Optiver

Optiver which stands for optie verhandelaar, or "options" and "trader" is an multinational high frequency trading company.[1] Optiver was founded in 1986 by Johann Kaemingk and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan.[1] In 2012, it was fined 14 million USD for manipulating oil prices.[2] In 2016, it was identified as part of a consortium to build a faster data transmission network between Chicago and Tokyo.[3]

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Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Detrixhe, John; Jong, David De; David, Ruth (18 June 2015). "HFT Powerhouse Amsterdam Glimpsed Through Speed-Trader IPO" – via www.bloomberg.com.
  2. ↑ "High-frequency trader Optiver pays $14 million in oil manipulation case". 20 April 2017 – via Reuters.
  3. ↑ BrianRLouis, Brian Louis (11 November 2016). "Traders Plan Supercharged Chicago-to-Tokyo Network" – via www.bloomberg.com.


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