Reading yesterday’s news on the remains of Van der Moolen in the Financieele Dagblad. Turns out at least seven spin-off’s have been created from the wrecked company. One may wonder how many of the seven dwarfs will survive in 2010. Fairy tales usually have a happy ending, so maybe we could say “and they livedRead more
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 AllRead more
This very professional logo with the green circles will not encounter a lot of recognition among the members of the Amsterdam derivative trading society. It belongs to the APT (we can read, yes). APT stands for the Association of Proprietary Traders, but it’s not very clear what they’re doing. The APT is the successorRead more
The title says it all. Somebody definitely needs to get rid of his brand new Renault Scenic with license plate 16-JNZ-5. Hardly ever used and in perfect condition. As good as new. The car is part of the remaining assets of Van der Moolen, to be auctioned somewhere in January 2010. Together with the otherRead more
Recently several comments and e-mails by fresh university graduates requested for more information on getting a job as a derivative trader in Amsterdam. As the visitors, Google and this site are close friends it would make sense to write a tiny how-to and where-to get a job in Amsterdam trading firms. Basically there are sevenRead more
