Trading options on the ICE Futures Europe or EUREX

[Arthur 32]

Hey guys,

This topic deals with trading options on European exchanges, like ICE Futures Europe (UK) or EUREX (Germany/Switzerland).

I do understand that most SO user are based in North America and thus have no particular interest in trading options in Europe – due to different time zones and reluctance to have foreign currency exposure.

However, some members (including myself) are based in Europe, and for them expanding the stocks universe to include large European companies (which are not traded in the US) might offer additional opportunities.

The biggest problem for me personally is that there are currently no good tools/databases I know of allowing to look at historical RVs and do backtesting of European companies. Which can also mean that there are still many 'hidden gems' there.

Also, it should be noted that the standard lot size on the ICE is 1000 shares (not 100) – which makes most straddles too expensive, but might be an advantage when trading cheap calendars.

What is your experience with trading options on European exchanges? Any backtesting tools you can recommend? Do you hedge your currency exposure?

[Kim 7,513]

While most members are from North America, we have a lot of members from Europe, especially Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy and more. So i'm sure there is a lot of interest.