Momentum is a discreet, high volume, super high touch execution firm providing liquidity sourcing and slippage control in equities and options to large Institutions. Our success is not solely based on our unique business model; it is also the result of an unprecedented differentiating philosophy for the industry: Maximizing our capabilities for our clients' best interest is our priority.
- •Single name large size Long and Short accumulation for a wide range of strategy implementations
- •Complex pairs execution: Ratio, Spread Trading, Contingent Orders and Risk-Arbitrage
- •Basket trading: Sophisticated execution of large mixed-sided baskets
Consistently ranked above our competitors: Momentum stands at the uppermost level with respect to response time, market impact, sophisticated order execution expertise and slippage reduction.
Of note and by increasing reputation, we have been labeled as a “Super High–Touch” brokerage firm, based upon our market structure knowledge and superior performance measured by our clients’ own internal transaction cost analysis.
Distinctive core values and principles:
- •No Proprietary Trading: Our only business is agency trading, our interests are completely aligned with our clients‘.
- •Highest ratio of equity-traders to sales-traders in the industry: This allows us to absorb, monitor and execute with peak focus and precision.
- •Zero Information Leakage Policy: No “shopping of order flow” under the false excuse to find “a natural,” you maintain our assurance of complete anonymity and order protection.
- •Protecting our clients from the effects of High Frequency Trading (HFT): At Momentum we believe that in the current environment of fragmented liquidity, the misleading information gathering effects of High Frequency Trading and related evolving strategies, your orders need more than a technological response. Our market structure experts are able to extract the best technology, minimizing detection of your order while locating true liquidity sources.
- •Pricing: As a pure agent and because of our large volume we can charge our customers a fraction of the industry standard rates on Equities and listed Options.
Industry acknowledgment: The Momentum model and level of expertise has drawn the attention of our peers. We are consistently requested to speak at major global industry conferences regarding market structure, regulatory changes and the effects of evolving strategies as well as contribute to industry publications such as globally distributed TradeTech Newsletter and Traders Magazine.
