Optiver


Optiver is a proprietary trading firm and market maker for various exchange-listed financial instruments. Its name derives from the Dutch optie verhandelaar, or "option trader". The company is privately owned. Optiver trades listed derivatives, cash equities, exchange-traded funds, bonds and foreign exchange.

History

Optiver was founded by Johann Kaemingk on April 9, 1986 as a market maker in options on the European Options Exchange, which is now Euronext. Optiver is a member of the European Principal Traders Association, FIA Principal Trading Group in the US and FIA Japan.

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