Posts tagged as: MEFF

European option liquidity moves on-screen

9 comments / December 2, 2015

The equity options volumes traded on the European exchanges see less block trades and more liquidity on screen. This is positive in multiple ways. First, it helps price discovery when the transactions are openly traded in the screen. It removes barriers of entry for smaller investors. A market where only block trades switch hands, while screens remainRead more

Equity option competition in Europe

19 comments / June 18, 2015

This is a guest post by Cornelius Müller, who works for Eurex / Deutsche Börse. It appeared first on brokerdealer.nl. This isn’t an academic paper, as you may expect the author is a supporter of a certain derivatives exchange. Still, he has valid points, nice charts and a great overview of the European option competition between exchanges.Read more