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RTS Realtime Systems Group Announces Conformance With PCX Plus Exchange Connectivity

Date 28/06/2004

RTS Realtime Systems Group, one of the leading global Independent Software Vendors is pleased to announce its connection to The Pacific Exchange’s PCX Plus trading platform.

Now professional traders like Locals, Market Makers, Proprietary Traders, Brokers and Institutionals can take advantage of a tier one trading software connecting to a state of the art market place. RTS offers full functionality with a premier Options Trading Platform and serves a whole array of options trading needs with products such as the RTD Quote Machine®, the RTD Electronic Eye® and the RTD Autohedger as well as an improved volatility managing tool.

PCX Plus is a new technology platform and enhanced market structure for the Pacific Exchange. It is designed to better serve existing market participants and to attract additional sources of liquidity to the Exchange by allowing Market Makers to access the markets remotely. PCX Plus electronically integrates the Exchange's current floor-based participants and Remote Market Makers.

Steffen Gemuenden, Member of the RTS Board, comments: “The addition of PCX Plus to our portfolio of exchange connectivity is another leap forward in our striving for an ever enhanced product range of RTS in North America’s option markets.”

In addition to PCX Plus, RTS already provides connectivity to other North American option markets such as BOX, ISE and CBOE Hybrid.