options-trading

Susquehanna Financial Group, the broker-dealer division of options-trading giant Susquehanna International Group, this month fired 15% of its stock-trading staff, roughly 30 people, as the firm also struggled with low market volumes and weak demand across the business.

Sign of (Tough) Times: Small Broker's Closure Liz Moyer 2012

Banks and other Wall Street brokers frequently advise clients such as hedge funds on options-trading strategies, including options they could buy or sell when company mergers and other corporate events are anticipated.

Options Trading in SAC Probe Jenny Strasburg 2011

Depending on the strategy, calls can be used to reduce risk (covered call-writing) or to add staggering amounts of risk ("naked" call-writing), so brokers issue options-trading permission only selectively.

Options for Nervous Investors Jack Hough 2011

At the same time, executives are focusing on the company's stock- and options-trading businesses.

Heat Turns Up on Greifeld Aaron Lucchetti 2011

Using his computer skills to crunch options prices, he launched his own options-trading firm in 1977 and quickly began racking up big profits.

A Call to Pull Reins on Rapid-Fire Trade Scott Patterson 2011

Recent research notes include an options-trading strategy for Intel Corp. investors looking for dividends and an analysis of the impact of gas-price increases on travel and leisure stocks, for example.

Susquehanna Financial Takes Aim at Bigger Trading Firms Liz Moyer 2011

Deutsche B ö rse's Eurex unit owns the International Securities Exchange, while NYSE Euronext operates two options-trading platforms, Arca and Amex.

NYSE Chief Sees Savings in Tech, Clearing Jacob Bunge 2011

It has taken advantage of its relationship with its 45% stakeholder, triple-A-rated Toronto Dominion Bank, and it acquired thinkorswim group, the leader in the profitable and fast-growing options-trading arena in 2009.

TD Ameritrade Could Profit Whatever the Market Does Sandra Ward 2010

The choice of listing venue, reported in a regulatory filing, comes as the CBOE has reduced the minimum price for shares to $25 from a previously targeted $30, following proposed rules for options-trading fees that could cut into the company's bottom line, according to persons briefed on the matter.

CBOE Plans Nasdaq Listing 2010

The choice of listing venue, reported in a regulatory filing, comes as the CBOE has reduced the minimum price for shares to $25 from a previously targeted $30, following proposed rules for options-trading fees that could cut into the company's bottom line, according to persons briefed on the matter.

CBOE Plans Nasdaq Listing 2010