Markets Direct Awarded Most Innovative Trading Platform

The ForexRating.com Awards conduct in-depth research and analysis of the most important business segments in the Forex market. Its annual nominations honour top brokers and best-in-class financial service providers while providing market participants with in-depth knowledge to help them make better-educated decisions. Recently, ForexRating.com named Markets Direct the “Most Innovative Trading Platform,” demonstrating the company's commitment to improving global clients' trading experiences.

A professional team formed Markets Direct with years of experience in banking and the Chicago Board of Trade trading floors. The management saw a critical need for a multi-asset platform because regulation has compelled multiple asset-class providers to converge on a single platform.

Markets Direct has continued to grow its portfolio throughout 2022, demonstrating its dedication to a varied client base around the world. In addition to increasing its reach by doubling the asset classes available to consumers, the company is also improving its main product, the Gateway Hub. The latter combines Cash Equities, Futures, and OTC markets in a single cross-margined account that includes exchange-traded products and over 3500 listed equities and ETFs.

Markets Direct also provides full multi-asset knowledge through a single account, allowing cross-margining by leveraging US equities positions while trading futures and forex.

Markets Direct's platform, developed in collaboration with industry leaders, allows for commission-free and fractional share trading and the use of a 50% margin on a stock portfolio to trade FX and Futures. It customises asset offerings to include regional futures exchanges and local equities in order to attract high-net-worth investors and active traders.

The gateway hub supports the full depth of the Futures and FX order books and readily interfaces to the most popular front ends, including MT5, Netdania Mobile, CQG Desktop, and custom front ends through FIX. Markets Direct also handles corporate actions, dividends, and IRS reporting.

Meanwhile, the company's MFSA, EU-regulated, and Qualified Intermediary brokerage firm uses the proprietary bridge and hub technology to access and link a wide range of trading venues while managing the complexity of KYC/AML, market data, and tax reporting for its brokerage partners.