The folks at IMC Financial Markets created a brand new videos, demonstrating how exciting it is to work for them. It’s no secret my most loyal readers belong to the ranks of the IMC management – it usually take them only a few minutes to spot IMC related comments here. ZwarteKip and me made closeRead more
The ink is barely dry on the settlement agreement with Optiver, and new trouble looms for Tibra. Rumor has it Tibra has got a problem with Getco, or KCG as it is called after the take over of Knight. It’s a listed company nowadays, KCG. Game changing hire In november 2012 two former executives fromRead more
Rumor has it Tibra Trading finally settles the conflict with Optiver. Eight years ago Tibra was founded by rebel Optiver traders in Australia. They allegedly took with them a serious chunk of source code of the proprietary trading software, called F1. The case has been dragging on for almost a decade, and included trips toRead more
A new year brings new rounds of innovation at Euronext Liffe. The weekly options in the single stocks will be expanded to half a dozen other stocks. Currently this market segment of weekly equity options is more or less a ghost town. Not much volume going on – the high transaction costs block serious tradingRead more
Deep Blue Capital hired Wim den Hartog as new Managing Director. Den Hartog previously worked for Goldman Sachs Clearing and was briefly co-head of IMC Chicago. In his last job he was replaced by Osi Lilian, who returned after a sabbatical. Den Hartog’s move to Deep Blue is an horizontal career change at best. ButRead more
