Case Studies | OptionsCity

A large local market making firm

Challenge:

Finding a faster system where they could trade across multiple exchanges.

Solution:

OptionsCity® Metro allowed the firm to trade multiple assets on one system with their own proprietary pricing model. This solution allows them to price spreads electronically, auto-execute, and auto-hedge their trades, in addition to coordinating pit pricing with screen traders across multiple products, exchanges, and different cities.

FX Floor Trader and Remote Market Maker

Challenge:

A local currency pit trader and electronic maker wanted to trade remotely from a handheld tablet

Solution:

OptionsCity® Metro not only provided the solution of trading remotely, but also the ability to price strategies and spreads instantaneously, hedge futures electronically, quickly enter pit trades to the OptionsCity risk manager, and send messages to his partner.

Institutional Trading Desk at a Large Bank

Challenge:

A trading group within a large bank had a specific trading strategy they wanted to execute and their in-house application didn’t offer enough flexibility to accomplish this.

Solution:

OptionsCity®Metro’s socket-based API allowed the group to auto-hedge their equity options. Metro’s flexible system, combined with the customer’s vision allowed this unique solution to work.