Barcap survey shows options e-commerce still lags behind

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Of the 400 clients that were surveyed by the bank, just 74, or 18.5% said they had traded foreign exchange options electronically. This contrasted with forex forwards, spot and swaps, which saw 50%, 80% and 37% e-traded respectively.

Fewer customers traded FX options electronically than over the phone, while for the other transaction types, more customers traded online. Barcap's head of FX, Ivan Ritossa, predicted this was likely to change in the near future, with new online FX offerings such as

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