Dutch firms Optiver and IMC are flourishing in Chicago's increasingly computerised trading sector, with both companies eyeing expansion. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the world's largest stock exchange by volume, but it has struggled to attract new business since its 2008 redesign.
Dutch firms Optiver and IMC are flourishing in Chicago's increasingly computerised trading sector, with both companies eyeing expansion. Optiver, which focuses on index and futures options trading, still sends traders to the city floor and is looking to hire more, despite the growing trend to digitisation, while IMC is also making the most of being based in the birthplace of futures and options derivatives.