MKT

Markets and products

What you need for the "what have you been following?" and "pitch me a trade" parts of the conversation.

Shared from Trading and market making
  1. 1

    Asset classes

    Equities, rates, FX, commodities, credit and crypto: who trades what, and why.

  2. 2

    ETFs and index products

    Creation and redemption, the arbitrage mechanism, rebalancing and leveraged decay.

  3. 3

    Corporate actions and events

    Dividends, splits, spin-offs, index inclusion and merger arbitrage.

  4. 4

    Macro fundamentals

    The yield curve, central bank policy, inflation and the economic calendar.

  5. 5

    Market events to know

    Volmageddon, GameStop, LTCM, the 2020 negative oil price, and what each taught.

  6. 6

    Talking about a trade

    Thesis, instrument, sizing, risk, catalyst and exit.