Online Trading

In addition to traditional, broker assisted accounts, CKFutures through RCG offers the broadest menu of electronic trading platforms in the business today. Among our most requested platforms are X_Trader® and X_Trader® Pro from Trading Technologies, RANorder from Rolfe and Nolan, Strategy Runner and Strategy Runner Lite and TradeBolt.

 

RCG ONYX | J Trader From Patsystems | RCG FX Trader | X_Trader® and X_Trader® Pro | RAN Order

Designed for our retail client base, RCG Onyx™ is our state-of-the-art front end. Extremely customizable, RCG Onyx™ strives to make the electronic trading experience easier and more enjoyable for all users. RCG Onyx™ provides access to the major exchanges for your electronic futures trading—including ICE Futures, which we just recently added!

We’re also happy to announce that we’ll soon be implementing some new features on RCG Onyx™ that will truly enhance your trading experience! A redesign of the original ABV, the ABV2 offers greater customization as you can pick and choose what you want to see. In addition, the ABV2 is more user friendly as it now distinguishes between stop and limit orders, and allows you to view individual orders placed at the same price. These are just a few of the exciting new features found on the ABV2! We also have plans to add an RTD feed to RCG Onyx™, which will allow you to export your trade data to Excel quickly and easily!

Here’s a quick look at some of the benefits that RCG Onyx™ already has to offer you: Brackets on entry, trailing stops, click and drag to amend orders, one-click stop entry, flatten positions. These are just some of the actions you can perform on our system. View market depth and trade quickly and easily from the ABV (Ask, Bid, Volume) window Average Price is now highlighted on the price column in the ABV Easy drag and drop features to access the contracts you need Create as many layouts as you want and do with them as you wish—save, export, import, load, and delete! Windows that automatically “stick” together—thus allowing you to move them as a single unit View yours Fills, Orders, and Order History Reports immediately—up to one month back Automatic updates upon login

If you would like to view our Flash tutorial on RCG Onyx™, please click here.

If you would like to learn more about RCG Onyx ™ and/or sign up for a free, 14-day simulated RCG Onyx™ account, please contact Chris Kraft.

Our most popular trading platform, J-Trader is the platform of choice for the retail customer and the active day trader. J-Trader is an Internet-based application with user-friendly Windows-like functionality providing access to electronic markets around the globe.

Simple to deploy and use, J-Trader combines the power of the internet with a feature-rich interface that makes online trading easier and faster - for the novice as well as the seasoned trader. Streaming price data, customizable windows and pre-trade risk management are just a few of the features that our customers have come to appreciate.

J-Trader has the following features: Ticket - a simple ticket-trading screen for order submission Status - an order book to display working and filled orders Hot quotes - an order entry screen and price discovery screen for trading multiple exchanges and contracts. Depth of market screens allow the user to display any contract's full order book in real time. Reflector screen - a fast order submission screen with multiple trading features, designed for entering and canceling orders at speed. Stocks - an order entry and discovery screen for multiple stock markets, providing 'level one' and 'level two' information to the trader. Matrix - an order entry screen and a discovery screen for calendar spread traders Position - a trader's open positions and profit and loss Reports - a rolling five-day historical report of the trader's positions Accounts - a list of available trader accounts from which the trader can execute orders Settings - configuration tool for traders to customize their display

Reflector screen Reflector is a versatile trading screen that allows you to view market depth through a dynamic price ladder. Among other features, you can simultaneously see last-traded prices and market depth; view the inside market spread; place and amend orders; enter stops; display implied prices; hold prices and hold orders; and view profit and loss.

Matrix screen For spread trading, J-Trader provides a user-friendly matrix screen that enables you to trade outright and calendar spread markets using a single or double click. Implied prices can be switched on or off, as required. Full depth-of-market is available on all calendar spreads, and the history for the last 20 trades is easily accessible.

Status The status window displays all working and filled orders. Buys and sells are color coded for ease of use. Allocation can be carried out pre- and post-trade. Trades can be found easily using the sophisticated order filter and sort system. Other functions include 'Amend', 'Pull', 'Query', 'Print', single-click order canceling and the ability to share orders across multiple users, to achieve a global order book.

To download the DEMO for J-Trader, please click here. We suggest you save the file to your desktop for simplicity. Once the file has been downloaded, you will need to double-click on the icon to begin installing the demo. Once installed, you will see a "J-Trader Demo" icon on your desktop. Simply double-click that icon to begin!

SELF-DIRECTED ON-LINE FX RCG is pleased to offer the RCG fxtrader™ to novice or experienced traders who self-direct their foreign exchange trading. Built on award-winning technology, the RCG fxtrader™ offers an impressive menu of spot FX, forwards, options and cash metal products. This feature-rich platform also offers research, daily and weekly trade recommendations, auto-execution of trade strategies, FREE Dow Jones News and much, much more. To learn what the RCG fxtrader™ can do for your FX trading, please click here or contact Chris Kraft

FULL-SERVICE DEALING DESK Currency traders who want competitive prices coupled with direct dealer access will find just what they are looking for at RCG’s full-service FX dealing desk. The desk, which operates round the clock from London, offers spot trading, forwards, swaps and options to a sophisticated clientele including banks, CTAs, hedge funds and other market professionals.

Customers may access the desk via telephone, Reuters dealing screens, or through the Internet on RCGfx. RCGfx is a proprietary dealing platform which features real-time market data and breaking news from best of breed providers around the globe.

X_Trader® is the most popular product among our professional and institutional traders. It is a sophisticated platform that satisfies the "need for speed" from our most demanding electronic customers. It also offers a number of unique features not found on our other platforms including:

Customizable spreads including calendar spreads and intercommodity spreads Market maker functionality enabling users to make a two-sided market in any tradable instrument Interfaces with Excel spreadsheets and other analytics X_Trader® Pro features all of the popular functions of X_Trader® and also offers TT Autospreader, a powerful tool for auto-executing intermarket and intramarket commodity spreads. Autospreader defines and manages spreads, working legs automatically to match the trader's desired spread price.

RANorder, from Rolfe and Nolan, has been a staple of our electronic trading menu for over 10 years. RANorder is one of a handful of platforms on the market providing access to both electronic products and open outcry products. Importantly, RANorder routes directly to broker workstations in many markets, avoiding the time delays and error potential for orders routed to trading desks. It is the number one choice among our brokers who enter orders on behalf of customers and our customers who trade across a broad spectrum of futures products.

We invite you to experience the user-friendly world of RANorder with the RANorder Demo. Simply click here and enter the following:

User ID: rcg.demo Password: rcg.demo

To view the Demo mode from the PC Based platform, simply check the "Demo" box at the bottom right-hand corner of the login screen once the program has been launched.

RCG ONYX | J Trader From Patsystems | RCG FX Trader | X_Trader® and X_Trader® Pro | RAN Order

Contact Chris Kraft to receive demo instructions for any of the order entry platforms or with any questions about online trading.