ProMatriX is the preferred trading platform of professional traders. The additional features and increased functionality are essential for serious traders that make full time trading a career. Additional trading tools and advanced order entry capabilities are a few of the reasons to upgrade to ProMatriX when you are serious about trading, the table below provides additional insight into the powerful platform of the professional.

Reasons to choose ProMatriX

Features Benefits Speed TradePortal has direct, high-speed connections to all market data sources and order entry systems, with no additional intermediaries. Customer orders are not routed through any middle participants, and are direct to the source. Minimized operational and administrative overhead Customers only need to connect to TradePortal. All connections are managed and processing for all market data sources and order entry systems are facilitated by TradePortal. Communication costs are reduced or eliminated, providing additional savings to the customer. Expandable TradePortal integrates new market data sources and order entry systems as they become available. The customer is able to immediately access them through the same interface and over the same connection. There is literally no additional effort on the part of the customer to gain access to these new sources as they become 'standardized' into the TradePortal network. Broker Neutral TradePortal is a software engineering company, specializing in trading network systems.  There is no bias with respect to order routing and there are no internalized orders. Permission based systems TradePortal is able to permission feeds to its customers in order for them to access only the sources they want and for which they are granted permission. These permissions can be changed at any time through a unique log off and log on sequence. Internalized Order Books Proprietary order books can be easily added to the One-View TM market montage. These  are made available on a permission basis. TradeSmartTM MarketMatriX includes the proprietary TradeSmart order entry interface, providing dynamic discovery of order entry features for each system. One-ViewTM The One-View application provides access to all order entry systems through a single connection using the FIX 4.2 interface. Fault Tolerance TradePortal has redundant connections to all sources and redundant servers for all processing.  All market data and execution information for the current trading day is completely recoverable.   Responsive TradePortal's team of highly experienced professional engineers are able to quickly add new features based on customers needs and requirements.

Additional Features Additional Benefits Integrated Trading Tabs Trade all liquidity instruments from one trading window Trade NASDAQ OTC, Over-the-Counter securities Trade NASDAQ OTC-BB - Bulletin Board securities Trade New York Stock Exchange - NYSE Listed securities Trade Options on all the available exchanges Futures Trading Coming soon Access fundamental data on NASDAQ and NYSE Companies Hot Keys Advanced Order Entry through keyboard stroke combinations, fully customizable and easy to use interface. Hot Key configurations can be exported, shared, and printed to view key names, actions and descriptions Rapid Point and Click Order Entry Mouse driven order entry through single and double click entries into the Level II montage.  Simply double- click on a Market Maker or ECN to load your preferred market participant, then single click to load your order price.  Click to Buy, Sell or Short a security. Order Defaults Order Default Settings for a single (local) trading window, Easy One Window Management set up includes control over: Shares, (adjustable to Open Position), Route, Order Type, Time In Force, Display quantity, Random Reserve, Discretion, Peg Type, Peg Offset and Account Reference Advanced Order Management System Set order entry conditions around a specific symbol.  The Intelligent symbol orders are based on pre-market, market and post-market trading.  The share size and market routes are determined around market conditions.   Ability to Trade or View Multiple Accounts Drop down list control provides swift, 'at-your-fingertip' access to multiple accounts. Use this feature to trade from different accounts or view any authorized trading activity at any time. ShowME Level II See your order displayed along with the rest of the market makers and ECN participants.  Your order is shown in the Level II Montage and highlighted for easy identification. Fast Order Edit Use the Rapid Order Edit Panel to join the Bid or Ask, or place your order immediately at the market.  The rapid edit panel provides the ability to increment or decrement an order instantly, and offers a customizable "bump" price window that can be used with keyboard arrows or a mouse. Conditional Orders Set conditions around orders and by account. Hold orders inactive or make them active instantly. Set triggers based on best bid/ask criteria at or above/below predetermined values or set trails. Execute buy/sell/short orders on any pre-selected route or choose the SMART route and proprietary algorithms will find the best available route(s) on which to send orders at the Market.  Set orders intra-day or for a month or even longer. Stop Order Use this feature to send an order to sell a stock when its price falls to a particular point, thus limiting loss (or locking in a profit). Also referred to as a stop-loss order. Stop orders can be used before leaving for holidays or entering a situation where you are unable to monitor your portfolio for an extended period of time. Trailing Stops Use this feature to send an order that is set at a percentage level below (for a long position) the market price. The price is adjusted as the price fluctuates. Good Till Cancel Orders Use this feature to send an order to buy or sell a security that will remain in the market until you decide to cancel it later. Standard Order Entry Types Direct Orders to any available system Place limit orders to ECN order books as well as "hit and take" Special Order Entry Types Sweep across all available order entry systems Reserve quantity features for order directed at any system Price discretion features for orders directed at any system Price pegging for orders directed at any system Intelligent Sweeps continuously search across liquidity sources based on real-time market data while minimizing market impact Intelligent Probes orders that will hunt for reserve and hidden quantity sequentially from all market makers and ECN's Flexible Portfolio Management View your account status by order messages, orders,  fills, trades, positions, or by average price.  View the status of all of your accounts from one completely integrated window. Execute Orders from Account Manager (BAIL) Flexible order management from the account manager allows a trader to exit positions quickly, (BAIL) by account, by position or by percentage basis. Trend Indicator The Trend Indicator records the last 8 ticks and displays the information in a graphical color band that gauges the near term tick trend Profile Sharing Create and Save an unlimited amount of layouts and store them as profiles on TradePortal's servers.  Access them from anywhere in the world, and from any computer.  You can share your trading profiles with friends or anyone in the TradePortal community. Instant Chat via MatrixMessenger Matrix Messenger is TradePortal's proprietary chat application. Immediate support is always available through this instant messenger interface.  TradePortal offers support through several departments and is "on demand". Completely Customizable Colors & Themes Advanced color chooser - allows for full customization of Montage Tier colors, ECN color tiers, Out of Range Quotes and Closed Quotes color settings, SHOW ME colors and Broker Highlight Color configurations. All color settings are enabled for background and text color configuring. Scroll bar and Montage Menu headers can be set for display or hidden status. Easy to change Font styles and sizes. Intelli-quotes Automatically puts bad market maker or ECN quotes at the bottom of level II montage in "Out of Range" status. Allows pre and post market ECN activity to display for trading before and after market hours. Linked Windows Quickly add additional Matrix trading tools that are instantly linked to the Trading Window TradeSmart TM TradeMatriX includes the proprietary TradeSmart order entry interface, providing dynamic discovery of order entry features for each system. One-View TM The One-View application provides access to all order entry systems through a single connection using the FIX 4.2 interface Panel Management Add, Remove and Arrange Trading Window Panels: Quotes Panel, Order Panel, Level II Panel,  and Rapid Edit Panel Select Quotes Add ECN depth of book quotes to the trading montage, Level II, Island Book, NYSE Open Book Display Order Confirmation Select On/Off pop-up dialog window that confirms the details of your order before sending it to the market automatically calculates the total dollar amount of the order  by multiplying share size by order price Manage Broker Highlights Highlight multiple combinations of Market Makers and ECN's in order to follow their activity Highlight MMID Highlight any single Market Maker or ECN in order to follow their activity Remove MMID Manually remove Market Maker or ECN if quotes are crossing or locking the market Column auto size Fast adjustment that resizes MMID, BID, ASK and SIZE columns into a "snap to fit window" view state

You will save time and money by not having to make hundreds of changes and expend valuable time working with outdated systems. And because TradePortal has Developed an ASP (Application Service Provider) model, your firm can be up and running with minimal effort and expense. TradePortal is more than a direct access technology company, we are a full solutions provider to the financial services community.