Japan's Dot Commodity Offers Low Latency Trading on X_Trader

Author Paul Holmes

Dot Commodity, Inc. (Dot), Japan's premier commodity futures broker, is pleased to announce the launch of a low latency connectivity service to the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) for Trading Technologies' X_TRADER(R), a Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real Read this Term for professional traders, from July 30, 2012. Dot has selected KVH Co., Ltd. (KVH) as the service provider for the new low-latency connectivity environment, and will Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term KVH's proximity solutions, a combination of data center, network and managed IT services to achieve ultra low latency at one-tenth or less of existing TOCOM connectivity services.

Dot will install dedicated servers, Autospreader Strategy Engine (ASE) and Algo Strategy Engine (Algo SE), at the KVH proximity hosting data center to enable the order functionality of X_TRADER(R). This will provide traders with ultra low-latency order execution through a dedicated server within the same location. KVH's low-latency connectivity environment and proximity solutions will also be available for other trading platforms through Dot.

The expansion of its low-latency services will allow Dot to address the growing needs of High Frequency Trading (HFT) markets and accelerate business from professional traders and prop firms in Japan as well as other Asian markets. Commodity futures trading markets have become increasingly more important for financial markets as global trading volume continues to grow with frequent price fluctuations in crude oil, gold, and grains. Also, the HFT environment in Japan and Asia is rapidly evolving with major exchanges currently introducing next-generation trading platforms and revising their trading schemes.

KVH, a TOCOM designated proximity service vendor, has developed a proximity hosting environment suited for ultra low latency trade execution from a single point to multiple exchanges using its high-speed optical fiber networks and data center strategically located in proximity of the major exchanges. Leveraging KVH proximity solutions, Dot can rapidly and efficiently provide traders with the lowest latency connectivity environment in Japan.