List of Market Makers/Liquidity Providers
Market Making obligations and Incentives
Stock Options
There are three types of market makers in HKEX’s stock options market:
- Primary Market Maker (PMM);
- Market maker providing continuous quotes (CQMM); and
- Market maker responding to quote request (QRMM).
For details of PMM Program, please refer to the hyperlink below:
http://www.hkex.com.hk/eng/market/dv_tradfinfo/pmm.htm
Below is a summary of the CQMM and QRMM program:
^No expiry week contracts will be listed if the weekly contracts would expire on the same day as the expiry day for spot month contracts
# Stock Options
CQMM should provide bid / offer quotes in at least 50 option series chosen from the following option series:
# Weekly Stock Options
CQMM should provide bid / offer quotes Not less than 30 series in total for spot week and next week contracts (or not less than 15 series if only one contract is available^ )
^No expiry week contracts will be listed if the weekly contracts would expire on the same day as the expiry day for spot month contracts
Market Maker Incentives for Stock Options