The volume in the options market at Euronext Amsterdam will decline in a few months. TOM will tweak their routing model, capturing a few more percent of the retail order flow. Best price guarantee Currently, the retail orders from brokers Binck and Alex will always be executed on TOM. They have a “best price guarantee”Read 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
As the first exchange in Europe, the weekly index options were introduced by Euronext Liffe Amsterdam in 2006. Two years later the famous daily index options followed in 2008. Still a very successful product with good volumes. Unfortunately for Euronext most flow is executed on TOM these days. After another two years the weekly optionsRead more
The alternative options exchange TOM is gaining speed. Last thursday the ten millionth option contract traded and market share climbed to 28% percent of the combined Euronext / TOM volume. However, it’s striking both exchanges agreed on ignoring the big elephant in the room. Increasing market share First, the good news. Over time, clients ofRead more
It has been discussed for ages, but finally the 1 cent tick size will arrive in the AEX index options. Starting September 2nd, the options below the 5 euro threshold will be quoted with cents – instead of the current 5 cent ticks increments. While this is common practice in all AEX single stock options,Read more
