Trading Platforms
Quick Screen Trading offers revolutionary software applications for real-time streaming futures and options on futures quotes, highly reliable and accurate data, internet based mobility for anytime/anywhere access, professional, advanced tools, the best combination of sophistication, usability, performance and price. One application can consolidate order flow on Ion Trading’s RANorder, or Trading Technologies, and CQG’s FIX Adapter, and soon to be OAK. This gives you the flexibility to route your order flow through a single network, fully utilizing its firm-wide risk control. The very same application gives you fully redundant access to market data replacing Futuresource, eSignal, ProphetX, DTN or any other quote terminal products.
Sweet Futures would like you to take advantage of a Free 30 day trial on QST. For the 30 day trial period you will have the ability to (paper) trade a futures demo account. QST offers many unique features and trading tools. Take advantage of this 30 day trial to familiarize yourself with all that QST has to offer. Don’t just choose any online trading platform. Choose the platform that’s right for you. During your trial Sweet Futures will be just a call away to answer any questions you have. Remember every trader has different needs. At Sweet Futures we will work with you to pick a platform suitable for your trading needs, backed by discounted commision rates.
QST offers the following innovative products:
QST Desktop Version 7.0™
Quick Screen Trading offers revolutionary software applications for real-time streaming futures and options on futures quotes, highly reliable and accurate data, internet based mobility for anytime/anywhere access, professional, advanced tools, the best combination of sophistication, usability, performance and price.
QST Lite™
Browser-based application
QST Lite is a browser-based application. It works on any browser including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux and other operating systems. It does not require any extra browser plugins like Flash or Java.
QST Mobile for Android™
Android application
QST Mobile offers real-time streaming quotes, advanced order entry capabilities, news, world-class charting and analytics. Employing an intuitive and easy-to-use design it was developed with feedback from professional traders. QST Mobile delivers reliability, accuracy, usability and high performance.
QST Mobile for iPhone and iPad™
New and revolutionary
QST Mobile offers real-time streaming quotes, advanced order entry capabilities, news, world-class charting and analytics. Employing an intuitive and easy-to-use design it was developed with feedback from professional traders. QST Mobile delivers reliability, accuracy, usability and high performance.
QST for Blackberry™
Redesigned for faster speed and increased security
QST Mobile for Blackberry has been redesigned for faster speed and increased security. The application will provide you with reliable real time / delayed data (according to your provisioning packages). Several Direct TCP connection issues, caused by some mobile internet providers or carrier networks, have been eliminated. We also offer support for BlackBerry Z10.
What’s new in Version 7.0
- More powerful: leveraging the advantage of latest cross-platform runtime support;
- Easier on resources: ~20% reduced bandwidth due to optimized communication protocol between front and back-end;
- Better connected to the outside world: new Exchanges support, on-demand reconnect after connection failed, more frames to live link / export (Order Activity Log, Price Ladder, Depth Of Market, Spread Matrix, Options All Months);
- More control for your portfolio: new contingencies, wash trades and cross-trade warnings, special instructions supported, redesigned Shared Order Book, Orders and Positions Monitor offers more info “at a glance” due to extended functionality, support for select Exchange-traded options strategies, faster access to live Account Info from major frames, mark fills as reported;
- More customizable: Order Entry notifications enable smoother workflow, alarms can be refined more, improved Indicator Builder, the best charts just got better (continuation by same month for spreads etc.), Window-Linked Workspaces offer better break-down of spreads;
- Easier on the eyes: cosmetic, but also functionally-justified improvements (Time & Sales highlights, richer and partially redesigned charts, contract expiration warning);
- More diverse: vastly extended palette of indicators, options chains seamlessly supported throughout the application;
- More user-friendly: new Paper Trading (now with client-server architecture), Data Pages (fast, hassle-free market overview per product category), “Copy to clipboard” operation to unify export operations;
- More agile: various fixes and improvements delivered thru updates in record time;
- New Exchanges: BM&F, Bursa Malaysia, LIFFE Commodities, LIFFE Equities and Index Derivatives, LIFFE Fixed Income, LME, NYSE LIFFE, NZX, Tokyo Grain Exchange, Tokyo Commodities Exchange(TOCOM), Sydney Futures Exchange, Chicago Futures Exchange(@CBOE), Eurex.
Feature-by-Feature Highlights
What’s new in lite
QST Lite is a browser-based application. It works on any browser including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux and other operating systems. It does not require any extra browser plugins like Flash or Java.
- New and improved look and feel for a better user experience and performance
- Block Trades module
- Notifications for Alarms
- Data Pages module
- New Charts
Key Features
- Internet based mobility for anytime/anywhere access.
- Real-time streaming futures and options on futures quotes.
- Highly reliable and accurate data.
- The best combination of sophistication, usability, performance and price.
Feature-by-feature Highlights
General | Order Entry | Price Ladder | Block Trades |
Fixed Quote Pages | Orders & Positions | Order Activity Log | Data Pages |
Charts | Options Chain | Account Information | |
Quotes Monitor | News | User Setting |
QST Mobile for iPhone and iPad
- QST Mobile offers real-time streaming quotes, advanced order entry capabilities, news, world-class charting and analytics. Employing an intuitive and easy-to-use design it was developed with feedback from professional traders. QST Mobile delivers reliability, accuracy, usability and high performance.
- This application offers you the perfect balance between trading with one tap and, at the same time, offers in-depth customizations for your trading actions. Visualizing your portfolio has never been easier. Applying filters and using simple gestures can show or hide details on any item in your portfolio. Real-time notifications provide instant feedback during your trading session.
Feature-by-feature Highlights
QST Mobile for Android
- QST Mobile offers real-time streaming quotes, advanced order entry capabilities, news, world-class charting and analytics. Employing an intuitive and easy-to-use design it was developed with feedback from professional traders. QST Mobile delivers reliability, accuracy, usability and high performance.
- Futures exchange coverage includes CME Group (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX). Equity exchange coverage includes NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX.
- Quotes Monitor offers a highly customizable quote montage that provides detailed quote information organized into multiple pages with user-defined titles.
- Advanced Symbol Search capabilities assist you in finding the correct symbol to compose any kind of contract in your Quotes Monitor. A Contract Details view will offer you complete info on any contract available in your Quotes Monitor.
- Full screen charts offering a wide selection of tools, settings and programmable indicators.
- Price Ladder offers a real-time market depth view that highlights your relevant portfolio data in an interactive fashion.
- Options Chain can display all the options for any futures contract with the ability to trade individual options directly from the module.
- Price Alarms can be set on any quote with various conditions and alerting modes. Real-time news from Dow Jones, Reuters and LaSalle Street comes with advanced search capabilities, related linkage and a context-based coloring scheme.
- Save your Settings at your office or at home and seamlessly continue working on the road, whether you are using QST Professional, QST Lite or QST Mobile.
- This application offers you the perfect balance between trading with one tap and, at the same time, offers in-depth customizations for your trading actions. Visualizing your portfolio has never been easier. Quick account switching offers you a flawless transition between the accounts that comprise your portfolio. Applying filters and using simple gestures can show or hide details on any item in your portfolio. Real-time notifications provide instant feedback during your trading session.
Feature-by-feature Highlights
QST Mobile for BlackBerry
QSTme is a revolutionary software application offering world-class charting and analytics, real-time quotes and news.
- Real-time streaming futures and options on futures quotes.
- Highly reliable and accurate data.
- Internet based mobility for anytime/anywhere access.
- Professional, advanced tools.
- The best combination of sophistication, usability, performance and price.
Feature-by-feature Highlights
General | Price Ladder | Orders and Positions |
Quotes | Options Chain | Order Entry |
Charts | Alarms | Order Ticket |
News | Account Information | User Settings |