Very true, but I think everyone watching the order book last week woudl agree... less obvious today but it looks very similar...
So anyone out there have an idea as to who and why? If you want long delta's there must be better/smarter ways to obtain them at a more reasonable price... If you're trying to keep down the vol then its working...
The German market (DAX) is by far the largest pure ECB market. The only other one of even mentionable size is the CAC. The German market leads Europe and influences US equities i.e. If the DAX were down 400 pts the DOWwould be down 600+