First Traders Analytical Solutions (First Traders) is to use Radianz's global financial extranet, RadianzNet, to provide its options trading customers with a streamlined connection to its products and services.
James Kallimani, managing director, First Traders, says: "Working with Radianz will enable us to focus on what we do best: supplying software and services to the options trading marketplace."
Chicago-based First Traders says its customers also will be able to use their connection to RadianzNet to access the more than 80 other complementary services available.
Among the products the company offers, Total Access Options (TAO) was launched last autumn and marketed by Firt Traders and the American Stock Exchange.
The TAO platform provides direct electronic access to all five options exchanges.