FX options remain one of the least electronified areas of FX, with pricing and workflow integration still heavily manual across most desks. Yet progress is accelerating: more consistent dealer pricing formats, wider use of electronic RFQ for vanillas, and early attempts to streamline ticketing and post-trade workflows are slowly shifting buy-side expectations.

This panel examines where tangible improvements are happening today, why certain steps- such as volatility handling, custom structures and risk warehousing- remain harder to electronify, and what “practical automation” actually looks like for a buy-side desk. Speakers will assess data limitations, fragmented liquidity, current platform constraints and what a realistic electronic/voice hybrid model could look like over the next few years.