LightFX On-Demand Aggregation Service

LightFX, TraderTools’ revolutionary, on-demand aggregation service features:

• Proven ability to generate Alpha
• Fully-disclosed, relationship-based FX pricing
• Capacity to work with any prime broker
• Cost-effective alternative to traditional anonymous FX trading
• Reduced upfront and operational costs for liquidity takers
• No transactional costs and full transparency for liquidity providers

LightFX, the world’s first fully-disclosed, relationship-based FX pricing and aggregation service, helps traders generate Alpha. The prime-based, on-demand service is a more cost-effective alternative to traditional anonymous FX trading venues which charge both liquidity takers and providers. With LightFX, liquidity takers receive relationship pricing at significantly reduced upfront and operational cost. Liquidity providers, which are not charged for the service, deliver full transparency and benefit from the ability to differentiate themselves from their competition.

Hosting for LightFX is co-located at Equinix NY4 in the US and at Equinix LD4 in the UK, the optimal datacenters for FX liquidity.

LightFX Dealing Pad showing full market depth

LightFX Liquidity Aggregation features:

• Widest market coverage
• Flexible and intuitive GUI
• Complete range of order and execution types
• Smart Order Routing (SOR)

Widest market coverage

Dealers need access to as much quality liquidity as possible. The LightFX FX Liquidity Aggregation platform supports over 20 APIs from the world’s largest liquidity providers, with no limitation on the number of currency pairs.

Flexible and intuitive GUI

Our customizable Graphic User Interface (GUI) allows dealers to customize their views of the market. It features:

• Consolidation of all available liquidity channels onto a single screen
• Full-depth view – including internal orders sorted by market and size
• Depth-by-size view – with configurable pre-set sizes
• Depth-by-price-level view – with configurable pre-set tiers
• Ability to see VWAP prices
• Single-click or multiple-click dealing
• Order and execution status blotters
• Saveable user profiles
• Integrated trading keypad

Complete range of order and execution types

A diverse set of order and execution types means dealers can take liquidity how they want it, when they want it. LightFX Liquidity Aggregation supports:

• Market, Limit, Stop, etc.
• GTC, IOC, AON, POK, etc.
• The creation of more complex order-routing rules

Smart Order Routing (SOR)

LightFX SOR receives full liquidity in real time and constantly monitors the tiered bids and offers from different venues, according to predefined order rules. When a match is found, it immediately executes the order on the appropriate venue.

Full-service FX trading on-demand

You can look at LightFX as your very own internal ECN. You supply the prime broker. We supply a full service offering with connectivity to the top liquidity providers, for the most competitive pricing.

The market is demanding fully-disclosed, relationship-based pricing and we are listening.

To see a live demo of LightFX, click here.