Access
Market access is not exclusive. It’s a right on which the movement of ideas and capital depend, and which the seamless integration of technology brings to perfect light.
Above: In this algorithmically-generated image, historical stock price data spanning a two-year period are plotted as clusters of conical 3D graphs, viewed from above. Artist: Marius Watz.
Knight is a gateway to the global capital markets. We provide clients with access to multiple asset classes, including global equities and fixed income, foreign exchange, futures and options.
Our hybrid market model combines the latest in electronic trading with traditional sales and trading, making it easy for firms with diverse investment strategies and capabilities to work with us. The hybrid market model is central to our success in growing the client base and capturing an ever-greater share of order flow. Sophisticated algorithms and knowledge of trading patterns for individual securities allow us to further customize our offering and deliver high-quality trade executions according to client-defined measures.
In the event in-house liquidity isn’t immediately available, Knight has access to more than 100 external market centers including exchanges, ECNs, ATSs, dark pools, ADFs and MTFs, as well as other broker-dealers.
Among our electronic offerings, we’re witnessing the growth of Knight Link, a dark, electronic access point into Knight’s off-exchange liquidity, and Knight Direct, a comprehensive execution management system offering clients direct market access via a broker-neutral trading platform to multiple asset classes and liquidity destinations.