Posts Tagged ‘All Options

Heralding trumpets. Pat myself on the back. Told you so. Twice. As everyone in de business knows, All Options lost their shirt in 2010. Majority of staff axed,  and the firm retreated to their small office on the Herengracht. Full scale cost cutting. The numbers are in for the personal holdings of the man who [...]

Last round of play offs for the primary market maker licenses ended last week.  In nearly a dozen option classes the traders have been trying to quote as tight as possible for two months. The best liquidity provider wins. It wasn’t IMC so send the tightest quotes. IMC lost play offs. All of ‘m. The [...]

Great, it’s time for the annual play-off for market maker licenses. The auction for primary market maker (pmm) licenses was held two months ago. The contestants had a month for learning the tricks of the trade. From December 1st they will start for real. Tight markets in scores of option classes. The market maker with [...]

It’s november again, time for the MOvember (grow a mo, save a bro) and of course a brand new edition of the Quote 500 rich list in the Netherlands. For details on 486 filthy rich you’d better buy a copy of your own, I’ll focus on the wealthy 14 who made their fortune in trading. [...]

In the world of Euronext and Eurex the market shares of individual market makers are well hidden secrets. The only detailed information the exchange is willing to give you is your own market share. And all right, they exchange is willing to tell you how you rank among the rest. But if you’re number two, [...]


  • anonymous: The AMX and FMX Index contracts will go into pre-open 16:40 (CET) All other AEX contracts will go i [...]
  • Cees Vermaas: Bel futures will open at 16:35 (CET) and the option at 16:37 (CET) Members are advised to check the [...]
  • anonymous: Due to a technical issue trading in AEX (including the AMX & FMX) and Bel futures and options co [...]
  • anonymous: and again!!!! i love it [...]
  • anonymous: Only the amsterdam segment of Enxt is having problems, its a conspiracy......... [...]
  • anonymous: All trades done during the opening of the Amsterdam individual stock options and Amsterdam Currency [...]
  • anonymous: Opened....and closed again. [...]
  • anonymous: Euronext Liffe is closed....again. [...]
  • anonymous: yes its very moronic to even read the article with headline of Dow 100,000 .. what's more moronic th [...]
  • anonymous: So you quote someone, without actually reading his article, and call him a moron based on that? Now [...]

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