The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is enjoying phenomenal success in its foreign exchange business. Total FX volume grew more than 50% in 2004 and e-volumes were up 128% from 2003. Among these FX ...

Foreign Exchange (FX) options trading has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, moving increasingly towards electronic platforms. This shift, driven by institutional clients such as ...

It has been an interesting year for options traders. In January, 360T launched its UK-based multilateral trading facility (MTF), supporting FX options as well as swaps, non-deliverable swaps, forwards ...

Centralised trading venue OptAxe has received FCA authorisation to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for axe-driven FX options trading. OptAxe stated that it is launching the new venue to ...

The offering works from price discovery through to execution, booking, and risk management within the FX options market – combining SpectrAxe’s price discovery and execution CLOB with OSTTRA’s ...

Lee Beng Hong, CEO of SGX FX and head of wholesale markets & platforms at Singapore Exchange (SGX Group), said the company would like to grow electronic trading of currency options as average daily ...

In the fast-paced world of spot foreign exchange trading, dealers send a constant stream of prices to some of the most active market participants directly. And in most cases, clients secure the best ...

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The initiative will see FlexTrade FX clients seamlessly access CME Group’s primary FX markets within FlexFX.

CME Group posted record annual trading volumes of 28.1 million contracts in 2025, with foreign exchange options emerging as a bright spot amid flat overall FX activity. The exchange's forex options ...

Banks’ foreign exchange trading desks are off to their best start to a year since 2022 after a sharp reversal in the US dollar ignited market volatility and triggered a surge in client activity. The ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. OptAxe was launched to address fundamental shortcomings in FX options ...