Political uncertainty causes surge in Kospi 200 Option trading

25 May 2010

A new record was set in the Korea Exchange’s Kospi 200 Option today following political uncertainty. It reached a volume of 18.2m contracts, which had a notional value was 2.93tr Korean won. The exchange attributed the rise to the...

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[Kospi 200 Option]
[Korea Exchange]
[Korean won]

“A lot of banks have spent a lot of money calculating the cheapest way to collateralise their positions, and they’ve hired some very bright mathematicians to do it. Why would they gamble all of that by using the cheapest clearing house?”

Senior rates players believe fears of a race to the bottom among clearing houses has been overstated.

Political uncertainty causes surge in Kospi 200 Option trading

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