Trading

Deliver execution that regularly beats industry averages with direct connections to leading exchanges and a deep liquidity network.

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Bring best execution to life

Build the trading experience that your customers want and expect with our comprehensive tools available via API.

OMS, EMS, and FIX engine

24×5 trading

Fractional trading

Trade desk support

Investigations and financial crimes compliance

OMS, EMS and FIX engine

One endpoint, many asset classes

Get up and running on your own timeline on our OMS (Order Management System), EMS (Execution Management System), and FIX (Financial Information eXchange) engine thanks to a single endpoint that can manage a broad array of asset classes, including:

U.S. Equities
ETFs
Mutual Funds
Fixed Income  (e.g., Corporate Bonds, Treasuries, U.S. Municipals, Brokered CDs, and more)
Options and Futures
Alternative Assets  (e.g., Private Credit, Hedge Funds, Limited Partnerships, and more)
ADRs  (American Depositary Receipts) of foreign securities
Structured products
Commodities
Commercial paper

Apex OMS

Take charge of your trading workflow with the Apex Order Management System that can streamline processes like real-time buying power checks and position management.

Apex EMS

Combine order routing, execution, and reporting tools in one Apex Execution Management System to drive efficiency even as your volumes grow.

FIX engine

Improve communication with brokers and execution venues with Financial Information eXchange protocols. And handle complex reporting with reduced latency.

Overnight trading

Unlock 24×5 trading hours

Give investors access to extended trading hours. For overnight access, leverage our integration with Bruce Markets, the reliable after-hours Alternative Trading System (ATS). Bruce ATS was built by PEAK6 companies — including Apex — and leverages Nasdaq technology.

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Access most U.S. Reg NMS securities

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Fractional trading

Fractional trading for multiple asset classes

Use fractional shares of equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and fixed income to lower direct indexing barriers to entry for next-gen investors, rebalance down to the fractional level, and utilize all deposited funds.

Years ago, Apex was first-to-market with fractional share trading. More recently, we enabled fractional bond trading as well. All accessible via API.

Trade desks

Veteran trading support

Get support from veteran trading operations and liquidity strategy professionals on a wide range of topics.

Routing

Best execution

Workflow optimizations

Investigations and financial crimes

Monitoring and reporting beyond just trading

Serving clients and protecting end-investors means navigating a web of laws, regulations, and risks that keep changing. That’s why we have teams of industry veterans with deep expertise in a variety of compliance and risk-related specialties.

Trade surveillance
Trade reporting
Anti-money laundering (AML)
Customer identification (CIP)
Fraud reporting