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Optiver Review
Optiver is a Dutch market making firm that trades options, ETFs, and futures worldwide. It is not a retail forex broker and has no public deposit account for individual traders.
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Pros
- Registered with the Dutch AFM and listed at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce
- One of the biggest options market makers, active on exchanges worldwide
- Posted record net trading income of 4.556 billion euros in 2025
- Nearly 40 years of trading history, founded in Amsterdam in 1986
Cons
- Not a retail forex or CFD broker, individuals cannot open a trading account
- US units and three officers paid a 14 million dollar CFTC penalty in 2012
- That case involved false statements made to NYMEX during a manipulation inquiry
- No minimum deposit, spread, or retail platform data exists to compare
Optiver was founded in Amsterdam in 1986 by Johann Kaemingk, Ruud Vlek, and Chris Oomen as a small options market maker on the European Options Exchange. It grew into a global firm that trades options, equities, ETFs, and futures on exchanges worldwide, from offices in London, Chicago, Sydney, Singapore, and other financial centres.
Optiver is not a retail forex broker. Individuals cannot open a personal trading account here. The main Dutch entity, Optiver Holding B.V., is registered with the AFM as an investment firm and listed at the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce under KVK number 33186961.
In 2012, US regulators found real problems. Optiver Holding BV, Optiver US LLC, Optiver VOF, and three senior staff paid 14 million dollars to settle CFTC claims of manipulating NYMEX crude oil, heating oil, and gasoline futures prices in 2007, then giving false statements to NYMEX. Optiver still reported record net trading income of 4.556 billion euros in 2025.
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