Algorithmic Trading
Alpha-generating or impact- reducing algorithms are part of any trading strategy. At Quod Financial, our goal is to grow your trading through a wide range of easily customisable strategies and tools in order to provide control. Quod Algos take data-driven decisions in real-time to reposition orders, in order to achieve the best outcomes.
Liquidity Seeking Algos
This class of algorithms is designed to find liquidity in a fragmented market, by implementing complex execution strategies. Different behaviour to seek liquidity in Lit, Dark, LPs/Venues, as well as internal pool is provided. With over 150+ parameters, a trader can manage the algorithm, with native support for most common order types, phase management, and risk management for anti-gaming, run-away algorithms and price variations. The algorithm increases its intelligence by gathering the data and statistical analysis on liquidity, historic performance, time of day, volatility, hit ratio, preferences, last look, latency, rejects etc.
Trading and Execution Algos
Trading and Execution Algorithms are designed to achieve a specified trading or execution objective including market impact or generating alpha. Examples of this are: low market impact strategies. TWAP, VWAP, Participation/PoV, Arrival Price, Last Look Smoothed or Pair Trading (Alpha).
These can be defined and customised by Quod or the client. As with all our Algos, every decision is clearly outlined and utilises real-time market information to adjust behaviour.
Automation / Workflow Algos
Algorithms are the building block of automation. Using the suite of our algorithms, together with the OMS and Routing mechanisms, allows a powerful automation process, which is transparent, provides control and is data-driven.
| Algo | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Custom | Any | Builds client side algos or uses our native algo API for customising this menu and building your own. Over 150 parameters and unlimited logical decisions give you complete customisation of your strategies |
| Adaptive TWAP | Execution | A slicing algorithm that submits equal size slices over a certain timeframe. Maximum participation rate can also be taken into account |
| Adaptive VWAP | Execution | A benchmarking algorithm that slices an order according to the historical volume reparation over a certain time horizon. Every slice benefits from the adaptive execution that takes into account the current market conditions and the aggressivity of the algorithm. |
| Participation Volume (PoV) | Execution | To execute a given percentage of visible liquidity in the market (for instance no more than 30%) in order to limit market impact |
| Arrival Price / Implementation Shortfall | Execution | An algorithm that regularly adapts its participation based on estimated market impact in order to remain within a given price band. Participation is increased when the probability of high market impact is low and decreased when the probability is high. Adaptation of the participation is based both on historical behaviour and real-time data |
| Random Distribution Iceberg | Execution | A slicing algorithm which randomly sends child orders onto the market, so it is not initially being recognised as a child order |
| Adaptive Liquidity Seeking | Liquidity Seeking | An algorithm which reacts to market events such as market data, execution and a set of other criteria to dynamically update the decision tree to seek liquidity on lit and dark venues. |
| Statistical Adaptive Liquidity Seeking | Liquidity seeking | A liquidity seeking algorithm which integrates real-time / near-time statistical analysis to enrich the adaptive decision making process |
| Pair Trading | Trading | A neutral trading strategy enabling traders to profit from virtually any market conditions including uptrend, downtrend or sideways movement |
| Pegged Order | Trading | An order to the bid or ask with, or without an offset. The display quantity will float with the bid or ask, up to the ultimate limit price of the order. |
| Synthetic Stop | Trading | A limit sell order for a given instrument which is managed by the system and triggered by falling price |
| Synthetic Take Profit | Trading | A limit sell order for a given instrument which is managed by the system and triggered by raising the price |
| Synthetic time-in-force | Trading | A Good-Till-Date (GTD) or Good Till-Cancel (GTC) order type which is held away from the market and able to execute on a range of venues meeting the trade criteria |
| Trailing Stop | Trading | A Stop-loss order which the stop loss price is set to some fixed percentage below the market price. The market price rises, the stop loss price rises proportionally |
| Synthetic OTO | Trading | Triggers an order when another order is fully filled |
| Synthetic OCO | Trading | Cancels an order when another one is fully filled |
| Timed Order | Trading | Releases the order at a specific time to the exchange for execution |
| Sniping | Trading | Takes a set of predefined triggers such as the bid/offer trigger price and quantity/child order slice to hunt for liquidity |
| Pegged Order - with price | Trading | An enhanced pegged order that pegs to the BBO using an offset (in ticks or price) as defined by the users. Additional conditions such as limit price, min/max quantity or a-would-price (which for buy and Above which for sell) are available to hunt for liquidity |
| On-Close Auctions / On-Open Auctions | Trading | Balance impact and dispersion of the orders into and during the closing/opening auction. The algorithm phase management detects different market phases, with distinct parameters (e.g. move intra-day from trading to an intra-day auction phase) |
| Auto-hedging | Trading | Cross-asset class rule-driven autohedger based on position and real-time market data (greeks, delta, vega) for single trades or accrued positions. |
Algorithmic Trading
Alpha-generating or impact- reducing algorithms are part of any trading strategy. At Quod Financial, our goal is to grow your trading through a wide range of easily customisable strategies and tools which/in order to provide control. Quod Algos take data-driven decisions in real-time to reposition orders, in order to achieve the best outcomes.
Liquidity Seeking Algos
This class of algorithms is designed to find liquidity in a fragmented market, by implementing complex execution strategies. Different behaviour to seek liquidity in Lit, Dark, LPs/Venues, as well as internal pool is provided. With over 150+ parameters, a trader can manage the algorithm, with native support for most common order types; phase management; and risk management for anti-gaming, run-away algorithms and price variations. The algorithm increases its intelligence by gathering the data and statistical analysis on liquidity, historic performance, time of day, volatility, hit ratio, preferences, last look, latency, rejects etc.
Trading and Execution Algos
Trading and Execution Algorithms are designed to achieve a specified trading or execution objective including market impact or generating alpha. Examples of this are:
low market impact strategies. TWAP, VWAP, Participation/PoV, Arrival Price, Last Look Smoothed or Pair Trading (Alpha).
These can be defined and customised by Quod or the client. As with all our Algos, every decision is clearly outlined and utilises real-time market information to adjust behaviour.
Automation / Workflow Algos
Algorithms are the building block of automation. Using the suite of our algorithms, together with the OMS and Routing mechanisms, allows a powerful automation process, which is transparent, provides control and is data-driven.
| Algo | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Custom | Any | Builds client side algos or uses our native algo API for customising this menu and building your own. Over 150 parameters and unlimited logical decisions give you complete customisation of your strategies |
| Adaptive TWAP | Execution | A slicing algorithm that submits equal size slices over a certain timeframe. Maximum participation rate can also be taken into account |
| Adaptive VWAP | Execution | A benchmarking algorithm that slices an order according to the historical volume reparation over a certain time horizon. Every slice benefits from the adaptive execution that takes into account the current market conditions and the aggressivity of the algorithm. |
| Participation Volume (PoV) | Execution | To execute a given percentage of visible liquidity in the market (for instance no more than 30%) in order to limit market impact |
| Arrival Price / Implementation Shortfall | Execution | An algorithm that regularly adapts its participation based on estimated market impact in order to remain within a given price band. Participation is increased when the probability of high market impact is low and decreased when the probability is high. Adaptation of the participation is based both on historical behaviour and real-time data |
| Random Distribution Iceberg | Execution | A slicing algorithm which randomly sends child orders onto the market, so it is not initially being recognised as a child order |
| Adaptive Liquidity Seeking | Liquidity Seeking | An algorithm which reacts to market events such as market data, execution and a set of other criteria to dynamically update the decision tree to seek liquidity on lit and dark venues. |
| Statistical Adaptive Liquidity Seeking | Liquidity seeking | A liquidity seeking algorithm which integrates real-time / near-time statistical analysis to enrich the adaptive decision making process |
| Pair Trading | Trading | A neutral trading strategy enabling traders to profit from virtually any market conditions including uptrend, downtrend or sideways movement |
| Pegged Order | Trading | An order to the bid or ask with, or without an offset. The display quantity will float with the bid or ask, up to the ultimate limit price of the order. |
| Synthetic Stop | Trading | A limit sell order for a given instrument which is managed by the system and triggered by falling price |
| Synthetic Take Profit | Trading | A limit sell order for a given instrument which is managed by the system and triggered by raising the price |
| Synthetic time-in-force | Trading | A Good-Till-Date (GTD) or Good Till-Cancel (GTC) order type which is held away from the market and able to execute on a range of venues meeting the trade criteria |
| Trailing Stop | Trading | A Stop-loss order which the stop loss price is set to some fixed percentage below the market price. The market price rises, the stop loss price rises proportionally |
| Synthetic OTO | Trading | Triggers an order when another order is fully filled |
| Synthetic OCO | Trading | Cancels an order when another one is fully filled |
| Timed Order | Trading | Releases the order at a specific time to the exchange for execution |
| Sniping | Trading | Takes a set of predefined triggers such as the bid/offer trigger price and quantity/child order slice to hunt for liquidity |
| Pegged Order - with price | Trading | An enhanced pegged order that pegs to the BBO using an offset (in ticks or price) as defined by the users. Additional conditions such as limit price, min/max quantity or a-would-price (which for buy and Above which for sell) are available to hunt for liquidity |
| On-Close Auctions / On-Open Auctions | Trading | Balance impact and dispersion of the orders into and during the closing/opening auction. The algorithm phase management detects different market phases, with distinct parameters (e.g. move intra-day from trading to an intra-day auction phase) |
| Auto-hedging | Trading | Cross-asset class rule-driven autohedger based on position and real-time market data (greeks, delta, vega) for single trades or accrued positions. |
