A decision is expected Thursday from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on a new exchange that could shake up the options market. It has a bunch of proponents and some big opponents. The new ...

A shake-out is looming in the options world. With penny quoting just around the corner, top trading officials are predicting a reduction in the number of options market makers. “It will further ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimal Market Technologies, LLC ("Optimal"), a new FINRA-approved broker dealer, today announced its launch of a U.S. listed options execution platform with ...

Citadel Securities bought Morgan Stanley’s unit focused on electronic market-making for US equity options, expanding the firm’s already dominant role in the popular derivatives, according to people ...

Danny Moses, the money manager made famous by The Big Short, says prediction markets take out “the intimidation factor” of ...

As the US options market heads for a sixth straight year of record volume, some best-known names in the industry are growing nervous about its over-reliance on a small group of banks to guarantee ...

The FINRA-approved broker-dealer expects the platform to become commercially available later in Q1 and will serve retail options wholesalers, institutional broker-dealers and large asset managers, ...

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