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OptionsCity Nabs Optionshop
Electronic trading solutions provider OptionsCity Software has acquired Optionshop, which specializes in futures trading solutions.
Recognia Unveils Options Analytics
Ottawa-based technical analysis software vendor Recognia has unveiled a technical analysis tool for options trading, dubbed Options Ideas, to help brokers educate equities trading clients on options strategies.
Options Expands Into CME, Completes US Co-Lo Map
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) said it has expanded into CME Group's co-location facility in Aura, Illinois, completing its coverage of all US exchange co-location facilities.
Options Grows Velocity Feed Coverage, Eyes Wider Reach
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) has added new European markets to its connectivity and managed co-location platform, providing customers with direct access to equities and derivatives feeds from Spanish exchange group…
OptionsPlay Ideas Available on Scivantage Investment Platforms
Scivantage will offer OptionsPlay Ideas, an equities and options investing tool, through its Scivantage Investor and Scivantage Professional platforms.
NovaSparks Launches OPRA FPGA Feed Handler
French FPGA feed handler and data appliance provider NovaSparks has released a new FPGA-based feed handler for the Options Price Reporting Authority’s (OPRA) consolidated cash equity options feed, that will enable trading firms and investment banks to…
Options Turns to Morrow for Account Management
Managed data and trading infrastructure provider Options has appointed Stephen Morrow senior vice president and global head of account management, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Options Integrates Markit’s Collaboration Services Network
Cloud provider Options has integrated Markit’s Collaboration Services network, its message-interoperability technology, into its core platform to allow clients to communicate and share information seamlessly with industry peers, regardless of their…
Markit Signs Options to Collaboration Services
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has integrated federation and directory elements of Markit's Collaboration Services──including the Markit Directory "phone book" of validated identity and contact data, and the Federated Chat platform──into…
Options Partners with Orchestrade for Cross-Asset Platform
Options has announced that vendor Orchestrade's risk management and operations platform has been integrated with its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering.
Options Expands Belfast Office, Eyes International Growth
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options is expanding its office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with plans to grow its local staff from about a dozen at present to around 30 by next year, in a move mainly designed to boost its Velocity market…
Options Boosts US Co-Lo Coverage with NYSE Mahwah
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) has completed the expansion of its Velocity hosting platform into NYSE Euronext's datacenter in Mahwah, NJ, in a move to provide clients with co-location services for all US equity and…
Options Adds Velocimetrics Latency, Performance Monitoring
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has integrated Velocimetrics' monitoring and performance analysis technology with its Velocity low-latency market data and connectivity product.
Options? In Texas? Play That Again For Me ...
Tim reflects on his recent trip to Austin and the Options Industry Conference, and introduces next month's cover profile, the first of its kind for the magazine.
Speed, Listing Exclusivity Promote New Volatility Index Options
Patrick Fay, director of listed derivatives at Russell Investments' index arm, says the way to a successful volatility index option is through the buy side. The rub? Not every buy-side firm understands derivatives the same way.
Options Nabs Another NYSE Tech Exec, Richard Hughes
Options, the infrastructure-as-a-service provider formerly known as Options IT, has hired Richard Hughes, formerly global head of business development at NYSE Technologies, as senior vice president and managing director for Europe, based in London, and…
Nasdaq Bows Managed Reporting, New Fees for BONO, ITTO Options Data
Nasdaq OMX has introduced a new distribution option and accompanying fees for data from its Nasdaq Options Market's Best of Nasdaq Options (BONO) and ITCH to Trade Options (ITTO) feeds that allows distributor firms to redistribute the data to consumer…
Options Cuts NJ Network Latency
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) has reduced the latency on its network route between the vendor's datacenter facility in Carteret, NJ and CenturyLink Technology Solutions' (formerly Savvis) NJ2 datacenter in Weehawken,…
Options Upgrades NJ Datacenter Connectivity
Managed technology services provider Options (formerly Options IT) has upgraded the connectivity between its hosting presences in the NJ2 Weehawken, NJ datacenter operated by CenturyLink Technology Solutions (formerly Savvis) and Equinix's NY4 datacenter…
Options Opens West End London Support, Sales Office
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) has opened a new office in London's West End district─in addition to its existing base in Wimbledon, in southwest London─to better support customers located in central London.
Liquid Adds Pre-Trade Risk and Compliance Tools to OEMS
Liquid Holdings, the trading and risk management platform provider to emerging hedge funds, has added new options trading capabilities, expanded global equities markets coverage, and compliance controls to its order and execution management system (OEMS)…
Options Hosting Clients Get Microwave CME Data via Quincy
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options is making low-latency microwave connectivity vendor Quincy Data's QED (Quincy Extreme Data) service available to its clients hosted at Options' server cage in Equinix's NY4 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ.
Hardware Failure Hits Nasdaq Options Data, Trading
Nasdaq halted trading in options symbols starting with the letters A through M on its Nasdaq Options Market on the morning of Friday, Jan. 10, after the exchange experienced an issue with processing data from the Options Price Reporting Authority.