Appeared on June 16, 2008
Technology makes it easier and more efficient for large institutional investors like mutual funds to make options trades.“The key word is liquidity,” said Ed Nelling, an associate professor of finance at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. “The purpose of this new [technology] is it's designed to allow these large investors, when they have big trades, to set a price that will be a reasonable price for them.”