Who needs Orc Trading for
Algorithmic Trading

• When creating proprietary trading strategies, would you be able to better implement your trading ideas if you could use an industry-standard, powerful coding language?
• Would you be able to reduce your strategy development time if you could easily reuse strategies developed for one market across new markets?
• Would your custom trading strategies be more successful if they were deployed on an ultra-low latency, automated trading platform that rapidly responds to market updates?

Orc Solution → Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading’s Java-based development environment provides a powerful and flexible language for trading strategy development. This development environment is coupled with the ultra-low latency Orc Trading platform for extremely rapid response to fast markets.

• When supporting trading applications, would you be able to reduce support effort if you could leverage the same algorithmic trading platform across multiple exchanges and asset classes?
• Could you meet demands to increase trading by providing a scalable trading platform that can grow as your business expands?

Orc Solution → Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading’s server-based trading environment with over 100 market gateways.

• When evaluating growth opportunities could you grow your trading business if you had easy access to new derivatives markets?
• Could you improve profitability if you leveraged your proven trading strategies to new asset classes and trading venues?
• Could you reduce costs if you could take advantage of a high-performance algorithmic trading engine that allowed your traders to easily automate and scale their trading?

Orc Solution → Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading with multi-market access and a scalable, cross asset-class trading platform.

Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading Success Story

MANAGING DIRECTOR AT A HEDGE FUND

The Managing Director at a hedge fund that was looking for new market opportunities selected and deployed Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading to develop an ETF quoting strategy that could be leveraged by their many traders.  Each trader was able to leverage built-in strategies for further on-the-fly customization, while monitoring a greater volume of contracts. The traders could then pool their hedging requirements resulting in greater productivity and profitability for the firm.

• When executing trades, would you be able to win more trades at the best market price if you could rely on a trading engine that monitored the market and executed your trade almost instantaneously using your own trading strategy?
• Could your trading desk execute more winning trades if they could automate their trading logic on an ultra-low latency trading platform?
• Would you be more successful if your focus was developing trading logic rather than worrying about the trading infrastructure?

Orc Solution → Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading’s ultra-low latency algorithmic trading engine with an open trading strategy development environment using the industry-standard Java programming language.

Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading Success Story

HEAD OF TRADING DESK AT A PROPRIETARY TRADING FIRM

The Head of Trading Desk at a proprietary trading firm was using a point and click trading application which resulted in missed trades and reduced profits. Orc Trading for Algorithmic Trading was deployed giving the firm automated trading strategy capabilities resulting in a dramatic increase in profitable trades.