The shock of the EUR/CHF move two months ago is a classic. Something you can tell your grandchildren about. Happened the day before the January expiration day – a small reminder to buy back those small short puts. Today in Der Spiegel a story about a 26 year old engineer. The guy has a netteRead more
DeGiro is hard to ignore. Every other day in the news in their conquest of new markets and connecting to exchanges. Latest news is they aim for a takeover of a part of Banco de Madrid. The Spanish bank is in trouble after a bank run and the brokerage part, Interdin, is owned by theRead more
The annual Futures and Options World (FOW for friends) event in Amsterdam is coming up shortly. Thursday the 17th of March the conference will be held in the Hilton hotel at the Apollolaan in Amsterdam. Was especially looking forward to the first panel discussion of the day. Paul Beck (Eurex), Adam Rose (Euronext), Willem MeijerRead more
That’s pretty fast. Euronext is launching options on Grandvision, the optical retail chain. Stock itself will probably qualify for inclusion in the AEX index next year – depending on how many shares owner HAL Investments will sell in the market in the coming months. After all, they still won 76.7% of the firm. IPO ofRead more
High frequency trading is like god. Everyone talks about it, but nobody has ever seen it. Nobody knows how it looks like, although mythical powers are expected. Strong opinions are in general not correlated with knowledge on the matter. But at least high frequency trading exists, that’s for sure. How high frequency trading strategies work in realityRead more
