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Execution quality analytics for today’s complex market
S3 is a financial services software company that provides customized solutions to monitor and analyze trade execution for options, equities, and fixed income securities. The Company’s customizable software platform provides clients with the data necessary to understand those factors impacting best execution in today’s fragmented market landscape. Additionally, S3’s market structure analysis tools include regulatory reporting capabilities that allow customers to better comply with regulatory mandates, enhancing transparency and ensuring a fairer trading environment.
Best Execution Analytics
Reporting and trade exception management solutions that optimize trade execution, streamline the search for price improvement, and simplify regulatory reporting compliance.
Trade Surveillance Suite
Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)
Advanced trading analytics functionality, order execution transparency and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) specifically for institutional clients.
Options Transaction Cost Analysis (Options TCA)
Canadian Best Execution Quality Suite
Reporting and trade exception management solutions that optimize trade execution, facilitate order routing analysis, and provide insight on execution quality arising from differing market conditions between the U.S. and Canada.
Fixed Income Execution Quality Suite
About Us
S3 is a financial services software company that provides customized solutions to monitor and analyze trade execution, facilitate transparency, and simplify regulatory compliance for options, equities, and fixed income securities. The Company’s products are used today by many of the world’s largest financial institutions, broker-dealers, exchanges, bulge bracket and retail banks, and market makers to deliver market structure analytics and best execution reporting. S3 leverages its proprietary software to provide third-party trade verification and optimize trade execution for both the U.S. and Canadian markets.
In the News
Finops Report, SEC’s New Rule 606: Execution Transparency At a Cost
SEC’s New Rule 606: Execution Transparency At a CostFinops Reportby Chris Kentouris21 March 2019For brokerage trade operations, compliance and ITmanagers, giving fund managers a lot more details about where and how their trades were executed to fulfill the US...
S3 CEO Mark Davies Discusses SEC Rule 606 Updates
Markets Media March 15, 2019 S3's Mark Davies discussed the new and updated SEC Rule 606 reporting requirements during an industry call hosted by the Security Traders Association.
606 Reporting Requirements Summary
S3 Launches New 606 Reporting Suite
AUSTIN, TEXAS January 16, 2019 – S3 (“the Company”), the premier trading compliance company providing innovative solutions to monitor and analyze trade execution and surveillance for equities, options, and fixed income securities, today announced the launch of Order...
S3 Launches Trade Surveillance Suite, Providing All-In-One Compliance, Reporting and Analytics
AUSTIN, TEXAS October 3, 2018 – S3 (“the Company”), a financial services software company providing innovative solutions to monitor and analyze trade execution for equities, options, and fixed income securities, today announced the launch of its Trade Surveillance...
S3 Trade Surveillance Suite
Ready to learn more? Read about the S3 Trade Surveillance Suite here
CEO CHAT: Mark Davies, S3
Trader's Magazine October 2, 2018 S3's Mark Davies sat down with Trader's Magazine editor John D'Antona Jr. to discuss S3’s core mission, Mr. Davies' outlook for fintech and what new offerings the firm will be bringing to the marketplace.