Options

  • Jan
  • 15
  • 2008
  • 10:19 AM

MatchPoint and options and Wombat, oh my!

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: MatchPoint, Options, TransactTools

Three significant articles about three significant developments in our MatchPoint, options and TransactTools segments.

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  • Dec
  • 24
  • 2007
  • 9:31 AM

A great New Year's resolution--NYSE Arca Options!

By: Amy Farnstrom
File Under: Options

A look back at 2007, and ahead to 2008.

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  • Oct
  • 18
  • 2007
  • 4:50 PM

The Crash of 1987 and today

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: Liffe derivatives, NYSE, NYSE Arca, Options

Morituri te salutamus.

Leave it to Art Cashin -- a classic himself -- to come up with a classic reference in a historical language. Not up on your Latin? Translation and some Crash of 1987 reflections after the jump.

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  • Sep
  • 24
  • 2007
  • 1:43 PM

Edward G. Boyle named VP-NYSE Arca Options; penny pilot outperforms competition nationally

By: Amy Farnstrom
File Under: NYSE Arca, Options

NYSE Arca Options has consistently offered the best price FOUR TIMES MORE OFTEN than any other market center for options that are included in the SEC’s penny pilot program.

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  • Sep
  • 11
  • 2007
  • 11:29 AM

Did you know that you can get paid to trade on NYSE Arca?

By: Amy Farnstrom
File Under: Options

If you send us an order in one of the 35 penny pilot issues and add liquidity to the book you will receive a credit of $0.30 per contract if your order trades!

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  • Sep
  • 07
  • 2007
  • 9:43 AM

Another month, another volume record

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: ETFs / Indexes, Liffe derivatives, NYSE, Options

I'm sure you're shocked -- shocked! -- to see that trading volume on NYSE Euronext markets climbed to record levels again in August. Here's our news release on the subject. If you *are* surprised, you really oughtta call in more when you're on vacation.

Plus: bonus quiz -- who said the following?
"Nobody ever lost money taking a profit."
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
"Never follow the crowd."
Read on for the answer.

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  • Aug
  • 17
  • 2007
  • 4:45 PM

More trading; more Duncan

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: Liffe derivatives, NYSE, Options

More, more, more. Just call me the Andrea True Connection.

On second thought, forget I said that. Thanks.

"The European exchanges run by transatlantic bourse operator NYSE Euronext had their busiest day ever on Friday, as markets first fell then, in the wake of a U.S. Federal Reserve discount rate cut, sharply recovered."

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  • Aug
  • 09
  • 2007
  • 12:21 PM

Traders sound off; va-va-volume; Earth's biggest floor; Greater China

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: Bonds, Liffe derivatives, NYSE, Options

Links for 9 August, 2007. Among them: results of the Traders Magazine survey about the NYSE Hybrid Market; NYSE Euronext trading volume grows across the markets; NYSE Bonds enlists market makers; NYSE lists 40 Chinese companies valued at $1 trillion total; and the world's most famous market may be at 11 Wall St., but it's not the world's biggest. Plus: happy birthday, John Dryden.

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  • Jul
  • 30
  • 2007
  • 3:51 PM

Options penny pilot to expand

By: Amy Farnstrom
File Under: Options

This is great news for all options traders, who can take advantage of the tighter spreads.

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  • May
  • 09
  • 2007
  • 3:00 PM

Howdy from Planet Options!

By: Amy Farnstrom
File Under: Options

My name is Amy. I'm director of derivative products for NYSE Arca, and I'm going to be bringing you fun facts and updates about NYSE Arca Options, the electronic trading platform that was launched last August and has been enjoying steady growth ever since.

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