Type Private Headquarters City of London Number of employees 5 | Website www.oakfutures.com Founded 2009 | |
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Industry Capital markets
Proprietary trading
Market maker Key people Steve J. Roberts, Founding Partner
Julian B. Cowley, Head of Market Making
Dan Cousins, CEO Services Financial broker, Online trading, Futures, Options Motto 'A Market Leader in Energy Futures and Options' | ||
Oak Futures, or Oak Futures Ltd, are a proprietary trading and electronic market making firm based in City of London, United Kingdom. A Regional Office is located in Bromley, Kent.
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History
The firm was founded in 2009 by Steve J. Roberts and Julian B. Cowley; former International Petroleum Exchange traders in London.
Description
The firm's business areas incorporate proprietary trading and electronic market making, and specializes in the trading of Financial Futures and Energy Futures across multiple electronic exchanges including Chicago Mercantile Exchange, NYMEX, IntercontinentalExchange and NYSE Euronext and Eurex. In total the firm has connectivity to over 70 global electronic futures exchanges through multiple trading platforms including those from Trading Technologies, IntercontinentalExchange, Stellar Trading Systems and CQG.
The firm specialises in Energy Trading Products predominantly Brent Crude Oil, West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil, Gas Oil, Oman Crude Oil, Emissions and Heating Oil.
Office Locations
Oak Futures Ltd Headquarters is based in the City of London, Cheapside. The firm also has regional office in Bromley, Kent.
Operations
The firm utilises ULL (Ultra Low Latency) feeds from multiple electronic exchanges located worldwide. These ULL feeds power their trading technology applications providing DMA (Direct Market Access) coverage across the globe. All products and exchange connectivity is supported by a London-based Electronic Trading Support team.