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Crossfire is a derivatives trading product for order routing and execution across multiple exchanges. Desktop, web and wireless PDA versions of crossfire allow the trader to choose the most appropriate tool for trading.

Real-time trading simulator

 

Product Overview

Crossfire is a high-speed electronic trading platform for futures, futures options and foreign exchange. Crossfire offers traders secure and well-managed access to multiple exchanges simultaneously throughout the world.

Built on Windows-based infrastructure, Crossfire is user-friendly, highly configurable, easy to support and flexible to deploy.  Desktop, Internet and wireless PDA/Pentab versions allow traders to choose the most strategic tool for trading.

In addition, Crossfire offers an open FIX API for integration with in-house and third-party trading applications.

Exchange connectivity includes: LIFFE, Eurex, CBOT, CME, Euronext, SFE, NQLX, CBOE, OneChicago, SGX-DT, IPE.

 

Key Features:

QuickTrade Screen – Crossfire’s advanced one-click trading window lets traders move in and out of positions with ease while viewing real-time prices and working orders against market depth.

Internet Deployment - Crossfire can be deployed as a truly thin browser-based trading application, which means traders can log onto a broker’s web site from any location and begin trading.  Crossfire offers users advanced, high-speed trading functionality without the hassle of lengthy software downloads.

FIX API - Traders with custom trading front-ends can write to Crossfire’s FIX application programming interface (API) to receive secure, reliable and high-speed connectivity to global exchanges.  Built with industry standard FIX technology, Crossfire’s FIX API easily integrates with in-house and third party trading applications.   

Trade Simulator - Simplify the transition to a live trading environment with Crossfire’s trade simulator.  Traders can view real-time prices and market depth in Crossfire’s trading front-end, while placing orders into a simulated exchange gateway.  Order requests are filled using the same matching algorithms as a live market, and real-time profit/loss and position details are calculated to gauge trader performance without placing capital at risk.

Key Advantages:

  • One-click trading in market depth window
  • Multiple API connections to global exchanges
  • Shared global order book with real-time updates
  • Limit and cash-based risk management
  • Options matrix
  • Spread matrix with implied and real-time functionality
  • Create custom spreads with strategy wizard
  • Highly configurable and user-friendly interface
  • Real-time profit/loss and position details
  • Trade multiple accounts
  • Mouse and keyboard trading commands
  • Synthetic order types: Stops, icebergs, etc.
  • Enter multiple orders with electronic basket trade ticket
  • Global 24/7 support