Posts tagged as: Eclipse

Ethanol and Kospi trading losses

96 comments / January 8, 2013

Knight went down on a single system glitch. Buttonwood lost it all on a rogue trader in Ethanol futures in December. This product is uncharted territory for me, but I’m told its closely connected to other commodity futures such as corn. The trader had a reputation among other Ethanol traders. According to unconfirmed chatter hisRead more

Eclipse expanding. Again.

177 comments / July 4, 2011

Once upon a time, all market makers in Amsterdam received calls on their cell phone from headhunters.  Jobs offered at  a mysterious firm. A market maker from the pacific, Eclipse. At the time it was a rather unknown company, founded by the former head of trading of Optiver Pacific. Too cut a long story short,Read more