Research powered trading, engineered to scale.

As a tech and research driven trading firm, we build models, platform and risk frameworks that price risk, execute trades and provide liquidity across global markets.

Model driven price discovery

Our trading decisions begin with a deep, quantitative understanding of markets. We use advanced statistical modelling and machine learning to uncover patterns in complex data, allowing us to price assets accurately across all market conditions.

A global platform engineered for reliable execution

Our technology translates quantitative research and market insights into real-world trading outcomes. We build the robust systems and shared infrastructure required to test ideas quickly, deploy improvements safely and operate consistently as we scale across products, venues and regions.

Continuous pricing across every market

Our integrated trading teams optimise execution, balance risk and opportunity and work closely with researchers and engineers to build the systems and models that drive live trading performance.

Risk frameworks for sustainable growth

We invest in data, infrastructure and control frameworks so our platform remains resilient as it grows. Risk management is embedded in how we price, execute and expand, helping us operate with discipline in fast-moving markets.

  • 40

    years of continuous trading experience

  • 100+

    global exchanges

  • 1M+

    financial instruments priced

  • 10M+

    trades executed per day

Partner or Work with us

Trade with us

We provide bespoke liquidity solutions for banks, brokers, and institutional clients through our dedicated sales and trading teams.

Trade with us

Partner with us

Partner with a strategic investor that brings decades of trading, technology and market expertise to help scale companies aligned with our core mission of improving the market.

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Build with us

Help solve some of the most complex challenges in financial markets. Join a team where intellectual rigour and engineering excellence make a measurable impact.

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A conversation with NVIDIA on how accelerated computing is changing research and engineering in trading.

Optiver’s software engineering function was profiled by The Pragmatic Engineer, a leading technology publication on Substack.

Optiver to take majority stake in power and gas trader Northpool

Principal Strategic Investments

Optiver and Northpool today announced that Optiver has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Northpool, a European energy trading firm headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Optiver is partnering with Explaining Markets, an AI competition based on research by University of Chicago Booth School of Business professors Bradford Levy and Ralph S.J. Koijen.

Latency and research iteration pull in different directions. Software engineer Daniel B. explores how three generations of trading systems evolved to balance both.

For the past several years, the AI conversation has largely centered on models: which are the most capable, which will dominate and how quickly they will improve.

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