BATS Trading has recently hired Jeromee Johnson, formerly of 3D Markets, an options "dark pool", to assess the viability of a BATS Options market.

Johnson, who formerly worked as an analyst at the Tabb Group, is an expert in the options industry and will be exploring the regulatory issues in the options area. A number of regulatory issues are up for review in the options space, such as the Options Linkage Plan, the Citadel petition for rule making regarding access fees, the likely expansion of penny pricing, the official dollar strikes, or making sure they have a firm market maker exemption to the new short-sell rules.

Johnson will be based in Kansas City.