Trade With Us in Europe

We’re among the top three firms in ETFs, equities and commodities

Optiver Europe is a trading partner to 600+ counterparties across the globe, providing liquidity in equities (options, futures, ETFs & cash), fixed income & FX options from our offices in Amsterdam and London. With our leading position in European equity derivatives and up to 20% market share in SX5E options, you can be confident of achieving competitive execution. Our ability to manage risk by aggregating positions across numerous global asset classes enables us to always keep our pricing tight.

Our expertise

From our offices in Amsterdam and London, we offer block liquidity in the following asset classes and products

Global ETFs, Cash equity, Index options, ETF options, Dividend futures, Single stock futures, Index futures, Single stock options

Finding liquidity at the toughest times

On 5 August 2024, when stock market volatility spiked to its highest level since 2020, Optiver was there, providing substantial risk liquidity directly to the buyside. Read a high-level overview of the cash equity and ETF liquidity we were able to offer buyside counterparties on the day.

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Trading with Optiver: Q&A

Institutional investors look to us for our pricing expertise, risk-warehousing capabilities and best-in-class technology. In this Q&A, Alexandru Bohotin, Head of European Index Trading, and Peter James, Institutional Sales, answer questions and bust some myths.

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Get in touch

Institutional investors across the globe look to us for market-leading liquidity in a range of asset classes and products. We pride ourselves on responding to the needs and trading priorities of institutions, funds, banks and merchants. E-mail us and we'll be in touch.

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Derivatives

Leaf Wade

Head of Institutional Sales TeamUK

Nikolas Weber

Institutional SalesGermany, Swiss and Austria

Finn Schulz-Eickhorst

Institutional SalesGermany, Swiss and Austria

Andreas Qvist

Institutional SalesNordics & Netherlands

Max Michael

Institutional SalesUK

Peter James

Institutional SalesFrance

Mohamed Shaikh

Institutional SalesUK