Tower Trading Group Selects OptionsCity's Metro Platform

London-headquartered institutional broker Tower Trading Group (TTG) ‎has selected OptionsCity’s Metro, a low-latency futures and ‎options 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 deployed seamlessly via the web, to promote‎ its options trading and market-making, according to a company statement.‎

OptionsCity Software is a Chicago-based provider of futures and options trading and ‎analytics solutions, operational since 2008. The company recently ‎updated its Metro platform to offer an in-between option to ‎building or buying new software, and introduced Metro Now, which allows users ‎to download task-specific widgets in the platform. ‎

The Risk Management Risk Management One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, Read this Term team of TTG will also utilize Metro’s valuation ‎models and post-execution tools across all of options markets, including those with less liquid products, to evaluate and monitor its risk on a continuous ‎real-time basis. The modular architecture of Metro will allow TTG to scale its usage ‎of the platform and automate its processes as business continues to grow.

Commenting on acquiring yet another customer in London, Hazem Dawani, CEO of OptionsCity, said: "We are excited to add another prestige trading firm as a customer in London and we look forward to working closely with Tower Trading Group as they roll out their deployment of Metro. We have been seeing a high demand in Europe where firms are looking for superior functionality and low-latency access to the US and European markets. The addition of Tower Trading Group is a great testament to the strength of our products."

Jonathan Taylor, CEO of Tower Trading Group, added: "After a thorough review of options trading platforms, we chose OptionsCity Metro for its turn-key, low-latency architecture. In addition to the out-of-the-box features for trading and risk management, OptionsCity APIs will enable us to extend the platform as our operation continues to expand. OptionsCity has proven itself as a market leader. Their global connectivity, superlative trading and risk functionality, robust implementation and expert support were critical factors in the selection process."