Here’s where you can find all previous Front Month posts organized by topic. I will be adding to this post as new content becomes available.
Enjoy:
High Frequency Traders
The Pricey Toys of High Frequency Traders (free) - January 8, 2021
Don Wilson’s Hidden Empire (free) - February 19, 2021
The Susquehanna Six (free) - April 9, 2021
The Usain Bolt Of Electronic Trading (free) - May 14, 2021
Jane Street & The Arbitrage Royal Family (free) - June 11, 2021
Flow Traders & The Race To “Absolute Zero” (paid) - September 5, 2021
The Death of Citadel (paid) - December 7, 2021
How Citadel Securities Became King (paid) - December 21, 2021
Crypto
My Coinbase Gameplan (free) - March 5, 2021
A Legacy Guy Considers DeFi (free) - April 30, 2021
Let’s Talk About The Coinbase Fee Problem (free) - May 28, 2021
Binance: In Retrospect, It Was Inevitable (free) - June 25, 2021
Solana: The Disney World of DeFi (paid) - July 27, 2021
The House That Sam Built: Part I (paid) - September 27, 2021
The House That Sam Built: Part II (paid) - October 11, 2021
Into The JPEG Jungle (paid) - January 3, 2022
Paxos Romana (paid) - March 2, 2022
Equity Market Structure
Bernie Madoff’s Parting Gift (free) - January 22, 2021
The Quadrillion Dollar Point Of Failure (free) - February 5, 2021
The Archegos Supernova (free) - April 2, 2021
The Man With No Name Returns (free) - April 23, 2021
Recapping Last Week’s Stock Market Boxing Match (free) - June 18, 2021
My Robinhood Gameplan (paid) - July 8, 2021
The King Beyond The Wall (paid) - September 13, 2021
Options Market Structure 101 (paid) - October 25, 2021
Sharks, Minnows & The Other Half Of US Equities (paid) - February 1, 2022
Why The Golden Age Of Retail Is Over (paid) - March 16, 2022
Earnings
Making Sense Of The Exchange Earnings Tsunami (free) - October 30, 2020
Nasdaq Q4 2020 Earnings Review (free) - January 27, 2021
MarketAxess Q4 2020 Earnings Review (free) - January 27, 2021
MSCI Q4 2020 Earnings Review (free) - January 28, 2021
ICE Q4 2020 Earnings Review (free) - February 4, 2021
Tradeweb Q4 2020 Earnings Review (free) - February 6, 2021
CBOE Q4 2020 Earnings Review (free) - February 7, 2021
A Full Q1 Exchange Earnings Review (free) - May 7, 2021
The Great Big Q2 Exchange Earnings Review (paid) - August 8, 2021
Sharing My Q3 2021 Exchange Earnings Notes (paid) - November 9, 2021
Q4 Exchange Earnings: The Party Continues... For Now (paid) - February 16, 2022
Case Studies
How TMX Became The Global Gas Gatekeeper (free) - November 13, 2020
Miami’s Wall Street Challenger (free) - December 18, 2020
Welcome To The Big Leagues, Trumid (free) - January 15, 2021
Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (free) - March 12, 2021
The LSE-Refinitiv Honeymoon Is Over (free) - March 26, 2021
One Country, Two Systems, Little Choice (free) - May 21, 2021
How Exchanges Die: The Story Of T.O.M. (free) - June 4, 2021
OMX: The Deal That Defined Nasdaq (paid) - July 8, 2021
Mortgage Tech: The Key To ICE’s Future (paid) - July 17, 2021
Amaranthology (free) - August 27, 2021
The Misadventures of BrokerTec & eSpeed (paid) - November 22, 2021
Miscellaneous
Asia - The New Exchange Frontier (free) - November 20, 2020
IHS&P (free) - December 4, 2020
Options Are Eating The World (free) - December 11, 2020
Exchange Bears Are People Too (free) - February 12, 2021
The ESG Mafia (free) - February 26, 2021
The Slow, Quiet Death Of America’s FCMs (free) - March 19, 2020
The ESG Mafia - Part II (free) - April 16, 2021
My Clearinghouse Love Letter (paid) - August 17, 2021
TTF Titans (paid) - January 18, 2022