POWERFUL DECISION INTELLIGENCE FOR A RANGE OF USERS
Ideal can transform any trading firm's pool of data into a nimble and navigable source of insights and answers. Whether you're interested in analyzing your liquidity, optimizing your profitability, or ensuring more ethical decision-making, Ideal solutions can help. Explore some of our most common use cases below.
IDEAL USE CASES
Banks
Bank supervisory risk managers use Ideal Control to foster more ethical behavior among their trading teams. Particularly relevant for senior managers with SMCR accountability, Ideal Control provides independent validation and a defensible audit trail for evidencing adherence to code of conduct best practices.
Hedge Funds
Hedge funds use Ideal Flow to evaluate and optimize the profitability of their trade executions. Through Ideal Flow’s transaction cost analysis (TCA) reporting, hedge funds can identify opportunities for improving their performance and future profitability.
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Brokers
Institutional brokers use Ideal Flow for liquidity management, to optimize their incoming and outgoing flow. Ideal Flow’s interactive views of profitability and transaction cost analysis (TCA) reporting equip brokers with the insights they need for smarter decisions.
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Independent TCA
Firms look to Ideal for transaction cost analytics. Our Impact API is built on Pyth Network's market data, and reveals the true costs of transactions. Ideal also helps firms with operations automation, streamlining data workflows for greater efficiency
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ECNs
ECNs use Ideal Flow to monitor the liquidity dynamics among makers and takers. Ideal Flow’s market impact curves help liquidity managers monitor and manage trading behaviors, to keep markets healthy and volumes steady. Our solutions helps ECNs identify issues including latency arbitrage, liquidity sweeping, and machine gunning.
Technology Partners
Technology providers turn to Ideal for specialized, best-of-breed analytics and insights that feed into their broader solutions. Our EDEN platform’s API-driven connectivity makes it easy to import Ideal data streams and intelligence into existing user interfaces.
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