chop pic.twitter.com/qOvFCT32Vo — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) February 9, …

Housing market is always open and volume is quickly falling,are we there yet?

December 26, 2022 5:13 pm

h/t jamesstrogg

THIS IS A FKING BEAR MARKET RALLY! Goldman Sachs, $GS: “.. volume and liquidity will assuredly fade over the next ten days .. as those messy September seasonals come into view.”

August 27, 2022 7:09 amAugust 25, 2022 7:49 pm

Goldman Sachs, $GS: ".. volume and liquidity will assuredly fade over the next ten days .. as those messy September seasonals come into view." — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 25, 2022 https://twitter.com/WifeyAlpha/status/1562716147438731264 ⚠️ Philadelphia Fed President Harker: ~ Fed Need To …

The NFT “market” has nearly completely collapsed in both volume of sales and $USD value

March 7, 2022 7:37 pm

by DontMicrowaveCats

Fascinating: 90% of the Bitcoin volume on the blockchain not tied to economically meaningful transactions. And of the 10% left, the majority are exchange to exchange.

December 22, 2021 9:32 pm

Also, have been thinking about mining. Miners get paid in BTC. They need people to buy their BTC so they can pay for their server farms and electricity. Given that there's no reason to buy BTC except the potential greater …

Crazy. Monthly volume of call options just surged again to near record highs…. Central banks are dialing back the stimulus

November 22, 2021 7:14 pm

Crazy. Monthly volume of call options just surged again to near record highs. pic.twitter.com/dlpRweDu0c — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) November 22, 2021 Bulls, now that central banks are dialing back the stimulus, you have one thing going for you now. …

This chart is just nuts. Have to believe 75% of the massive NDX options volume is $TSLA. Just a casino

October 31, 2021 10:07 am

This chart is just nuts. Have to believe 75% of the massive NDX options volume is $TSLA. Just a casino pic.twitter.com/tsM2VwAWGw — Thomas Thornton (@TommyThornton) October 29, 2021 TSLA has gained $310BN in mkt cap in 2 weeks, more than …

BTC ETF price reference is a joke. It’s only a fraction of global volume and doesn’t include the biggest price setting exchange: Binance.

October 17, 2021 11:12 pm

BTC ETF price reference is a joke. It's only a fraction of global volume and doesn't include the biggest price setting exchange: Binance. pic.twitter.com/TI6P1Y29bL — SolidusMax (@SolidusMax) October 18, 2021 FYI, the btc futures contract is still not approved by …

Eurodollar Futures Volume Surge Anticipates Fed Taper Signal (Are You Ready For Feddy?)

September 18, 2021 10:55 pm

by confoundedinterest17 The next Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is next week with an announcement on Wednesday, September 22nd. (Bloomberg) — Volume in the December 2024 eurodollar futures contract has surged Friday, approaching 200k, highest in the strip. Weekly volume …

Volume continues to wane, hits lowest trading day of the year

May 25, 2021 11:06 am

Volume continues to wane, hits lowest trading day of the year pic.twitter.com/4UWKtjvILV — Not Jim Cramer (@Not_Jim_Cramer) May 24, 2021 #DJIA Daily. Remains the upwards Gap🧐 pic.twitter.com/2IGY8F4uNb — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) May 25, 2021 Reverse Repo: Our banking system is …

“Unusual Option Activity/Volume” – It can be very misleading (Breakdown)

April 15, 2021 8:23 am

by AlphaGiveth Something that has become very popular in the retail trading space is looking at the flow for “unusual” volume. Lets say the average call volume is 1,000 per day, and an order comes in for 1,500 call options, …

$BTC: Slowly rounding over ON declining volume . Should be an EPIC sell off.

April 11, 2021 2:15 pm

$BTC : Slowly rounding over ON declining volume . Should be an EPIC sell off. pic.twitter.com/7wtCYFi5JT — The Great Martis (@great_martis) April 11, 2021

Monday School: Your orders are not as good as you think they are (bid/ask, volume, open interest, mark, market, and order filling)

March 24, 2021 9:13 amMarch 23, 2021 9:13 am

by PapaCharlie9 Each week I’ll address a FAQ or common misconception that I see posted by new traders dozens of times a day. Everyone is also welcome to find these answers in our FAQ wiki. Previous posts in this series: Your …

China Swine Flu Update & Pork Skyrockets in Trade Volume

April 16, 2019 4:06 pm

China pork production down 35% and USA pork exports to China all time record. Swine flu numbers across China and one million pounds of seized pork from China in New Jersey was contaminated. Delays in spring planting across USA and …

US Freight Volume Drops

March 19, 2019 9:37 am

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The services sector better hang in there. Now it’s the third month in a row, and the red flag is getting more visible and a little harder to ignore about the goods-based economy: Freight shipment volume …

Top U.S. Companies by Import and Export Volume

March 13, 2019 10:10 amMarch 13, 2019 8:08 am

via visualcapitalist: Nothing has transformed our economy quite like containerized shipping. From Rotterdam to Singapore, we see tangible evidence of the world’s bustling maritime shipping network as cranes load and unload uniform containers in a flurry of activity. The efficiency of …

Don’t Dismiss The Dire Message From ‘The Index Of The Volume Of Speculation’

February 27, 2019 3:00 pm

by jessefelder “Even the most circumspect friend of the market would concede that the volume of brokers’ loans—of loans collateraled by the securities purchased on margin—is a good index of the volume of speculation.” -John Kenneth Galbraith, The Great Crash, 1929 January …

Ramped to big resistance on no volume. usually a trap.

January 15, 2019 9:15 am

https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1085002381102850048 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1085010118683648000 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1084922270970195969 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1084964469497884672 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1084934449484234753

PROBABLY NOTHING – Leveraged Loan Issuance Volume Collapsed, Delinquencies Are Skyrocketing, Buybacks Topped For The Cycle And The Largest Bidder Is About To Go Dark.

December 13, 2018 5:22 pmDecember 13, 2018 10:43 am

The primary loan market felt the effects of broader market volatility in November with at least five transactions being pulled this month. Leveraged loan issuance volume was $65bn, a 48% decline from October. YTD leveraged volume stands at over $1.12trn, …

U.S. stock market’s volume is low around Thanksgiving

November 22, 2018 12:02 pm

by Troy Happy Thanksgiving! It’s important to remember that this week’s volume is very light, so don’t read too much into price action. The price can be easily pushed around by a few big players. Let’s determine the stock market’s …

$CBOE $VIX Option volume surges to highest level since June! Half million contracts in first two hours, calls lead puts 5:2

October 4, 2018 5:22 pm

$CBOE $VIX Option volume surges to highest level since June! Half million contracts in first two hours, calls lead puts 5:2 @Options @CBOE pic.twitter.com/mlpKFSOIMF — Trade Alert (@OptionAlert) October 4, 2018 $spx $yield pic.twitter.com/AtQiDViCgP — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) October 4, …

TSLA lose loads of money per car but they’ll make it up on volume? Stock +9%… because the CEO says sorry, LOL

August 2, 2018 3:19 pm

https://twitter.com/jtepper2/status/1024793566206418944 $TSLA CDS unphased h/t @WintonCapPtnrs pic.twitter.com/B7c7OrmuoO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 2, 2018 Tesla $TSLA loses more than half a billion, burns loads of cash, and has a 4% incremental on sales Stock +9%… because the CEO says sorry, lol …

Freight Costs, Volume, Demand All Surge across Trucking & Rail, Inflation Fears Heat Up

May 22, 2018 9:59 am

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Transportation Boom after the Transportation Recession. The Cass Truckload Linehaul Index, which tracks per-mile full-truckload pricing but does not include fuel and fuel surcharges – and therefore is not impacted by surging diesel prices – jumped 8.2% …

Trucking, Rail Freight Volume And Rates Surge, “Pricing Power Has Erupted.”

April 17, 2018 9:45 am

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Shipment volumes in the US by truck, rail, air freight, and barge combined surged 11.9% year-over-year in March, according to the Cass Freight Index. This pushed the index, which is not seasonally adjusted, to its highest …

Major Sell-offs On High Volume & Rallies On Low Volume Indicate A Market Top, & The Birth Of The Bear. Valuations Have Never Been This High And Not Crashed 50%+

April 12, 2018 4:59 pmApril 12, 2018 10:02 am

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/984030230359748609 The S&P 500 is likely to have a great 1Q18 pic.twitter.com/gFQj7FJ1ZH — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) April 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/984009073225097219 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/983847406872727553 The Libor-OIS spread is still holding near the highest level in almost a decade as Libor keeps rising in …

The Difference Between Volume And Liquidity

February 9, 2018 9:43 am

by Chris Again from Eric we get this really important education on the difference between liquidity and volume. While it’s pretty normal to have volume and liquidity being coincident, at least that used to be the case, today with our …