•Specialized Services: Covering more than 300 different markets on over 30 different Exchanges. Our order specialists are well versed in all foreign markets, call-around markets and specialty orders. We provide ‘call’ levels and news alerts. Orders are handled via phone or email/Bloomberg. We provide bulk order entry via spreadsheets and accept orders in email format.
•Customer Relationships: We understand the importance of creating a solid working relationship between the customer and our desk. We manage our customer’s information on an electronic rolodex; information such as authorized trader(s), specific instructions, trader’s requests and contact information. Knowing our customer is a priority.
•Managing Risk: Our staff is very alert to the risk/leverage involved with each order and understand the time sensitivity of specific orders. Re-caps are automated so that the customer is aware of order status in a timely manner.
•Communication: Our communication with customers allow us to efficiently recognize the customer’s needs and his instructions. We understand the importance of having solid communication between the customer and our desk.
Professional Services: We offer block accounts to traders that manage multiple accounts and have a streamlined give up process to provide traders with a single point of execution.
Order Types
•Contingent or OCO orders
•Iceberg Orders (hide size)
•Timed Orders
•Time Weighted Average Price
•Volume Weighted Average Price
•Building Inter-market Spreads
•Building 3‐way and 4‐way Strategies
•Covered Options / Synthetics
•Block Trades
•Call-around option markets
•TAS Orders (trade at settlement)
•MOC (market on close -electronically)
•MOO (market on open -electronically)
•Accepting orders via our Desk email or via Bloomberg
•‘Bulk’ Order entry via spreadsheets
•Discretionary Orders
•Strips and Packs
Desk Set Up and Clarity
Desk is staffed from 3:30pm on Sunday thru 5:00pm Friday
U.S. session staffed with 6 clerks, 3 on Asian Shift and 3 on European Shift.
Clerks working on our desk have an average of 14 yrs. experience in the execution business.
Re-capping order status and attention to detail in the allocation process is paramount.
Quick access to Customer’s instructions allows us to become an extension of the trader in fulfilling his needs.
Bulk order entry allows our clerks to upload hundreds of orders directly into our trading platforms in less than a minute.
Service is ‘hands-on’ –we are always in contact with our customers providing them with pertinent information.
Trading Platforms used: -PATs, T/T, EOS (option strategies), Barclays, CQG.