Online Trading Technology

The BESTDirect trading platform, one of the most user-friendly online order entry systems in the futures industry, has launched a new version.  The BESTDirect 8.0 platform gives you dynamic order management functionality with DOM-style order entry and aggregate account information.  It was built with the features that professional traders demand - ease of operation and risk control.  With the "Classic" view, resembling the original BESTDirect 7.x platforms, it's the perfect trading application for beginners or seasoned BESTDirect veterans.  Learn More >>

RCG Onyx® is a state-of-the-art trading platform that enables you to trade global futures products electronically.  Based on extensive input from traders, brokers and technologists, RCG developed the next generation of the platform RCG Onyx® 2, to be even faster as well as more robust and customizable.  Learn More >>

MF Global Express is a highly distributable internet trading platform developed and supported in-house by MF Global Inc.  The server hardware is housed at both the MF Global data center and at the disaster recovery site in Matteson, Illinois.  FIX and XML API available.  Streaming electronic and floor quotes are available.  Learn More >>

J-Trader® is one of the most widely used trading platforms on the market today.  It is offered as both an Internet-based platform and a downloadable application, providing access to electronic markets around the globe.  It features full pre-trade risk management, market depth, multi-exchange spreading, one-click trading, trailing stops, brackets and much more.  The platform has customizable windows and real-time profit and loss.  Learn More >>

This is the platform with a large following among professional and institutional traders  TT's X_Trader® is a sophisticated platform that satisfies the "need for speed" from the most demanding electronic traders.  The platform has a number of unique features including, customizable calendar and  intercommodity spreads, market maker functionality, interface with Excel spreadsheets and other analytics.  It also supports new order types, including stop markets and stop limits with trigger quantities, timed orders, Market on Open, Market if Touched, Limit if Touched and Iceberg orders.  Learn More >>

CQG™ has long been a leading venor of advanced charting, quote and market analysis systems.  They now offer a full featured professional trading application.  Subscribers to their charting and quoting services can use this platform for trading at no additional cost.  They also offer a trading-only package at an attractive per contract or monthly unlimited rate.  The CQG platform offers portfolio-based risk controls and support for futures and options trading on a wide range of electronic and open outcry trading venues.  Learn More >> 

RANorder, from Rolfe and Nolan, has been a staple of the brokerage community for over 10 years. RANorder is one of a few platforms on the market providing access to both electronic and open outcry products.  RANorder routes directly to broker workstations in many markets, avoiding the time delays and error potential for orders routed through trading desks. It is the number one choice among brokers who enter orders on behalf of customers and clients who trade across a broad spectrum of futures products. RANorder is designed to rapidly and accurately capture customer orders, update the customer's account and route the orders to the proper exchanges.  Learn More >>

NinjaTrader was specifically developed to meet the needs of active electronic  traders and is now recognized as an industry benchmark for order entry and trade management.  NinjaTrader's innovative Advanced Trade Management (ATM) technology protects  open positions through predefined strategies that you can create yourself.  This process semi-automates stop loss and profit target brackets on order entry, trailing stops, auto-breakeven stops, and much more.    It features a SuperDOM price ladder and an advanced charting package.  Streaming quotes supplied by a variety of pricing engines, depending on the Clearing Firm used.  Learn More >>

Strategy Runner™ is a high performance, advanced trading platform that specializes in fully automated trading. Traders can develop their own strategies, lease third-party strategies, or trade with "gurus" in real time with full control over all strategy execution. With over 40 different indicators and real-time charts, Strategy Runner™ equips you with sophisticated analytical tools.  Strategy Runner™ is typically used by traders who lease auto-trading systems.  Learn More >>