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Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT)
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Chicago
Key People	Harris Brumfield, CEO
Employees	500
Products	Trading software
Twitter	@Trading_Tech
Corporate Website	tradingtechnologies.com
Releases	Company News
Blog	Trade Talk

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) is an independent software vendor that develops high-performance trading software for active derivatives professionals. Customers include international banks, brokers, hedge funds, proprietary traders and other trading institutions.

The company is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in New York, Stamford, Houston, São Paulo, London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney.

Products and Services

TT's flagship X_TRADER order entry platform is a widely-used platform that connects traders with the world's largest derivatives exchanges. It incorporates single-click trade execution and high-speed connections to the world's busiest futures exchanges and offers real-time fill and position details. The latest version of this trading platform is called X_TRADER 7. TT patented its MD Trader, a vertical market depth display that allows immediate interaction to market ebb and flow.

X_TRADER was named "Innovation of the Year" by FOW magazine in 2007 and "Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform" by Buy-Side Technology Magazine in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. X_TRADER 7.11 with ADL also was named “"Best New Product from a Technology Firm for Trading and Execution" by FOW magazine in 2012 and “Best New Product” by Markets Media in 2013.

Unique to X_TRADER is ADL, a visual programming platform that represents a major breakthrough in algorithmic trading. Using drag-and-drop building blocks, traders and programmers alike can rapidly design, test and deploy automated futures and options trading programs without writing a single line of code. ADL empowers traders to generate executable strategies in hours to seize and act on fleeting market opportunities in timeframes that were previously thought to be impossible. ADL was recognized as "Innovation of the Year" by FOW magazine in December 2010 and named a finalist in the Chicago Innovation Awards that same year.

Other key products that are integrated with X_TRADER include Autospreader, Autotrader, X_STUDY and the TT SIM simulation solution. TT’s X_STUDY charting and analytics application was named “Best New Specialist Product” by The Technical Analyst in 2009. Additional products available to X_TRADER customers include the TT User Setup and X_RISK modules for risk and administration.

To extend the power of the underlying platform, TT offers a family of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow users to create customized applications and integrate third-party applications with TT's system. These products include TT API, FIX Adapter and X_TRADER API.

TT also offers the Strategy Engine family of server-side execution solutions for algorithmic, spread and synthetic trading. The SE products leverage proximity-based computing and a scalable multithreaded server design to deliver sub-millisecond performance regardless of the distance between the trader’s computer and the exchange. The SE product family includes Autospreader Strategy Engine, Synthetic Strategy Engine and Algo Straetgy Engine.

TT clients can choose to host their trading network internally or utilize TT's fully managed hosting network, TTNET. Firms can easily distribute X_TRADER screens to clients around the world from TTNET hubs in Chicago, New Jersey, São Paulo, London, Frankfurt, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. TTNET customers can focus their resources on trading activities while specially trained TTNET technicians handle all responsibilities of network administration, hardware configuration, infrastructure maintenance, data line management, upgrades, backups, security and user support.

TTNET customers have the option of utilizing TT's MultiBroker ASP solution, which allows traders to route orders to multiple brokers from a single X_TRADER screen or API through a single DMA network.

John Lothian News Interviews

Rick Lane of Trading Technologies Talks Mobile Trading and Legacy Systems (Part 1/2)
Rick Lane, chief technology officer of Trading Technologies is overseeing a major overhaul of how Trading Technologies develops its solutions. In part 1 of this two-part video with JLN editor-in-chief Jim Kharouf, he talks about mobile trading trends, the legacy challenges for the futures industry and rebuilding Trading Technologies’ entire architecture — and how this will all come together. In Lane’s view, rethinking the way technology is built and delivered means finding a balance of buying existing software and combining it with new solutions, a departure from the firm that traditionally built everything in-house. Published Dec. 1, 2012. Watch at MarketsWiki.tv

Exchange Connections

• Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
• BM&FBOVESPA
• BrokerTec
• Bursa Malaysia (BMD)
• CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE)
• Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange) (CME)
• COMEX
• Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME)
• Eris Exchange
• Eurex
• European Climate Exchange (ECX)
• European Energy Exchange (EEX)
• GovEx
• ICE Futures Canada
• ICE Futures Europe
• ICE Futures U.S.
• Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT)
• London Metal Exchange (LME)
• Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros (MEFF)
• Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX)
• Montréal Climate Exchange (MCeX)
• Montréal Exchange (MX)
• New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
• NYSE Liffe
• NYSE Liffe Amsterdam
• NYSE Liffe Brussels
• NYSE Liffe Lisbon
• NYSE Liffe Paris
• NYSE Liffe U.S.
• Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE)
• Singapore Exchange (SGX)
• Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM)
• Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX)
• Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)

In September of 2012 it was announced that Trading Technologies International, Inc. customers would gain the ability to trade benchmark Eris Exchange Interest Rate Swap Futures and inter-market spreads through TT’s X_TRADER trading platform and related products.

History

Trading Technologies was established in 1994 in Frankfurt, Germany. Its founder was Gary Kemp, who was the company's first chief executive officer. Kemp stepped down from TT in August of 2002. He was replaced by former Apple engineer Chris Derossi. After Derossi held the spot for only five months, Harris Brumfield took over the position.

Brumfield, a former floor trader who switched to trading on the screen in 1997, pioneered electronic trading at TT - first as a customer, then as its largest shareholder, and eventually as its CEO.

Since Brumfield assumed the CEO post at the firm in January 2003, TT has increased its exchange connections, expanded its international presence with new offices in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia, added significant engineering resources and leadership to enhance its technological leadership, forged many new global customer partnerships and increased its visibility on a national and international scale.

In 2002, TT experienced record growth, and was noted by Securities Week as the first futures ISV to record a profit and achieve sustainable financial success.

The ability to grow revenues on a record basis while consistently increasing profitability earned TT a spot five times on the annual Deloitte & Touche Fast 50, which ranked the fastest growing Chicago area technology firms. TT was honored by the listing most recently in 2004 when TT saw 5-year percent growth of 318 percent. Deloitte has not published a new list since 2004.

TT invests heavily in providing exceptional benefits, compensation and perks for its employees. In 2004 the company was ranked as the top software company to work for in the Chicago area by Chicago Magazine and ranked the #3 best company to work for overall.

In 2006, TT received the Lighthouse Award from the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA) as the leading technology company in Illinois.

In June 2008, TT was named "Technology Provider of the Year" by FOW Magazine. Also in 2008, Trading Technologies’ X_TRADER, designed to support trading of derivatives, including futures, energies and commodities, won the best commodities trading platform from Buy-Side Technology. It was the second year in a row that TT's platform had been given the award. TT also won this award in 2010 and 2011.

In June 2010, TT acquired TickIt Trading Systems. During the same month, TickIt was named one of the finalists in Red Herring's North America initiative to honor cutting-edge companies and technologies that are positioned to grow at an explosive rate. Prior to the acquisition, TickIt received the Illinois Technology Association’s 2010 Newcomer Award, which is given annually to the Illinois company that has the strongest potential to emerge from its start-up phase and distinguish itself in the technology marketplace. In September 2010, TickIt's Algo Design Lab (ADL) product was named a finalist in the Chicago Innovation Awards. In December 2010, ADL was named "Innovation of the Year" by FOW magazine. TickIt's is now integrated into TT's X_TRADER software and provided to TT customers at no additional cost.

In November 2011, X_TRADER was named "Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform" in the Buy-Side Technology Awards 2011 hosted by Waters Technology.

In September 2012, TT was named "Professional Traders ISV of the Year" in the FOW Awards for Asia. In November 2012, X_TRADER, was named "Best Commodities Trading Platform" at the Buy-Side Technology Awards. In December 2012, X_TRADER 7.11, which incorporates TT's ADL visual algo programming application, was named "Best New Product from a Technology Firm for Trading and Execution" at the FOW International Awards in London.

In January 2013, TT announced the launch of its MultiBroker ASP solution, which allows traders to enter orders from a single X_TRADER workstation or API and send them to any of its participating brokers through a direct market access (DMA) network. In February 2013, X_TRADER 7.11 was named "Best New Technology Product" at the Markets Media Market's Choice Awards in New York.

Key People

• Harris Brumfield, chief executive officer
• Steve Borsand - EVP intellectual property
• Tim Geannopulos - EVP global sales
• Chris Haworth - VP global support services
• Rick Lane - EVP/CTO
• Roger Mills - EVP finance
• Farley Owens - EVP product management and marketing
• Mike Ryan - EVP general counsel