The view on market making is the only result of a chaotic news story on All Options. The firm would submit a press release on a completely different strategy, because “market making is dead” – according to the official spokesman. Market making this year isn’t what it used to be, margins are thin and volumesRead more
Between the champions league final and the world cup in South Africa lies another major football event. This saturday, the 29th of May, the annual All Options Football Tournament will be held again. All Options definitely deserves a lot of brownie points for organizing this tournament again, in cooperation with Eurex, KBC Clearing and Bennington.Read 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
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
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
