Direct application programming interface (API) price streams have been readily adopted in the spot FX world due to that ...

Learn the basics of options trading, what calls and puts are, how options work, and strategies to hedge or speculate with ...

Foreign Exchange (FX) options trading has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, moving increasingly towards electronic platforms. This shift, driven by institutional clients such as ...

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is enjoying phenomenal success in its foreign exchange business. Total FX volume grew more than 50% in 2004 and e-volumes were up 128% from 2003. Among these FX ...

It has been an interesting year for options traders. In January, 360T launched its UK-based multilateral trading facility (MTF), supporting FX options as well as swaps, non-deliverable swaps, forwards ...

The offering works from price discovery through to execution, booking, and risk management within the FX options market – combining SpectrAxe’s price discovery and execution CLOB with OSTTRA’s ...

Centralised trading venue OptAxe has received FCA authorisation to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for axe-driven FX options trading. OptAxe stated that it is launching the new venue to ...

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Lee Beng Hong, CEO of SGX FX and head of wholesale markets & platforms at Singapore Exchange (SGX Group), said the company would like to grow electronic trading of currency options as average daily ...

Hap Capital has chosen GFI Group's Fenics Professional solution to use on its FX options trading desk for pricing and analytics. "After evaluating numerous systems for FX Options that cover pricing, ...

CME Group posted record annual trading volumes of 28.1 million contracts in 2025, with foreign exchange options emerging as a bright spot amid flat overall FX activity. The exchange's forex options ...

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