TRADING PLATFORMS
Why sterling
Trading platforms for every type of trader.
STT platforms are used by retail, active and Institutional Trading Firms worldwide. Our platforms offer the capability and ease to trade multiple asset classes and international markets from a single account.
Comprehensive
Trading
Trade equities, single and multi-leg options, and futures
Highly
Configurable
Custom layouts and configurable hotkeys
High
Performance
Real-time Level I and Level II market data
Portfolio
Management
Real-time position and P&L management
Ticker
Watchlist
Customizable ticker watchlist with over 60 data points per symbol
Advanced
Orders
Advanced order types, algos and basket trading
White
Label
White label STT platforms with your brand
Robust
Charts
Charting package with over 90 studies and indicators
Meet the sterling trading platforms
Performance and speed to compete in fast-moving markets
Trade multiple asset classes with the most stable trading platforms in the industry.
Sterling Trader® Pro
Use the most widely deployed professional trading platform in the industry for trading equities, options, and futures. Built for speed, stability, and fast executions.
Key platform features
- Ability to trade multiple asset classes and both domestic and international markets
- High-performance, real-time Level I and Level II market data
- Advanced charting with over 90 configurable studies
- Fully configurable hot keys and hot buttons
- Exchanges alerts and imbalances
- Sophisticated real-time scanning tools
- Basket trading
- Position and portfolio management
- Configurable market data watch lists and custom trading alerts
- Eleven pre-configured, multi-leg options spreads available (including Butterfly, Calendar, Covered Calls, Iron Condors and Straddles)
- Fully configurable multi-leg options spread order entry
- See every strike price for calls and puts for a specific underlying symbol
- Highlight in-the-money options for faster decision making
- Calculate greeks and volatility
- API, DDE and RTD functionality
Sterling Trader® Elite
Sophisticated buy-side algorithmic trading suite with advanced order management. Sterling Trader® Elite gives institutional and agency traders complete customizable control of their trading for equities, options, complex options and futures markets worldwide.
Key platform features
- Algorithmic trading module with algo hot key and hot button functionality
- Advanced block order staging and OMS functionality to receive orders from third-party connections
- Sophisticated post-trade allocation tools
- Multi-broker, multi-clearing firm support
- Basket order entry module allows traders to replicate indexes or send groups of orders quickly and easily
- Single leg and multi-leg option trading on all major US exchanges and broker networks
- Integrate into your existing workflows with APIs
Algorithmic Order Entry
Sterling Trader® Algo Order Entry allows traders to quickly and easily send orders using algo strategies. Our algo module is intricately built to the unique specifications of each algo provider. Traders can set the parameters of each order and stage those orders to be submitted throughout the trading day.
Order Desk Manager
The Sterling Trader® Order Desk Manager is an order management system to allow traders to manage equity and options orders submitted via FIX protocol from third-party systems. Executions are passed back to the client in real time. Traders can also utilize advanced block order staging for orders not submitted via FIX protocol.
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Sterling Trader® Web & Mobile
Step away from your trading desk with peace of mind. Sterling Trader® Web and Mobile are highly sophisticated trading platforms designed for both standalone use and to provide existing STT users access to the markets while they are away from their desktop application.
Key platform features
- Complete trading solution for the Web, Android and iOS devices
- Robust and reliable technology and infrastructure
- High-performance, real-time Level I and Level II market data
- Equities, single and multi-leg options trading support
- Customizable watch lists and price alerts
- Email and SMS alerts for orders and trades
- Portfolio management – real-time position, P&L and Account Values
- Flexible and customizable layouts
- White label capability with custom branding and images
- Trading access across all STT execution venues
Sterling Trading Simulator
Brokers, Professional Trading Groups, and Educators utilize simulation as a training tool for traders to learn advanced functionality and test trading strategies in a risk-free environment. The Sterling Trading Simulator offers a simulated trading environment for both equities and options. The Sterling Trading Simulator is available for Sterling’s flagship professional trading platforms:
available for
- Sterling Trader® Pro
- Sterling Trader® Elite
- Sterling Trader® Manager
- Sterling Trader® Web & Mobile
Sterling LST
The Sterling LST platform is offered to proprietary trading groups that want to trade U.S. equity and options markets. Sterling LST delivers a robust trading system to professional traders that demand highly established market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and rules to best fit their trading style.
Key platform features
- Advanced multi-threaded, multi-core processing
- Optimized Level II quote messaging
- Low-latency execution
- Complex options trading
- Advanced options trading strategies
- Block ticker alert and ticker alert
- Fully customizable layouts
Sterling VolTrader
The next-generation analysis, execution and position management platform combining advanced trading capabilities & sophisticated risk analytics. Sterling VolTrader offers a full array of unique features for identifying trade opportunities and developing strategies. Our “what if” modeling tools provide the ability to go from modeling to execution in one keystroke.
Options Trading for Professionals
Order Execution
Sterling VolTrader delivers efficient and low-latency execution from many points within the application – trade volatility directly from the skew chart; access and trade multi-leg orders easily constructed from the option montage or from the complex order ticket.
Proprietary Order-Flow Information
Increase probabilities for success through real-time order-flow statistics.
Stay tuned to market sentiment, so traders have an informed context for trading decisions.
Risk, Position & Trade Analysis
Model Risk in 3D using price and volatility shocks; include or exclude modeled positions. Manage position and portfolio risk drill-down by underlying security, monitor watch lists, sectors, and expiration months. View our Option Trade Cost Analysis tool directly from the Trade Blotter.
Advanced Volatility
Sterling VolTrader is known for its expertise in volatility, the single most important factor in trading options. Our proprietary IV statistics help traders make better, faster decisions.
Idea Generation
Sterling VolTrader offers a wide range of data, calculations, alerts, and visualizations that help identify strike-specific and actionable trading opportunities. Increase probabilities for success through real-time order-flow statistics. Stay tuned to market sentiment, so traders have an informed context for trading decisions.
Historical Option Charts
- Option Price
- Option Bid & Ask Option Volume
- Option Open Interest
- Live and Historical Time & Sales and Time & Quotes - find option or underling trades or quotes within the last 2 years
- Earnings & Dividends Calendar & Historical Analysis - track ATM volatility
- ATM straddles, & underlying price through earnings cycles
- Fundamentals - business & financial summary, income measures, per share data, ratios
- Stock Monitor
- Index Members
- Volume by Exchange
- Option Calculator
Historical Underlying Charts
- Stock Price
- Implied Volatility (IV30™, 60, 90, 180, 360)
- Historical Volatility (HV30™, 10, 20, 60, 90, 180, 360)
- Stock Volume
- Option Volume
- Order Flow - differentiate the order flow between calls and puts on a chart
- Overlay Stocks - visually compare prices and volatilities of different stocks
- Draw on the charts – perform technical analysis directly on the chart
Custom Market Scanner
- Earnings: pre/post earnings vol, pre/post earnings price changes
- Implied Vol: rising, dropping, exploding, imploding
- IV vs HV: 30,60,90 day comparisons
- Order Flow: call:put ratio, net premium, net deltas, OTM on offer, active issues, open interest
- Price: gainers, losers
- Time Spreads: month 1, month 2, month 3 and several permutations
- Customize scans and identify trading strategies