Just two months ago Flow Traders was invited for the opening bell ceremony at Euronext. Was quite a puzzle to find out who’s who at the balcony – but with linkedin and a little help from my friends it worked. This monday Sjoerd and Dennis from Flow Traders rang the bell again, after the optionsRead more
October is not only the month of legendary stock market crashes, also time for updates from Euronext on who’s who in the option markets. Here’s the overview of all stock options with the market makers providing liquidity. Some new firms joined, some others left. Won’t surprise you only two new entrants to game. New entrantsRead more
The liquidity provider licenses used to be a closed shop at NYSE Liffe. Once a firm was “primary market maker”, quoting all available options in a certain class, they usually could hold on their quoting position forever. These quoting licenses were limited, usually only 3 for smaller stocks to around 5 for the bigger onesRead more
It’s has been confirmed WEBB Traders takes over Caerus. They have a lot in common. They are both start ups launched after the demise of Van der Moolen. WEBB is mainly active on the cash market, and Caerus is market maker in the derivative business. No surprise It doesn’t really come a a surprise. InRead more
In the option market, the market makers are quoting options to capture a profit from the bid-ask spread. Apart from this, sending bids and offers to the market serves another practical goal. Euronext Liffe is charging less when you are providing liquidity to the market. It’s not unusual for a lot of market makers toRead more
