Independent Wholesale Brokerage was formerly known as Oyens & Van Eeghen brokerage, but among traders it has always been known als IWB. Completely unknown by the outside world, this firm is arranging trades between profesional clients and market makers with the use of voice brokerage : talking all day to market makers and trading desksRead more
Chances are you have had a difficult evening explaining your family members the stress and panic caused by the Dow Jones brief cave of nearly 1000 points. After all, it can’t be important as it hasn’t been on national television. And those gamma, vega and delta positions after a 15% gap down in the morningRead more
Last month the liquidity providers for the option classes listed on Euronext where redivided. Of course the situation hasn’t really changed from last year, with the exception of the exit of VDM/Curvalue and the entry of some new firms consisting of former Curvalue traders. In addition, the Americans from Susquehanna are participating as well. PrimaryRead more
In a fortnight a new product will see the light of day on the Amsterdam derivative markets. The AEX dividend futures will start trading on May 3rd. This opens possibilities for getting exposure to yearly annual dividends in the AEX index, or to hedge your long term dividend risks. If the futures will turn outRead more
There’s a good reason not to laugh at your former fellow traders being fired. You could be next. Especially when you’re working for IMC. After sacking two traders on bonus day, an additional twelve traders were shown the door. Management doesn’t escape from the cost cutting efforts neither, as the Hong Kong and Sydney officesRead more
