The Big Take
A $17 Billion Options Trader Is Coming to Take on NYC Flash Boys
Optiver is expanding its US presence with a new Manhattan office in a bid to seize market share from industry heavyweights.
Optiver’s John Rothstein at the firm’s Amsterdam headquarters.
Photographer: Lina Selg/BloombergFrom a prime office space in New York, one of the most successful algorithmic trading firms in the world is preparing for a fight with some of the biggest names on Wall Street.
Optiver, the Amsterdam-based firm that’s a loose Dutch portmanteau of “options trader,” is ready to take on Citadel Securities, Jane Street and Susquehanna on their home turf.