QST is a fully brandable, state-of-the-art futures and options trading application combining comprehensive, fast, flexible order entry / management with world-class charting and analytics, real-time quotes and news.
QST features the ability to enter and manage orders and fills from virtually any screen. It also offers integrated paper trading, allowing users to learn the QST interface and practice trading strategies. With the click of a button, users can toggle between paper and live trading. Also includes synthetic orders, such as a trailing stop, Iceberg, and auto spreads.
QST also offers an integrated and comprehensive customer self help system, specifically designed to reduce the impact on your help desk. It includes:
- Online help
- ASP delivery offers low cost of ownership and minimal on-site IT requirements.
- Automated exchange reporting.
- Integrated chat that connects clients to your brokers and help desk, and your brokers and help desk to our level 2 support.
Features
- Left click=buy, right click=sell, from any screen (charts, market depth, quote pages). The order entry function is intuitive and efficient. It is truly a “single action” operation.
- Multiple tabbed workspaces can be divided into one or more internal frames, and frames can be pulled into external windows.
- Advanced option calculations allow for user-defined greeks to simulate various trading scenarios.
- Real-time P & L on all screens.
- Real-time links to Excel spreadsheets.
- Automatic version updates on logon.
- Advanced Charts: Extensive indicators, including the ability to generate custom formulas. Import of external data for ‘what if’ scenarios. Overlay of multiple contracts.
- “Mobile Desktop” allows users to log in from any location and retrieve their saved custom desktop configuration. Work from home or the office using the same screen layout.
- Infinitely configurable colors, layouts and font sizes, featuring “theme” functionality that allows the user to select a unified color scheme throughout the application.
- Templates are available for multiple frame workspaces, trading workspaces, and chart-link workspaces.
- Context sensitive month selection. Contract selection system allows search by category, exchange, description and symbol. Simply click on the symbol to enter it.
- Clients can connect to Rolfe & Nolan for exchange access under Rolfe & Nolan’s ASP solution. Market APIs currently include Eurex, Eurex US, Euronext.liffe, Euronext (Matif), i-TOPS, CME i-Link (GLOBEX), eCBOT, CBOT Order Direct, NYMEX, NYBOT, One Chicago, TOPS, ICE, NYBOT ICE.
Broker / CTA Version
A specialized version for brokers and CTAs provides the following functionality:
- Group Views by Order Book, Office Code, Sales Code, as well as custom account groups
- A 3-level sort and sophisticated filtering capabilities.
- Block trading by groups, supporting both pre- and post-trade allocations.
- Single-action cancel, cancel/replace, offset and reverse operations for block orders and positions.
- Working orders, positions and fills can be exported to/imported from Excel.
- Cancel all working orders and offset all positions from a selected view (Order Book, Office Code, Sales Code, Custom Group)
- Custom Account Group editor allows easy creation/modification of user defined account groupings.
Multi-Platform
Java technology means multiplatform support: Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD. Multiple deployment options including one-click install via Java Web Start for thin client installation, as well as compiled Java Windows executables for maximum performance - the best of both worlds from the exact same code base. |
