OptAxe is an FCA-authorised multilateral trading facility for OTC FX options, where you post and trade axes directly with your bilateral counterparties, with minimal market impact.
Partnering with market-makers to consolidate, distribute and post axes directly.
Trading discreetly with your trusted partners, not via a lit venue.
Managing risk via direct quotes with bilateral counterparties.
Curating your own hosted liquidity pools to uncover trading opportunities.
Uncovering liquidity pre-trade with minimal market impact.
Providing the regulatory standards of a multilateral trading facility for OTC trading.
Partnering with market-makers to consolidate, distribute and post axes directly.
Trading discreetly with your trusted partners, not via a lit venue.
Managing risk via direct quotes with bilateral counterparties.
Curating your own hosted liquidity pools to uncover trading opportunities.
Uncovering liquidity pre-trade with minimal market impact.
Providing the regulatory standards of a multilateral trading facility for OTC trading.
OptAxe facilitates the direct trading of OTC FX options between bilateral counterparties, under the regulatory framework of a multilateral trading facility. You can post and screen axes, request quotes, and execute with the counterparties you trust, all within an FCA-authorised environment.
Learn moreA multilateral trading facility, or MTF, is a regulated venue that brings together multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments. MTFs operate under core regulatory obligations comparable to exchanges, including transparency, surveillance and trade reporting. OptAxe is an MTF authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for the trading of OTC FX options.
Direct trading lets you deal with your chosen bilateral counterparties, rather than broadcasting your interest to a lit central order book. You keep control over who sees your axes and who you trade with, which reduces information leakage and market impact. On OptAxe, that direct model sits inside a regulated venue, so you gain discretion without giving up transparency or oversight.
A regulated venue gives institutional participants confidence that trading is conducted under clear rules, with surveillance, reporting and orderly-market obligations. For FX options, which trade over the counter, an MTF brings the structure and standards of regulated markets to bilateral trading. OptAxe operates under FCA authorisation, so participants trade within a supervised framework.
OptAxe provides a regulated venue for posting, screening and trading OTC FX option axes directly with bilateral counterparties. Participants can consolidate and distribute axes, request quotes, curate hosted liquidity pools, and execute bilaterally with minimal market impact. The venue handles the regulatory requirements of an MTF, including transparency and trade reporting.
