Best Execution Reporting for Options
The GRID’s speed and accuracy allows for timely and precise results for your Option’s business.


The GRID's robust technology and tier one services allow financial service firms greater transparency into their own business practices. S3's proprietary and powerful engines known industry wide as "The GRID" provides an unprecedented level of analysis and business intelligence that will simplify your routing decisions. The GRID delivers data and offers reporting structures that are found no where else in the financial service business domain.

The GRID offers complete clearness into Options order flow management for your customers and will increase their confidence in your firm’s performance by creating a self-service interface. This results in trade and analysis reports that are easily packaged and delivered over the Web. Client requests for information are immediately answered. In the event of a disimproved trade, a missed fill, or any order that is executed outside of your customized business rules and standards, the GRID’s closed-loop system for managing orders and work-flow creates a ticketing system for resolving exceptions. Exceptions are reported to responsible traders and other stakeholders in the process in real time.


Regulations are around the corner for Option trading. We all know that. S3 is already positioned to support such regulations. You’ll quickly see how our exception reports and data management solutions will dramatically exceed anything required of financial services institutions by regulators. The same information we use to keep your customers happy and profitable also offers a level of visibility into the markets that has long been sought after by the SEC.