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About Us
Tradebot Systems provides liquidity to the stock market.
In the old days, short-term liquidity was provided by specialists or floor-traders. In the past 10 years, their role has largely been replaced by sophisticated high-speed computer models. CNBC still reports live from the floor of the NYSE to preserve an outdated illusion for the public - the reality is the vast majority of the trading is now done by computers.
Each trading day, our algorithms analyze the market data and send millions of limit orders into the market. These limit orders often tighten the bid/ask spread paid by long-term investors. When the market data changes, our systems recalculate the price we are willing to buy or sell at, and adjust our limit orders in milliseconds.
Competition Makes Good Markets
Competition makes good markets.
With a free market and low barriers to entry, the competition between Tradebot and other algorithmic trading firms is very intense. Our trading models are constantly evolving in an attempt to get the edge.
Tradebot's algorithms are extremely efficient and operate on razor thin margins. In the "good old days" the specialist margins were much, much fatter (and the public footed the bill). With these ultra-slim margins, the only way to stay in business is to make it up on volume - huge volume.
Beating Wall Street from Kansas City
Some days Tradebot accounts for over 5% of the total U.S. stock market trading volume.
We have approximately 75 associates, about half of which are traders. Software and infrastructure teams constantly work to improve our technology. We are entrepreneurial and nimble. We hate internal bureaucracy and lengthy meetings.
Tradebot focuses on equity trading in the United States and Canada. We are working to apply our technology to other geographies and asset classes.
Tradebot has been profitable every quarter since our beginning in 1999. We have never sought a government bail out.
Tradebot is a registered broker-dealer. We do not give advice, have customers, or manage money for others.
