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Dedicated and Responsive Client Service Representatives
Call or email our dedicated client service representatives who assist with account onboarding and any inquiries ranging from trading platforms to technology or operational support. Enjoy personalized service from account opening onward.
Competitive Commission Rates
Highly competitive, transparent commission rates reduce trading costs with no hidden fees or monthly minimums.
Global Exchange Access
Advantage provides access to 25 futures exchanges worldwide.
Easy Account Setup
Advantage guides the account opening process from documentation through platform configuration, streamlining onboarding from application to active trading.
Multiple Front-End Platform Choices
Advantage offers industry-leading front-end trading platforms to accommodate a variety of trader styles and needs. From intuitive point-and-click order entry to complex systems equipped with sophisticated analytics, advanced charting, and algorithmic trading capabilities, Advantage helps traders select the platform that best fits their needs.
Dedicated Technical Support
Speak with or email our specialized technical staff who support system configuration, connectivity management, and troubleshooting for automated trading systems.
High-Capacity Trading Infrastructure
Robust, resilient, and redundant technology infrastructure processing enormous transaction volumes benefits experienced traders and first-time market participants. The Advantage network system architecture supports massive, sustained messaging traffic, rapid order processing, and reliable performance during periods of extreme market activity.
Robust Infrastructure
Advantage maintains ultra-low-latency exchange connectivity, redundant data centers, and resilient network architecture to ensure continuous access to global markets.
Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity
Dedicated, high-speed bandwidth to exchange matching engines reduces order transit time while enhancing consistent execution for latency-sensitive trading strategies.
Server Colocation
Advantage provides server colocation in secure, exchange-proximate data centers, including the CME Aurora facility and 350 Cermak Road, to minimize order transit time to exchange matching engines. Advantage coordinates colocation services at multiple exchanges around the globe.
Algorithmic Traders
Algorithmic traders benefit from ultra-low-latency infrastructure, high-speed connectivity, and specialized technical support. The Advantage technology team collaborates with clients to manage the technical requirements of flexible grey-box and fully automated black-box systems to optimize trading performance.
Institutional Client Solutions
Institutional clients—including proprietary trading firms, foreign and domestic non-clearing futures brokers, corporate hedgers, exchange-traded funds, broker-dealers, banks, hedge funds, money managers, commodity trading advisors, and other market participants—appreciate the integrated clearing, operational, and risk management infrastructure complemented by tailored client service and technical support to meet the diverse demands of complex trading operations. This collaborative approach delivers service tailored to each trading operation’s unique needs. Advantage serves the accounting, operations, risk management, and compliance departments in addition to the traders.
Real-Time Risk Management
Real-time risk monitoring and reporting tools provide visibility into positions, mark-to-market valuations, margin requirements, and risk exposures across multiple accounts and exchanges.
Regulatory Expertise
Experienced compliance professionals help clients navigate complex and evolving market regulatory, reporting, and compliance obligations.
24-Hour Global Execution Services
24-hour global execution services provide access to markets Sunday through Friday with voice brokers to execute trades.