Lightspeed Risk

Lightspeed Risk is a powerful risk-monitoring tool allowing each user to monitor profit and loss, percent of equity loss, halted symbols, and trading activity in real-time. In addition to these monitoring features, administrative users have the ability to execute transactions for their traders. They can also access an automated, real-time short locate system allowing electronic requests and ensuring automated compliance with regulation.

Lightspeed Risk is completely customizable; window layouts can be designed by each user and all columns can be sorted or moved. User and position data can be drilled into for further research.

TRADER & SYMBOL MONITORING

These are the most basic ways to view P&L, volume, and open position information for trading groups, traders, and symbols.

TRADE WATCHER

Displays a real-time scrolling view of all executions for your trading group. These executions can be filtered by sub-groups, traders, markets, and symbols.

HALTED SYMBOLS

Alerts the user to traders holding symbols that have been halted by the marketplace. This feature will indicate the halt time and number of shares currently open.

TRADERS & SYMBOLS HIERARCHY

Provides a quick view of the hierarchy of traders or symbols.

INDEX WATCHER

Displays selected major market indices.

QUOTE WATCHER

Allows users to view customized watch lists with real-time quote data.

MESSAGES

This window displays critical information about Lightspeed Risk including connectivity, halts, and action initiated by the short sale management system.

EQUITY RATIO MONITORS

These monitors are some of the most powerful tools available in Lightspeed Risk.

This window displays profit and loss on equal ground by calculating as a percentage of account equity. Ratio monitors can be used effectively to monitor the profit and loss status of trading groups and individuals alike and are available for all products traded.

SHORT SALE REQUESTER

This real-time short locate system allows electronic requests and responses that ensure automated compliance with regulations.