Electronic Trading

Advanced Execution Tools. Sophisticated Technology. Broad Access.

Keeping You Competitive in Global Markets.

Access our market-leading expertise in the global electronic trading arena. Leverage our leading-edge technology, innovative infrastructure, and exceptional support and resources to respond to your most critical needs.

We provide a comprehensive global trading platform, offering connections to maximum sources of liquidity in over 65 electronic markets, as well as exchanges, ECNs, crossing networks and dark pools.

At ConvergEx, global electronic trading is all about best results – about putting you in control, to get the results you want.

Our Capabilities

As a leading provider of global execution services for institutional investors, our mandate is to provide advanced, customized trading solutions tailored to our clients’ specific requirements. We provide superior multi-asset class electronic execution in equities, U.S. exchange-listed options and ADRs/GDRs.

We know what you want. We deliver what you need.

In today’s rapidly changing global markets, liquidity opportunities seem to be everywhere. But finding and leveraging the right opportunities – targeted to specific trading objectives – is becoming increasingly complex. All light, all dark, a combination of the two? Algorithms, crossing engines, Advanced DMA tools, execution management systems? All of the above? These are just a few of the questions facing institutional traders as they seek best execution in a constantly shifting global execution landscape.

We know what you want – reliable and anonymous sourcing of deep liquidity. With our broad access, proven capabilities and conflict-free position, we help you take advantage of maximum liquidity, while seeking best execution in every major electronic market.

Our comprehensive liquidity management tools enable anonymous access to dark pools, crossing engines, sophisticated algorithmic trading, advanced direct market access order types, performance measurement tools and robust execution management systems – all seamlessly delivered to our clients’ workstations. And our powerful, proprietary technologies help you maximize your trades in a range of markets worldwide and adjust dynamically as global market conditions develop and change over the course of the trading day – all designed to help you remain competitive and flexible.

Your single source for liquidity.

Our liquidity management tools are some of the most advanced in the industry, specifically designed to help traders have more choice and control over their execution strategies while addressing cost, timing, performance and market structure requirements. We offer a broad array of robust technologies to support our clients’ investment objectives:

ConvergEx Cross^SM - our robust crossing engine that provides anonymous execution at the midpoint with natural buy- side contraparties

VortEx^SM - our agency dark liquidity pool that uniquely aggregates internal and external dark liquidity into a single pool accessible by both streaming and resting order flow

ConvergEx Algorithmic Suite – our comprehensive suite of advanced algorithms, built to meet a broad spectrum of strategies and requirements

TactEx - our innovative suite of advanced global direct market access order types that allow traders to access all major sources of displayed and non-displayed liquidity simultaneously

ADR Direct^® - our innovative solution that allows institutional investors to trade ordinary shares overseas and automatically convert those shares to ADRs in US dollars

Reverse ADRs ^SM - our advanced solution that allows clients to extend their local trading day into U.S. trading hours, continue to trade when there is news and diversify trading markets during the Europe/U.S. overlap.

ADR Plus ^SM - our unique percentage-of-volume algorithmic strategy that allows clients to source liquidity for their ADR trades in both the overseas and U.S. markets.

Sonic^SM - our comprehensive equities execution management platform

DerivatEx^SM - our U.S. options execution platform

Perform-Ex^SM - our extensive set of performance measurement, monitoring and management tools

Dedicated Support Desks

Electronic Trading Desk - operates 24 hours a day, monitoring all electronic strategies used by clients to access electronic markets worldwide. Clients have access to our traders for insight and experience on a broad range of strategies to help them obtain optimal results in markets around the world. Each trader can assist clients with executing, clearing and settlement issues in all major electronic markets.

Electronic Sales Desk - operates out of offices in New York and London. We provide clients with the details and capabilities of all of our electronic tools and how they are applicable in each of the electronic markets where we operate. We provide each client with a customized integration strategy to access these tools, as well as one-on-one training.

ADR Desk - provides 24-hour ADR support, with access to overseas trading liquidity, conversion liquidity points, swap markets, odd lot and buy-in trading markets, corporate action issues, and securities borrowing.

Connectivity

Our dedicated global connectivity team is focused on your success. When you work with ConvergEx, you are directly connected to your choice of every major OMS, EMS and network platform. You also have market access to all major exchanges, ECNs and ATSs. Our advanced trading products and high-performance execution strategies ensure that you’re connected wherever you need to be, as quickly and seamlessly as possible.

Market Coverage

Market Coverage