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Good start for Maven

138 comments / November 18, 2012

Maven entered the building in September 2011. The London based firm was founded by former traders from two known market makers. Some came from Optiver directly (Ivan Koedjikov), others have spent some time at Tibra before leaving for Maven (Ben Huda, Ian Toon). It’s a small world, and as far as I can see it’s aRead more

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Goldman Sachs and Calimero quit quoting

163 comments / September 30, 2012

In the option market, the market makers are quoting options to capture a profit from the bid-ask spread. Apart from this, sending bids and offers to the market serves another practical goal. Euronext Liffe is charging less when you are providing liquidity to the market. It’s not unusual for a lot of market makers toRead more

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