Ord Minnett broker Mr Andrew Staehli placed a $90,000 order for a "high risk" options trade for an investor with no permanent address, contacting him only through a post office box, a hotel telephone number or an answering service, a Sydney court heard yesterday.

Giving evidence in the trial of Macquarie Bank executive director Simon Hannes, Mr Staehli said a man giving the name Mark Booth telephoned him on September 17, 1996, and said he wanted to buy November $2 call options for transport group TNT.