2024 Award Categories

Nominations for TradingTech Insight Awards – USA can be made by financial institutions, our Advisory Board and the trading technology solution providers themselves in the following categories:

Best Overall Market Data Provider

Vendors of comprehensive real-time market data services and related financial information for traders via terminal or data feed/API

Best Consolidated Market Data Feed

Vendors of consolidated market data feeds

Best Provider of Broker Market Data

Vendors of solutions that distribute market data generated by brokers

Best Alternative Data Consolidator

Vendors of delivery systems (feeds and platforms) for alternative data services.

Best Machine-Readable News Supplier

Vendors of machine-readable new for consumption by trading algorithms, analytics and execution systems

Best Cloud-Based Market Data Delivery Solution

Vendors of market data delivery solutions hosted in a public cloud environment.

Best Managed Services Solution for Market Data

Vendors providing market data on a managed service basis

Best Enterprise Real Time Publishing Platform

Vendors of enterprise grade real-time data publishing platforms

Best Market Data Inventory Platform

Vendors of platforms for managing subscriptions and entitlements to market data and other financial information services

Best Low Latency Data Feed

Vendors of low-latency data delivery systems.

Best High Performance Data Feed Handler

Vendors of low-latency data feed handlers

Best Time Stamping/Latency Measurement System

Vendors of solutions for measuring messaging latency across trading networks and infrastructures

Best Trading Infrastructure Monitoring Platform

Vendors of solutions for performance monitoring and trouble-shooting for trading infrastructures.

Best High Performance Network Services

Vendors providing low-latency network services for trading connectivity.

Best Managed Services Solution for Trading

Vendors providing trading-related capabilities on a managed services basis.

Best Cloud Platform for Trading Applications

Cloud services providers with best environments for meeting the needs of capital markets clients

Best AI Solution for Trading

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Best Trading Analytics Platform

Vendors of analytics solutions for the trading environment

Best Smart Trader Desktop Environment

Best provider of an intuitive open desktop environment that can integrate multiple apps and securely manage a trader’s workflow

Best Enterprise Environment for Interoperability

Vendors of solutions or platforms that facilitate interoperability of applications across the enterprise

Best Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) Tool

Vendors of transaction cost analysis (TCA) tools

Best Pre-Trade Risk Controls Provider

Vendors of pre-trade checking systems to prevent breach of agreed trader limits

Best Market Simulation Solution

Vendors of simulations to enable back-testing of trading algorithms

Best FIX Engine Provider

Vendors of FIX protocol-based messaging infrastructure

Best Buy-Side EMS

Vendors of execution management systems (EMS) to asset managers, hedge funds and other buy-side financial institutions

Best Sell-Side EMS

Vendors of execution management systems (EMS) to investment banks, broker/dealers and other sell-side financial institutions

Best Buy-Side OMS

Vendors of order management systems (OMS) to asset managers, hedge funds and other buy-side financial institutions

Best Sell-Side OMS

Vendors of order management systems (OMS) to investment banks, broker/dealers and other sell-side financial institutions

Best Order Routing Network Operator

Operators of networks for routing buy-side trade orders

Best Smart Order Routing Application

Vendors of smart order routing (SOR) solutions that automate the selection of best available trading venues and are designed to improve fill rates and trade execution

Best Foreign Exchange (FX) Trading Solution

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading in currencies and FX derivatives

Best Fixed Income Trading Solution

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading in bonds, loans and interest-rate products

Best Equities Trading Solution

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading in listed equities and related securities

Best Listed Derivatives Trading Solution

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading on-exchange listed derivatives

Best OTC Derivatives Trading Solution

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading in OTC derivative securities

Best Solution for Commodities Trading

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading physical commodities and commodity derivatives

Best Solution for ETF Trading

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading in exchange-traded funds

Best Solution for Energy Trading

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for trading in power, oil and gas

Best Platform for Electronic Market Making

Vendors of platforms, solutions and applications for market-making

Best Matching Engine for Exchanges and Electronic Trading Venues

Vendors of matching engines for exchanges, multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), dark pools, systematic internalisers (SIs) and other electronic trading venues

Best Matching Engine for Cryptocurrency Trading Venues

Vendors of matching engines designed specifically for venues trading cryptocurrency

Best Solution for Workflow Automation

Vendors of solutions for automating the trading workflow

Best Solution for Digital Assets Trading

Vendors of solutions designed specifically for trading digital assets and cryptocurrencies

Best Trade Reporting Solution

Vendors of trade-reporting mechanisms for compliance with MiFID II, EMIR and other regulations

Best Trade Surveillance Solution

Vendors of solutions that capture, monitor and analyse trade data for surveillance and regulatory compliance

Best Specialist Market Data Consultancy

Consultancies providing advice on sourcing and management of market data for trading firms

Best Specialist Trading Technology Consultancy

Consultancies dedicated to trading technology