Sometimes there’s a serious news story on the Amsterdam derivative markets. Developments within trading firms, stockexchanges or some legal wars. This time it’s a little different. There’s nothing I have but question marks. Received some mail with questions on the one-lot-trader who’s dominating the AEX index options market in the front months, as well as [...]
Euronext announced today to slash the five cent tick size area. Beginning next month on April 1st, all stock options with a value below 50 cents will be trading with a tick size of one cent. This means a market of 0.47 – 0.48 instead of the current 0.45-0.50. The index options will remain unchanged. [...]