Hello, what are the market opportunities for your platform?
Hello,
The total derivatives market capitalization to date is an approximate amount of
$20.7 Trillion, as a low end estimate, and up to a staggering
$1.2 Quadrillion as a high end estimate.
Options are a type of derivatives agreement/contract between two parties pertaining to the gain exposure on the direction and market movement in an underlying asset or instrument. Options are typically traded on exchanges. Just in the US alone, total options contracts volume reached
3.1 Billion from January September 2017 YTD.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), one of the largest derivative exchanges in the world; achieved a volume of
78.8 Million options contracts just solely in the month of October 2017, a mere fraction when compared to the potential estimated total derivatives market, especially when combined with estimated volumes in the OTC markets.
For the most part, options contracts traded in large exchanges and OTC markets that have market liquidity are not directly accessible to retail individuals. Instead, these retail individuals have to make trades through a broker or brokerage firm that has access to the exchanges or OTC markets.
