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Hold Brothers Celebrates 10 Years in India

Hold Brothers, an electronic trading pioneer, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of maintaining its operation in India.

Hold Brothers*, an electronic trading pioneer, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of maintaining its operation in India. Formed as On-Line Investment Services, Inc. in 1994, the firm has been a leader in direct access equity trading and high-speed trading software.

In 2006, Hold opened its first India office primarily for software development. The team of developers based in India is made up of industry experts whose goal is to maximize a trader’s ability to perform faster and more competitively in the equity trading marketplace. The end product of this goal is Graybox, a software which is built around offering high-availability, high-speed market liquidity access. Risk management is also important to traders, and the software has an extremely comprehensive system to monitor their positions.

Over the last 10 years, Hold Brothers software has continually evolved to meet changing market and trader needs. According to Sankar Mugam, a Graybox project manager, “Graybox is unique because the functionality built into the platform allows for the highest possible level of trader customization. The system is also ‘live’, as updates are being added frequently.”

“We are proud of Hold Brothers’ legacy of leadership in trading software,” said Gregory F. Hold, CEO, Hold Brothers. “As the market continues to restructure, Hold Brothers is continuing to update its systems to offer solutions that help traders achieve their goals. Our developers, trade support team, and news department also continue to be an outstanding part of our operation. We are excited about the prospects ahead.”

About Hold Brothers
Hold Brothers is a leader in providing equities traders with the tools and information they need to execute trades quickly, effectively and efficiently, in any market environment. Since 1994, Hold Brothers has been committed to developing flexible and cutting-edge technology designed to meet the changing demands of the trading industry. For more information, please visit: http://www.hold.com.

*Hold Brothers is the marketing name for Hold Brothers Capital, LLC, (a registered broker-dealer and a CBOE member) and its affiliates. All securities activities and transactions are handled through Hold Brothers Capital LLC.

Contact Information
Vera Shulgina
Hold Brothers Capital, LLC
http://www.hold.com
646-745-2140

The Analytic Features of Graybox

Explore the many analytic features of Graybox™, the proprietary software developed by Gregory Hold‘s trading firm: Hold Brothers.

Tops Volume
Sales
High and Lows
Lows
Highs
Price Alerts
Open Book Market Shorts
Open Book Market Longs
Open Book Premarket Shorts
Open Book Ask Scan
Open Book Bid Scan
Inside Market Alerts
Top Range
Top Open Change
Top Close Change
Top Percent Change
Regulatory Imbalances
Bid and Ask Scan
Bid/Ask Spread
NYSE Indications
Imbalances
Firm SAIs
Firm Executions
Crossed Prints
Pre/Post Market Print

If you’re interested in learning more about this valuable tool from Hold Brothers, visit the Hold Brothers website.

Graybox from Hold Brothers: Exploring the Different Analytic Views (Advanced)

Graybox from Hold Brothers allows users to see real-time stock market data using 26 different analytic views to promote informed decision making. Here, we will explore several of the more basic views available to users of our Graybox software.

Bid and Ask Scan

The Big and Ask Scan view catches large size best bids and asks. The minimum size is 5000 shares. It displays Symbol, Shares (in 100s), Bid/Ask price and market maker. The bid is in green and ask is in red. If the current market is locked or crossed, the line will be highlighted (green for bid or red for ask). Users can create filters to set minimum volume, minimum price, minimum spread, minimum size, symbols and ECNs.

Price Alerts

The Price Alerts view gives users the ability to set the below and above threshold for stocks. If the stock price is greater than the set above price, the symbol will be highlighted in green. If the stock price is less than the set below price, the symbol will be highlighted red.

Imbalances

The Imbalances view shows the market imbalance data for daily basic with opening (before market opens) and closing (after 3:40 PM till market closes) messages. Buying imbalances are shown in green and selling imbalances are shown in red.

Pre/Post Market Print

The Pre/Post Market Print view allows users to access pre and post market print data. The pre-market data comes before the market opens and the post market data comes after the market closes.

Bid/Ask Spread

The Bid/Ask Spread view allows users to access the Bid/Ask Spread market data in market time. The view displays the top 20 spreads in descending order from top to bottom. The 7 columns in this view include symbol, Bid, Ask, Spread, Time, Number of Prints and Last Print.

The Graybox software is from Hold Brothers (CEO, Gregory Hold) and it can be a valuable tool to help you make informed trading decisions. If you’re interested in purchasing the Graybox software, please visit the Hold Brothers website

Graybox from Hold Brothers: Exploring the Different Analytic Views (Basic)

Cross Locked Display

The Cross Locked display allows users to view current and historical crossed/locked symbols. Within the view, users can see when the symbol started crossed/locked, current “Bid” and “Ask” price and crossed/locked value. On the history list, users can view the last crossed/locked symbols and they time they left crossed/locked status.

Highs & Lows

The Highs & Lows views show new intraday highs and lows for all stocks. The user has the option of viewing them individually or together. Each view contains the stock symbol, the number of times it hits a high/low, and the price that creates the new high/low. Highs are highlighted in green and lows in red.

Inside Market Alerts

The Inside Market Alerts view shows the user real time inside market alerts. They are the inside market price of the “Bid” or “Ask” of a stock. This view displays stock symbol, bid, ask, and price change. The “Bid” and “Ask” are green in color if there is a price increase or red in color if there is a price decrease. The symbol and price change are highlighted when a stock’s price change reaches user’s alert level.

Top Volume

The Top Volume view shows the real time data of the most heavily traded stocks. The view displays the stock symbol and the current volume of the stock.

Sales

The Sales view shows the real time stocks that are trading the most in the market right now. The view displays the stock symbol and print bar. Prints are cumulated over the last 12 seconds. The number of prints over the last 12 seconds determines the length of the bar and the speed of the prints determines the intensity of the color of the bar

Hold Brothers Attends Traders Expo: New York

Hold Brothers Attends Traders Expo: New York

Trading Pros Converge to Discuss 2016

NEW YORK – The International Traders Expo New York was held from February 21^st – 23^rd at the Marriott Marquis in New York. It brought the country’s top trading pros together with one goal in mind – to see the newest developments in the trading industry, including software and trading techniques.

Hold Brothers* attended the 3-day event and engaged in conversations about all the latest tools, technologies, and cutting-edge investment opportunities. The event, which also provided in-depth educational classes and interaction with successful professional traders, was a huge success!

Speakers included Liz Dierking and Jenny Andrews (co-hosts of the LIZ and JNY Show), Harry Boxer (author of The Technical Trader), publisher Jake Bernstein, Ralph Acampor (Director of Technical Studies for New York Institute of Finance), Barbara James (Investor’s Business Daily Instructor), Currency Pro Service editor Jim Martens, and many more

Hold Brothers CEO, Gregory Hold, was glad to be at the Traders Expo to showcase the company’s capabilities in software, market access, self clearing, news service, and international outsourcing operations. “We were surprised to be the only prop trading firm at the expo, but it was good to be back and to see some old friends of Hold Brothers”.

About Hold Brothers

Hold Brothers is a leader in providing equities traders with the tools and information they need to execute trades quickly, effectively and efficiently, in any market environment. Since 1994, Hold Brothers has been committed to developing flexible and cutting-edge technology designed to meet the changing demands of the global trading industry. For more information, please visit: http://www.hold.com.

For more information contact:

Vera Shulgina
sales@hold.com
212-792-0900

Risks Parameters Used in the Hold Brothers Graybox Software

Are you wondering what risk parameters are used by the Graybox™ software created by Hold Brothers? Review the list below:

Floating power
Buying power
Pre-post market max float power
Pre-post market buying power
Pre-post market buying power concentration %
BP concentration %
Stop loss
Auto close stop loss
Max shares held
Max order size
Max shares traded
Max shares per symbol
Max positions held
Cutoff limit
Stock price limit

The Hold Brothers’ Graybox™ software is a valuable tool to help you make informed trading decisions. If you’re interested in learning more about the Graybox software please visit the Hold Brothers website.

Graybox Trading Software Explained

Graybox™ is Hold Brothers’ proprietary software designed to help maximize their traders’ abilities to perform more competitively and to perform faster, regardless of where they are in the world and for any market environment.

Hold Brothers make substantial investments in their technology, including investing in a team of expert, in-house developers who are devoted to keeping Graybox™ updated and on the leading-edge.

Graybox™ can be customized to fit each traders unique needs. It includes a risk management system and built-in data center.

Graybox™ at a glance:

Fast Executions – Direct executions with major exchanges and ATS’s
Keystroke shortcuts for 80 possible functions let you trade at the touch of a button
Fast Quotes – Integrated Level II and direct ECN Books provide super-fast quotes interfaces
Scalable execution system with in-built redundancy
Customizable for any trading style
Advanced trading features, including:
- Blasting: Send multiple orders to all market makers at multiple price levels
- Smart Order: Scan the market for the best price within the inside market
- SwipeKey: Automatically place a Bid/Offer at the top of a specified ECN book
- Mass Preferencing & Override: Send multiple orders to market makers/ECNs within a certain level
- Ignore Market Maker List: Automatically block orders going to certain specified market makers
- Super ECN Key: Send orders to all ECNs at a specified price
- Trading Baskets: Launch orders to a group of stocks, specifying both quantities and exchanges
- Portfolio Manager: With real time position monitor and full back office functionality
- Integrated Listed Trading (NYSE)
- Top Movers
- Auto Cancels
- Highs & Lows
- Top 10 Montage of Active Stocks
- Advanced Analytics

Contact Hold Brothers to learn more about Graybox™

About Hold Brothers

Hold Brothers is a direct access trading firm headquartered in Manhattan (New York). It was founded by brothers, Gregory Hold and Steven Hold. Hold Brothers has grown to be a leading trading technology and support services solution for individual, hedge fund and other group traders over the past 2 decades. Through the firm’s proprietary software, Graybox™, Hold Brothers offers traders direct access to markets and various liquidity pools around the world.

Gregory Hold serves as Chairperson and CEO of Hold Brothers. The in-house team of Hold Brothers are experienced and senior-level developers who are available around the clock to ensure that traders have access to information, bandwidth and support necessary to make informed decisions, manage risk appropriately, and execute trades efficiently.

Hold Brothers Celebrates 20 Years!

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hold Brothers*, an online trading pioneer, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Formed as On-Line Investment Services, Inc. in 1994, the firm has been a leader in direct access equity trading and high-speed trading software.

Over the last 20 years, Hold Brothers has continually evolved to meet changing market and trader needs. The firm became a broker/dealer in 1995, also earning the distinction of the world’s first day trading news caller firm that year. Hold Brothers launched its proprietary Graybox trading software in 1999 to offer traders high-availability, high-speed market liquidity access, and expanded nationally during the trading boom of the late 1990s.

In 2000, the firm achieved more than $130 million in revenue and formally changed its name to Hold Brothers. That same year, it was included in the Inc. 500, with a ranking of 152 and the following year was ranked 150. The firm began self-clearing trades for proprietary trading in 2002. Global expansion began in 2003 as Hold Brothers opened trading operations in countries of the former Soviet Union and experienced strong growth there. In 2006, the firm established offices in Asia.

Reflecting the firm’s growing stature, Hold Brothers was invited to ring the NYSE Opening Bell in 2006. By that time, the firm had more than 600 traders and staff around the world. Two years later, that number reached 750 as international trading experienced rapid growth. In 2010, the firm had over 2,000 traders worldwide.

“We are proud of Hold Brothers’ 20-year legacy of leadership in providing trading access to individuals and institutions around the world,” said Gregory F. Hold, CEO, Hold Brothers. “As the market, technology, and traders’ needs change, Hold Brothers is continuing to evolve to offer solutions aimed at helping traders achieve their goals. We are excited about the prospects ahead.”

About Hold Brothers

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