Optiver, a leading global market maker, announced a strong set of financial results for the year 2025, as the company marked its 40th anniversary. The firm reported a net profit of €1.769 billion attributable to equity holders for 2025, up 29% from the previous year (€1.369 billion). Net trading income for 2025 rose to €4.556 billion, an increase of 30% versus 2024 (€3.494 billion). Optiver ended the year in a strong financial position, with total equity of €5.490 billion compared with €4.905 billion at the end of 2024.

“Our ambition is clear: to continue strengthening our position as a global liquidity provider, without compromising risk discipline.“
Jan Boomaars, Optiver CEO

2025 in review

Despite an uncertain and shifting market environment, Optiver remained a consistent and reliable provider of liquidity. High volumes and price swings across asset classes and regions in recent years have sharpened the firm’s pricing, execution and risk management capabilities. The firm’s continued investment in technology – especially artificial intelligence (AI), data and compute – positioned Optiver well for fast-changing markets.

Against this backdrop, Optiver delivered strong financial results. The firm’s performance during the year was driven partly by prevailing market conditions and partly by disciplined execution across the firm.

Across our core franchises, we defended our position in highly competitive markets and gained market share in others. We entered new business areas and deepened our presence in U.S. capital markets, opening a new office in New York and expanding our trading activities in new asset classes.

Two themes stood out. First, the growing importance of systematic, data- and research powered trading. Second, the increasing application of artificial intelligence.

Optiver continued to invest in market structure and financial infrastructure through its Principal Strategic Investments portfolio. These investments are closely aligned with our core business, providing early access to developments in trading, data and connectivity.

Over the past year, we have expanded our portfolio across key areas. This included investments in JapanNext, a leading alternative trading venue in Japan; Digital Asset, the company behind the Canton Network; McKay Brothers, a leader in ultra-low latency market data and connectivity; Nasdaq Private Market, an institutional-grade secondary trading venue for private companies; and Optimal, a new U.S. listed options execution platform.

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About Optiver

Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam, with offices in London, Chicago, Austin, New York, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Mumbai. Established in 1986, today we are a leading liquidity provider, with more than 2,000 employees in offices around the world, united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricing, execution and risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign currencies.