Posts Tagged ‘Saen

Last post I mentioned a few local market makers which left the building. Calimero and Wintrading couldn’t earn a living anymore. Rising costs, higher risks and lower profits. Calimero never had a losing year by the way. Back in the good old days of the open outcry trading the market maker landscape was completely different. [...]

Dull trading lately, moving on to 2011 in a very slow pace. Not much happening apart from some spikes in the futures. Just between enjoying the Christmas dinners and showing off with fireworks next friday, there is some small news. Well, it ain’t exactly news as it won’t be a surprise to most readers and [...]

2009 expiration

26 Dec 2009

The year 2009 is almost gone, and trading has been fairly quiet as usual during the last weeks. Plenty of time to look back on the events of 2009. All Options to buy Saen Options One of the few main events this year happened straight in the first month. January 28th the market maker All [...]

Allard Jakobs gave an interview to the Dutch financial newspaper Financieele Dagblad. After some overly ambitious mission statements (world power), he commented on his recent acquisition of rival Saen Options. Most executives would remain cautious, politically correct and avoiding stepping on toes. Not in this case, and it turned out to be a highly entertaining [...]

Big news in small Amsterdam; Option market maker All Options is acquiring rival Saen Options. I noticed a steep rise in hits on this post thanks to google yesterday – but a little inside knowledge doesn’t make a difference as none of them are listed companies. All Options made a killing in 2007, when it [...]


  • London Gregoire: Meijer shouldn't shave until TOM overtakes Euronext in the dutch options [...]
  • TOM to expand in Europe - amsterdamtrader: [...] Euronext sues TOM on AEX Options [...] [...]
  • Aad: Same shit over here. And really, we have al the specs to be fast enough. [...]
  • ghostrider: truely tragic. condolences. [...]
  • vikr: Hats off to RoCo. [...]
  • VdM: Allmost on the same day another well known person from the trading community in Amsterdam passed awa [...]
  • NRC: Advertisements in newspaper NRC: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/uwbjka8dgg26exh/20130406_NH_selectie_2_12. [...]
  • anonymous: Agreed [...]
  • anonymous: let's go to IMC since they pay good bonuses there [...]
  • anonymous: Tibra is not doing well, and when the CFO, who knows everything about their finances, leaves this i [...]

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