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If you're US retail you can trade the CFTC/Futures stuff - you'll need to be an institution to trade the Eurex securities side.

@Aquarains - You might want to quantify where you live. PhDs can be worth a ton in Chicago, New York and other world cities. Substantially less in places like Eastern Europe. When the Berlin wall fell the PhDs working at Eurex in Frankfort now had competition from East Berlin where they were...

https://news.yahoo.com/private-bank-kleinwort-hambros-launches-140300366.html

When the forum is done picking on you - there is a lot of noise in pure volume, but some color from opening/closing. part of a spread or tied to stock. OPRA captures this info and depending on your data source you may or may not have the ability to see the trade conditions. It's kind of like...

April 05, 2019 Speedbumps Redux. Sort Of Larry Tabb TABB Group Follow | Profile | More Share ICE’s recently proposed speedbump for silver and gold futures contracts has ignited the latest market fight over speedbumps. But this isn’t the same IEX-type speedbump that caused an all-out...

The pit on the floor that traded, among other names, options on Polaroid stock.

@Fain All b/ds file an annual report. SEC.gov and do a bit of hunting - it's a very cumbersome sight. Finra BrokerCheck also shows all the detail licensing info and who owns what pieces. You can also call the firm and request their most recent annual report.

Generally depending on the size and name the preference for the PHLX could be driven by fee caps. The benefit of biasing one exchange is hitting the fee caps earlier. Unless there is something funky about your order you are price protected no matter where you route. Lot's of other possible...

21 years on the floor. Passed away

@TurtleLearner - if you ever make it to the states we roll our interns every six months. Not sure if that is of any interest or when we'll roll our next group, but PM me. We are outside of Chicago and you work nights.

Good luck and you may want to actually answer the OPs question to you.

"I’m familiar with linkage. It was created to stop locked markets." I would encourage you to read the filings - it's so much more than that.

Lot's of filing memos - Linkage is a decade old and there is actually a linkage authority created by the regulatory environment.

Linkage and spreads and hidden liquidity are exempt - with rare exception. You can search Google for a full description. It been in force since 2009.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-etf-tax-dodge-lets-investors-save-big/?srnd=premium-europe

There is an additional risk of a Reg SHO violation. So you broker may not allow it knowing the call will be exercised without being able to find a borrow.

BUSINESS NEWS MARCH 7, 2019 / 12:43 PM / A MONTH AGO Exclusive: SEC scrutinizes fairness of stock exchange pricing NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether the multi-tiered pricing system used by stock exchanges favors large brokers at the...

Bridgewater Founder’s Foundation Gives Connecticut $100 Million Donation State’s largest gift to go to education and entrepreneurial programs https://www.wsj.com/articles/bridgewater-founders-foundation-gives-connecticut-100-million-donation-11554486791

IT Value April 4, 2019 Advanced Technologies Are Taking Over Finance Research shows that finance departments are deploying the latest cutting-edge tools at a startlingly increasing pace. David McCann It likely would surprise no one to hear that finance functions are increasingly employing...

Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed (Part 1) Published on April 4, 2019 Ray Dalio Ray Dalio Influencer Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-Chairman of Bridgewat... See more 93 articles 326 372 Summary I was fortunate enough to be raised in a middle-class family by parents who took...