Proton Securities Greek Stock Brokerage Firm

As a wholly owned subsidiary of PROTON Investment Bank, PROTON Securities enjoys the Group's support in terms of capital, letters of guarantee and custodian services, enhancing its capability to offer competitive rates and support higher trading volumes.

(PRWEB) December 4, 2004 -- PROTON Securities is a member of the Athens Exchange (ATHEX), awarded a market making role in equities traded in the cash market and in derivatives traded in the derivatives market (index / equity futures & options), where it has a significant market share. Moreover, it is a market maker in the New Stock Exchange (where small and medium capitalization innovative companies can be listed).Furthermor, is a remote member of the EUREX.

PROTON Securities is the first and only broker in Greece so far, to have established and operate the Reuters Inter Trade Direct (RITD) system in both modes, allowing PROTON to operate in Execution Venue Mode (receiving orders directly on-line from foreign brokers for the Athens Exchange), as well as in Order Entry Mode (placing orders directly on-line to foreign brokers, members of international exchanges). The Straight Through Processing (STP) implementation of orders, allows PROTON the leading edge.

Apart from Greek financial markets, PROTON Securities allows its customers direct access to the following international exchanges: NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, U.S Bulletin Board, CME, CBOT (USA). XETRA, EUREX (Germany), EURONEXT, MONEP, MATIF (France), LSE, VIRT-X, LIFFE (UK), SWX (Switzerland), TSE (Japan), AEX (Netherlands), Milan Stock Exchange (Italy), Stockholm Stock Exchange (Sweden), SIBE (Spain), HEX (Filand), ISE (Turkey).

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