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IPE is the leading energy futures exchange in Europe. The IPE provides a highly regulated marketplace whereby around $4 billion daily in underlying value is traded. IPE Brent Crude, Gas Oil and Natural Gas futures contracts can be traded electronically on the ICE platform, known as the Interchange®, with the help of the trading system RTD Realtime Trading Desktop.
With the RTD Realtime Trading Desktop, RTS is able to offer futures and spread trading in energy contracts. The RTD Static Dartboard and the RTD Spreader allow trading in a very efficient and fast way. With RTD’s automatic Quote Machine® and excellent options trading facilities RTS will then be able to offer both, futures and options trading.
Engelbert Gemuenden, Chairman of the RTS Board, commented: “With our superior trading functionality, clients are given a great business opportunity through the market expansion of RTS. In addition RTS’s huge customer base will bring mutual benefits in relation to connectivity.”
IPE CEO, Richard Ward said, “A primary focus for the IPE during 2004 is promoting the expansion of our electronic energy markets and, in turn, extending the IPE’s reach to non-traditional participants. We look forward to working with RTS as we jointly pursue our growth objectives.”
RTS is a leading Independent Software Vendor (ISV) with local sales and support offices in the financial centres of Amsterdam, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New York, Paris, Stockholm, Sydney and our logo partner in Athens. RTS is currently market leader in terms of functional aspects in electronic trading software for Futures, Options, and Equity Traders. With more than 3,000 user licenses and connections to 54 exchanges around the world, RTS has secured a remarkable position on the world stage.
In business since 1992 as profitable company, RTS has over twelve years of experience in developing software to trade on electronic exchanges. RTS is financially very strong and has consistently over the last twelve years been amongst the top ISV performers. As one of the pioneers in the industry, RTS has developed a suite of products for market makers, proprietary traders, brokers, and day traders including our RTD Quote Machine®, the RTD Electronic Eye®, the RTD Spreader and RTD Basket Trader.
By offering an integrated trading, risk management and pre-execution limit control system, the RTD software products provide a comprehensive solution for trading on different exchanges worldwide from a single window. Trading speed, reliability, a proven track record and world class trading functionality have made RTD an outstanding product in the industry.
