Executive Statement
Established
in 2001, Trade Exchange Network has evolved into a worldwide leader
in real-time Internet trading.
After
launching the world's first real-time person to person trading platform
that incorporated trade matching, account management and settlement
in 2001 we have continued to develop our service and now have members
from over 127 countries worldwide, offering real-time trading in
over 1,200 innovative products, 23 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Through our trading platform our members log on and deal on the
latest real-time dealing prices. We permission each member to trade
through a number of interfaces which all include full access to
real-time market data.
Trade Exchange Network owns and operates TradeSports.com,
Intrade.com and TradeBetX.com.
The company in response to member suggestions provides tailored
websites relevant and optimised to the trading patters of traders.
www.intrade.com is our
financial, political and current event trading platform. There are
no sports contracts on intrade.com
www.tradesports.com
also has financial, political and current events but is has many
sports contracts and other entertaining contracts.
www.tradebetx.com
is an interface specifically optimised for our European members
and includes many trading subjects.
Both
TradeSports.com
and intrade.com has
become synonymous with real-time Internet trading on some of the
most innovative products in the world and we have earned much recognition
from the media, academic, and investment industries for the market
data that we produce.
Should you be interested in receiving market data on any of our
contracts please contact us.
The key to our success is our dedication and drive in creating maximum
liquidity in innovative relevant products on a world class trading
platform. We develop our own software using our own experienced
development team. Our platform currently processes over 750,000
orders per day with all back office functions associated with your
trading updated in real-time. Since launch we have matched several
million trades.
Real-time
position keeping and notifications just two features of our platform
enables our members to monitor open positions and orders thereby
helping them to know profit and loss, and margin related issues.
As
a result of our business being built on a 100% Internet straight
through processing system, we keep our members trading costs to
a minimum. This has meant that trading fees are extremely competitive.
No fees for price makers and as low as $0.03 per lot at price extremes
and $0.05 per lot for price takers generally. There are no fees
for entering orders, only for matched trades.
Following our continued success in the US, we have started a process
to establish a regulated subsidiary. The company believes that offering
trading and clearing services for innovative contracts on a regulated
platform will allow members to manage certain financial risks that
are currently not provided for on traditional futures exchanges.
Pricing, trading and software efficiency have all helped to establish
us as a world leader in real-time Internet trading. However, without
the continuing support and patronage of our members or our dedicated
personnel none of this would have been possible.
We
have many more opportunities ahead of us. We are very enthusiastic
for new products and new markets. With our own experienced team
of professionals, managers, and developers we continue to expand
rapidly across the world.
Our customer focus, innovation and strong technology culture has
been our platform for success to-date and will continue to be the
basis for our future further expansion.
Yours sincerely
John Delaney
Chairman
Trade Exchange Network Limited
Dublin August 2005
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