Orc Trading for Volatility Trading

Market participant interest in volatility trading has never been greater. Proprietary trading firms and bank trading desks are seeking to profit amid the most unpredictable automated market climate witnessed. Traders are attempting to take advantage of differences in implied volatility and future forecasts for realized volatility of the option underlyings and generate real returns for their desks. 

Orc Software’s volatility trading tools are increasingly being called on by these firms in all major global markets to increase profits and provide extensive real-time pricing & risk analytics, order validation & limits, multi-market liquidity access for trading exchange listed options (predominantly equity options and fixed income options) and hedging with cash and futures.

Orc Trading for Volatility Trading gives firms:

• Scalable trading system
• Low-latency execution
• Pricing models / API for all traded products & asset classes
• Volatility models / API for all traded products & asset classes
• Portfolio reports & simulation tools
• Order validation & limits
• Auto hedging
• Flexible risk analytics
• Multi-market access
• Flexible, open Orc Protocol