Focused on Options Execution

Built on proven infrastructure, we offer an innovative model that unites efficiency, flexibility and transparency. Our mission is simple: deliver deeper liquidity, tighter spreads and price improvement for institutional trading desks.

Strategic
market maker partners

Optimal is backed by four of the world’s leading options market makers: Optiver, Virtu Financial, Akuna Capital and Belvedere Trading. Their support and shared commitment provide a robust foundation for growth and ensure alignment with the industry’s most sophisticated desks.
Efficient Execution, Collective Improvement:

Our vision for the options market

In markets, competition drives progress. This concept is the reason Optimal exists. Our competition for order flow (CFOF) model brings leading market makers together to compete for each order – rewarding price improvement and creating a virtuous cycle of deeper liquidity and ideally better outcomes. That same spirit defines our broader vision: a fairer, more efficient options ecosystem where all participants benefit from transparency and access. By bridging once-separate liquidity channels, we’re building an environment where everyone gains from stronger, more dynamic markets. And through a relentless commitment to innovation, improvement and client service, we’re setting a new standard for options execution.
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Frequently asked questions

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What is Optimal Market Technologies, and how does it fit within the options ecosystem?

Optimal is a registered broker-dealer focused on options execution. The firm operates both an institutional-grade options ATS and an execution services platform, combining advanced algorithms, smart routing and a wide range of operational efficiencies.

Optimal’s wholesaling business brings leading market makers together to compete for retail order flow on our platform – where the market maker delivering the greatest price improvement is awarded additional flow. The opportunity to access these orders creates a highly attractive execution environment for liquidity providers, who also participate and deepen the available liquidity on our options ATS for institutions.
Optimal is backed by four of the world’s leading options market makers: Optiver, Virtu Financial, Akuna Capital and BSC Ventures. Their involvement provides not just financial support but also structural liquidity and expertise, reinforcing Optimal’s position as a venue built to serve the most demanding institutions.
Optimal operates as an SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA member, maintaining rigorous cybersecurity, risk management and reporting controls. Institutional clients also benefit from integrated clearing and operational support.

The core engine is a low-latency C++ system, proven in production for more than a decade.

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