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YOu can use tickdatamarket.com. They have good discounts when you order a lot. Watch out for pi trading because I saw a lot of errors some years ago. Esspecially in the pre 2005 period. This is the case in most providers. The data is not always clean....

I didn't work for Optiver but another one from that list. In my opinion in order to suceed you have to: Pass the test, be very passionate in options, able to switch quickly(in all areas), to be able to handle some pressure and long days, quick mental arithmetic(these days the computer does...

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Used to be a market maker(dutch) and still in the business(not options anymore).

"competitors" for the market making in options: 1. Optiver (55) 2. Curvalue (50) 3. Saen Options (49) 4. Tibra Trading (47) 5. Goldman Sachs (41) 6. All Options (41) 7. Timber Hill (34) 8. Scrocca (29) 9. IMC (26) 10. 323 Trading (21) 11. Leopark (21)...

http://www.ergotron.com/Products/MultiMonitorMounts/tabid/159/language/en-US/default.aspx We are using "ergotron". The DS100 can carry 4 screens en is in the USA very cheap(I paid they same amount only in euros). They are extremly solid(19inch screens). You can connect two of those...

Redi 9.0 is ok. It is a lot like 8.1 but without a spread trader bug and some stuff I don't use. Redi is great when you trade a lot. they have a lot of algorithm's and programs(portfolio trader/spread trader) in which you can trade huge sizes in a user and slippage friendly way. The...

Check out Newsstrike It is free. They have some US stock info and macro events. Not a lot of news but it is free.

I am using it for stocks. We route to sigma and about 5-10% is executed on sigma X. It will happens, but rarely, that you get a good price outside the spread. We see it simply as an extra liquidity source. I believe the fee is a bit higher than on other exchanges.

Sure, If I am not mistaken retail broker accounts and even some prof accounts can't see this. When someone want to trade a straddle he sees the combination bid and offers of the seperate legs. For example both legs are 1-1.05 then he/she sees the straddle quote as 2-2.1. When you want to buy...

Hi rpex, I want to add something. A reversal and a conversion is not free money! There is still a interest risk(which one can try to hedge) and a dividend risk(which one can't hedge). I have witnessed the last myself when a company increased dividend by 50%. This sucks when you are mainly in...

Hi, We are trading pairs. It is working out great but it will take a lot of money and research to do it right. I can't tell you anything about Tradestation. PM me for questions. gr

I am trading/running a small company in Amsterdam. I used to work as a Market Maker but it was not my thing, so I resigned. I think Saen is doing a good job lately. The merged with a ict comanpy some time ago. After that they expended by hiring an other floor in a big building and just a year...

Hi, The job(Market Maker) is also very demanding, so that is why the test is so hard. Is it for the Office in Amsterdam? If so, then you could also try: IMC, Van der Moolen, Flow Traders(not sure if it is a Market Maker), Scrocca Option Trading or All Options. gr

Ela, your sample is only 2 months. Do have more? It is so important to test your system over a large period. Your system must be able to survive in different markets(read:crash, low volatility, high volatility). 7-10 years is a good start for a testing period. If you don't have the tickdata...

Hi, A few years back I did the test for Saen Options. Not a online one but the one at the office. It consited of 4 exercises. 1)the very easy question, like 45+219 or 1/5*9/2 or 5.5/2.2 at this test it is all about making no mistakes and be as speedy as you can. 2)finishing number series...