After years of begging by the rest of the market, the *ahem* prestigious firm All Options is about to give classes in option trading. Clean your agenda and cancel all appointments for November 10th and 20th, as the master classes will be free of charge and aimed at the very advanced option trader. Euronext andRead more
For the second time in a week I mistook very serious news for a joke. It started with a fresh president receiving the Nobel peace price. Five days later the local market maker All Options announced interest to buy the remains of DSB Bank. The big chief of All Options, Allard Jakobs, is notorious forRead more
Several Dutch market makers are desperately looking for traders and it-personnel. To achieve this they have joined forces and the Holland Financial Centre will launch a campaign to attract new talent. They will visit universities and… secondary schools. Let’s hope the newspaper FD misquoted the chairman Sjoerd van Keulen, because I honestly wouldn’t know whyRead more
The Dutch business magazine Quote has raised questions whether All Options chief Allard Jakobs has been involved in insider trading. While the magazine isn’t famous for it’s financial expertise, it’s certainly having a focus on juicy stories on the niveau riche. However, there’s something silly with this story. Jakobs has bought 800.000 shares of KasbankRead more
A long time ago, All Options and its owner Allard Jakobs were banned from trading on Euronext. They returned in 2005 and they certainly did it in style. They traded against the rest of the market in a tiny option class called Getronics-Old (GTO). And lost millions. Legal procedures are still ongoing, and according toRead more
