The traded volume in the options with maturities of one week in the single stocks isn’t very exciting. For example, the volume in ING’s weekly options yesterday was 875 contracts, which is nothing compared to the 50.000 contracts in the regular ING options. For the weekly options on Royal Dutch the situation is even moreRead more
One may have missed it easily, but last Friday during the July expiration three new classes have been introduced. The weekly options on Arcelor Mittal, ING and Royal Dutch. All innovations are usually received with a warm welcome by Amsterdam traders, as long as it is options on something liquid. The dividendfutures are still waitingRead more
We’ve lost the final fair and square, and at least we managed to set a new challenging record for collecting yellow cards. Raymond Atteveld and Patrick Pothuizen will be taking over the helm. From the yellow cards statistics to trading volume numbers is only a small step. Serious and relevant statistics on trading are suppliedRead more
The weekly and daily options on the AEX index are extremely popular, and Euronext decided to have a go at weekly options in the equity single stocks. Onwards from July 16th we will be trading weekly’s on Mittal, ING and Royal Dutch Shell (RD). The basic idea is pretty similar compared with the AEX weeklyRead more
The G20 summit in ever peaceful Toronto has just finished. The undefined group of nations decided not to agree on anything special, so far so good. There was a serious risk at stake for the trading community. Angela Merkel and a few other presidents of countries knocked out of the world cup pitched the ideaRead more
