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JusTrade: real-money prediction markets in South Africa
JusTrade JusTrade Blog – The key facts: JusTrade is a real-money prediction exchange. FYI, South Africa’s currency is the South African Rands (ZAR). At this stage, they list financial contracts, only. CDA. They welcome customers from anywhere —just be over … Continue reading →
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“To someone like me who trades professionally and also ran for Congress a few years back, InTrade is a marriage made in heaven.”
Via Fabian John (Financial Services Consultant) Speculative Trading with Binary Options – by Kurt Eckhardt -
Jason Ruspini will answer SOME of these CFTC questions. — 12 days left, Jason.
CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – V. Issues for Comment A. Request for Comment The following questions consider the Commission’s regulatory purview over event contracts, the interests that may appropriately … Continue reading →
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Will the CFTC allow FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges to deal with “event markets”?
The feedback I have received about my speculative post is that I put too much weight into the CFTC requesting that the prediction exchanges organizing “event markets” (event derivative markets that can’t be used for hedging risks) be not for … Continue reading →
The lawyerly questions that the CFTC are asking to Tom W. Bell
CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – V. Issues for Comment A. Request for Comment The following questions consider the Commission’s regulatory purview over event contracts, the interests that may appropriately … Continue reading →
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How the CFTC is going to rule on the legality of “event markets”
Psstt… Wanna know in advance what the CFTC is going to decide about “event markets”?… Simple… Read closely their “concept release”… You can spot the seeding of their future ruling… – CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the … Continue reading →
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How the CFTC try to define our prediction markets
CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – II. Commodity Options and Futures and the Attributes of Event Contracts The Commission, with some exceptions, has exclusive jurisdiction over two relevant types of … Continue reading →
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CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts
CFTC – (PDF file): CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts – SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is soliciting comment on the appropriate regulatory treatment of financial agreements offered by markets commonly … Continue reading →
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Derivatives, Binaries, Futures, or… Prediction Markets?
Jason Ruspini, mister the VP, how would you explain to the Midas Oracle readers the difference between “binaries” and “futures” (a la HedgeStreet, circa Russell Andersson)? Does that vocabulary (still) make sense? Would it be better for them to switch … Continue reading →