Trading Technology

Morgan Stanley provides institutional customers access to its state-of-the-art electronic trade-order infrastructure and a variety of tools for executing trades in both equities and futures and which also allow managers to construct and analyse portfolios.

For clients with an existing order-management system, a single electronic connection to Morgan Stanley can provide access to all liquidity sources, from sales traders to exchanges and everything in between.

For clients who require "front end" execution and analysis tools Morgan Stanley can provide;

TradeXL - a realtime trade execution and position management system used globally in Morgan Stanley's institutional securities business for both basket and single-name orders. TradeXL offers efficient, fast access to global exchanges and alternative liquidity sources, including proprietary strategies, and also allows execution of listed equity and fixed income futures in open-outcry and electronic markets.

Gamma Trader - working as an extension to TradeXL, Gamma Trader hedges your delta changes for option and convertible bonds by managing long gamma positions based on inputs you provide. By automatically executing stock, Gamma Trader helps you capture long gamma trading profit effortlessly, freeing you to concentrate on more challenging positions.

Basket Link - provides a powerful easy-to-use tool to construct and analyse equity portfolios. Working within a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, Basket Link combines an extensive database of equity product information with a library of portfolio analytic routines.