FCT Group Founded in Chicago

FCT is established as a Chicago local market-making firm, rapidly becoming a major participant in futures and options markets. The group evolved into a globally recognised proprietary trading and investment organisation with offices in Chicago, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai.

Expansion Into Global Derivatives Markets

Throughout the 1990s, FCT built an international footprint. Individual FCT companies become members of major global exchanges, including the CME, CBOT, EUREX, MATIF, SGX, and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, while regulated by the CFTC, SEC, FCA, MAS, and FSC.

Peak Market Share & Options Dominance

FCT’s trading operations reach their peak scale. At its height, FCT accounted for nearly 20% of CME options market volume, becoming one of the largest independent market-making groups globally

FCT Group Evolves

As global markets consolidate, FCT expands into private equity, venture capital, hedge fund investment, and real estate — while continuing to operate its professional proprietary trading divisions in the UK and internationally.

European Growth & New Trading Models

FCT Europe (London) grew into the group’s primary European operation, housing many of the group’s futures and options traders and becoming a central hub for developing new professional trading models.

This period sees the foundations laid for what would later become Axia’s modern training and development frameworks.

New Direction & Modernisation of the Trading Model

2016 marks a new chapter in the evolution of the group’s London trading operations, with a renewed focus on building structured trader development pathways, modern futures methodologies, and strengthened professional desk expansion.

This period establishes the modern foundations of the trader development frameworks that later shaped Axia Market Pro’s proprietary trading model — without implying that prop trading began here.

Expansion to Endsleigh Street, London

The London trading floor relocates to Endsleigh Street, creating significantly more capacity and enabling the development of a more formalised, scalable training environment.

Formalisation of the Axia Pro Development Pathway

The structured blueprint for developing elite traders is formalised. These frameworks become the backbone of Axia’s graduate and professional trading models.

Rebrand to Axia Markets Pro

The group undergoes a strategic rebrand to Axia Markets Pro, aligning the brand with its global professional identity and the modern training philosophy that had been refined in previous years.

Cyprus Trading Floor Opens (Limassol)

Axia opens a state-of-the-art futures trading floor in Limassol, establishing a second European hub focused on professional development, international recruitment, and global expansion.

State-of-the-Art Growth

The Cyprus office doubles in size with a second floor and in-house wellness facilities. AMP integrates institutional-grade analytics across all trading floors.

Multi-Strategy Strength

AMP evolves into a true multi-strategy firm—supporting directional, spread-based, and relative value trading with proprietary evaluation and support systems.

Axia Markets Pro: A Global Futures Trading Network

Today, Axia consists of 150+ active traders worldwide, operating across London, Limassol, and multiple partner offices — built on:

• 40 years of futures & options experience
• Elite trader development frameworks
• A global FCT legacy

A modern, scalable proprietary trading model