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4.15.2022 CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANSISCO | XFA will be closed in observance of Good Friday.

2.21.22 | CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO XFA will be closed in observance of Presidents Day.

1.17.2022 | CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO | XFA will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

12.24.2021 CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO | XFA will be closed in observance of Christmas.

11.25.2021 CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO | XFA will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving.

9.6.2021 CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO | XFA will be closed in observance of Labor Day.

11.13.2020 CHICAGO | XFA is proud to announce we have joined Marex Spectron as a division of Marex Spectron’s North American team. Click Here for more info

XFA Managing Director, Bill Looney chats with TD Ameritrade’s Oliver Renick about options strategies and volatility. Check out the interview here. https://tdameritradenetwork.com/video/rB4AoXR2GbuBdHmJopEA0g

8.10.2020 CHICAGO: XFA’s Euro Dollar Team is thrilled to be back on the trading floor at the CME. The CME is reopening the trading floor in stages, beginning with the Euro Dollar. The CME looks a little different and features … Continue reading →

XFA is proud to support Help for Children through our annual contribution. Help For Children (HFC) and the Alternative Investment industry have together been fighting child abuse since 1998. As a global foundation, HFC is committed to the prevention and … Continue reading →

4.15.2020 CHICAGO A Letter from the XFA Executive Office Click Here to view

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XFA is pleased to sponsor The 36th Annual Cboe Risk Management Conference in Bonita Springs, Florida. XFA Managing Member, Timothy Hendricks (CME/CBOT), will attend along with Joe Buffo (Director of Business Development), Bill Looney (Managing Director) and Andy Geye (Director … Continue reading →

12.25.2019 | CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO: XFA will be closed in observance of Christmas Day.

XFA Managing Director, Bill Looney will present “Sourcing Liquidity and Assessing Markets,” at Cboe Risk Management Conference Tel Aviv. Bill Looney will be joined by Robert Hocking, Senior Vice President, Cboe Global Markets during the presentation. XFA proudly sponsors this … Continue reading →

11.28.2019 | CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO: XFA will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving.

XFA Managing Director, Bill Looney will participate in Jon & Pete Najarian’s Las Vegas Trading Conference panel discussing “Trading in a Big Data World.” XFA Managing Partner, William “Duke” Ellington will also be in attendance. XFA is proud to sponsor … Continue reading →

XFA is pleased to sponsor the 8th Annual Cboe Risk Management Conference Europe. XFA is pleased to sponsor the 8th Annual Cboe Risk Management Conference Europe in Munich, Germany. XFA Managing Partner, William “Duke” Ellington (CBOE), along with XFA Managing … Continue reading →

The Emergence Project, (a program of Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York),  is a six-week internship program available for inner city foster children in New York City. The goal of The Emergence Project is both to provide … Continue reading →

XFA Managing Partner, William “Duke” Ellington will participate in the 7th Annual Israel Hedge Fund Association Conference Panel, “Hedging Israeli Markets Using Global Products.”  Mr. Ellington will be joined by XFA Managing Partner, Peter Scheffler, and XFA Managing Director, William … Continue reading →

XFA Managing Partners are pleased to welcome Bill Looney – former Vice President, Head of Index Options Strategy at Cboe Global Markets.  Bill will join the XFA team as Managing Director – Head of Global Business Development. In this role, … Continue reading →

XFA Managing Partner William “Duke” Ellington will participate in OIC’s panel, “Institutional Execution and Liquidity.” The Panel will focus on, “Discussion of leading execution firms who are changing how institutional liquidity is being found and executed today. The discussion will … Continue reading →

XFA is pleased to sponsor the 35th Annual CBOE RMC in Carlsbad, California. XFA Managing Partner, William “Duke” Ellington along with XFA Managing Director, Chris Bankovitch, and XFA Customized Option Specialist, Billy O’Keefe look forward to attending this premier event.

X-Change Financial Access is pleased to announce the approval of our membership on the MIAX Options Exchange effective November 28th, 2018. This membership positions us to provide the same exceptional service to our client’s in MIAX proprietary volatility products. The … Continue reading →

XFA is pleased to sponsor and participate in the first CBOE RMC in Tel Aviv. William “Duke” Ellington, XFA Managing Partner, (CBOE), will participate on the panel The Future of Equity Derivative Markets. Mr. Ellington looks forward to attending this … Continue reading →

GSA supports the local Atlanta community, which predominantly includes children’s education and financial education for local adults who are transitioning back to the workforce.

XFA is pleased to sponsor and participate in the 7th Annual  CBOE RMC Europe in Wicklow, Ireland. XFA Managing Partner, (CME) Peter Scheffler,  XFA VIX Options Manager, (CBOE)  John O’Grady and XFA U.S. Options Specialist, Paul O’Donnell  look forward to … Continue reading →

XFA is proud to sponsor the 34th Annual CBOE RMC in Bonita Springs, Florida. Ed Lynn, (XFA COO), Joe Buffo, (XFA Director of New Business Development), and Bill O’Keefe, ( XFA Director of Derivatives and Customized Options), look forward to … Continue reading →

XFA is pleased to sponsor the 3rd Annual CBOE RMC Asia in Hong Kong. Paul O’Donnell, XFA Global Marketing Manager, (London),  and Chengyu Ouyang, XFA VP International Business Development, (Chicago/CME), will attend the 3rd Annual CBOE RMC in Hong Kong. … Continue reading →

XFA Managing Partner, William “Duke” Ellington, is pleased to participate on the CBOE RMC Panel on Sourcing Liquidity in Index Option Markets with other esteemed panelists. The Panel  on Sourcing Liquidity in Index Option Markets will take place at 9:15am-10:30am … Continue reading →

XFA and XFA Global London will sponsor and participate in the 6th Annual CBOE RMC Europe at The Grove Hotel in Hertsfordshire, UK. Managing Partner (CBOE), William Ellington and Managing Partner (CME), Peter Scheffler will attend and look forward to … Continue reading →

Bill O’Keefe, XFA Director of Derivatives & Customized Options, will participate in the Panel for Options and Volatility Based Solutions for Insurance Companies at the Chicago Board Options Exchange  Risk Management Conference in Dana Point, California on March 10. XFA … Continue reading →

XFA is pleased to participate and sponsor Hedge Funds Care Southeast’s  Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit at the Atlanta History Center Museum. Since 1998, Help For Children (HFC), has worked to prevent and treat child abuse, both at … Continue reading →

XFA, CBOE and Bloomberg are pleased to host The 7th Annual Equity Volatility Symposium at Bloomberg’s offices in London. XFA Global Managing Directors, Paul O’Donnell and Jonathon Glassock, along with XFA Director of Derivatives & Customized Options, Bill O’Keefe will … Continue reading →

XFA Global Marketing Director, Paul O’Donnell will present, “Opportunities and Challenges: Chinese Entrepreneurs and Sino-UK Businesses,” on October 21 at London School of Economics and Political Science. This event is geared to help LSE students who are interested in starting … Continue reading →

XFA and XFA Global are pleased to sponsor the 5th Annual CBOE RMC Europe in Wicklow, Ireland. XFA Managing Partner, Duke Ellington (CBOE/Chicago), XFA Managing Partner, Pete Scheffler (CME/Chicago), XFA Managing Director, Ed Lynn (AMEX/New York), and XFA Global Director … Continue reading →

X-CHANGE FINANCIAL ACCESS, LLC (“XFA”), is pleased to announce that beginning on August 1, 2016 we will provide customers access to the ETH session for both SPX and VIX options. In response to the recent market volatility associated with the … Continue reading →

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On April 18, 2016 William O’Keefe, XFA Director of Derivative and Customized Options, executed the first order on the newly listed Flex Option with Asian style settlement on the CBOE. CBOE listed the FLEX index option with Asian and Cliquet … Continue reading →