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BESTDirect 8.0
futures & forex
trading platform
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BESTDirect 8.0
Trading Platform
Regardless of your trading
style, BEST Direct 8.0,
PFGBEST's newest trading
platform gives you an effective
platform for futures and
forex trading. The
depth-of-market (DOM) trading
panels offer a dynamic way
to view the market and place
trades, including advanced
order entry such as trailing
stops and profit targets.
The Trade Window gives a
complete view of account
information and an intuitive
order entry ticket with
OCO orders, while the flexible
workspace lets you mix and
match the platform views
that you want. Features
of BEST Direct 8.0 include:
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Features
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Trailing stops and profit
targets
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OCO orders
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Depth of Market Trading
Panel
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Trade window with complete
positions summary, trade
panel, order history, and
real-time account status
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Strategy window
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Immediate access to your
existing trading account
or demo account
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Ability to sort order management
panels that can be filtered
by product or by order status
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Flexible workspace that
lets you build the trading
environment you are most
comfortable using
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FOREX Direct Platform
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Forex Direct is a comprehensive
real-time platform offering
24-hour dealing with charts,
news, and account summaries
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Dealing Rates: This shows
the bid and ask on 12 currency
pairs from the 24-hour PFG
trade desk
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News: News streams from
several sources, including
Reuters, ForexNews.com and
newspapers from around the
world
that cover the forex markets
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Simple Trade Ticket: Forex
Direct users can adjust
their trade ticket to create
custom views
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Forex Charts: Intraday,
daily, weekly and monthly
charts are available for
all currency rates quoted.
Candlestick charts are
also available, along with
a broad variety of technical
studies.
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Statements: Customers can
view real-time and historical
account statements online
through the Forex
Direct platform
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Enhanced Quotes
BEST Direct 8.0 supports
real-time quotes for all
electronic futures as well
as forex and options.
Quick Trade windows show
depth of market. Real-Time
Price Ladder highlights
the last price marking it
easy to place limit and
stop order.
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Real-Time Charting
Streaming real-time charts
are now available for futures,
forex and options.
Charts currently include
1-, 5-, 10-, 15-, 30-, and
60-minute intervals.
Candlestick charts are also
available. The charts
can remain active on your
desktop even after you close
the platform. Future
versions of the program
will include enhancements
based on broker and customer
demand.
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Reliability
Multiple exchange connections
give BEST Direct 8.0 enhanced
redundancy.
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Order Management Data
Enhanced order management
features allow you to export
data to tab-delimited or
html formats. A tab-delimited
file can be imported into
any excel workbook if you
would like to build data
over time. The html
format mat be opened with
your web browser to view
a pre-formatted table showing
the day's trading activity.
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Account Status
Continually updated Account
Status with streaming real-time
P/L.
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Customer Service
The PFG customer service
department is available
to answer technical questions
at any time during the trading
day. The trade desk
is available during evening
and overnight hours.
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Parked Orders
The Parked Order function
enables customers to store
orders and recall them later
when they are read to enter
a trade. You can enter
more than one trade in the
Parked Order window, and
then enter one order or
several orders from the
Parked Orders window with
one click.
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Control of Commodity List
You can control commodities
that appear in the Market
Selection window by exchange
or by contract.
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Online Tutorial
The new version of BESTDirect
8.0 includes an online tutorial
accessible from inside the
platform.
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The BESTDirect 7.4
Trading Platform
BEST Direct 7.4 remains
true to the original objective
for BEST Direct - a reliable
online trading platform
that is simple to use and
features fast execution.
The BEST Direct trading
platform is one of the most
user-friendly online order
entry systems in the futures
industry. It was built
with the features that professional
traders demand - ease of
operation and risk control.
Open an account online or
sign up for a free simulated
trading account to experience
the BEST online trading
has to offer.
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Features
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Multiple accounts on one
screen
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Quote window provides real-time
quotes with bid/ask and
option for multiple market
viewing
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Depth of market and real-time
streaming charts for select
markets
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Real-Time Account Status
with streaming P/L
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Real-Time Price Ladder highlights
the 'last' in the center
for ease of placing limit
and stop orders
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Price Box features drop
down prices
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Accepts limit, GTC, stop,
market and MIT orders
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Performance summary gives
you a statistical view of
your trading day
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Quick trade ticket streamlines
trading one specific market
at a time. Use multiple
Quick Trade tickets, if
desired.
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Join the Bid or Ask in one
click
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Order management section
shows all your trades placed
through BEST Direct; working,
filled, cancelled, or rejected
orders are color coded for
easy viewing
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Refresh Function has updated
positions and reporting
information in the event
your internet connection
is ever lost
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Ease of Operation
Rather than crowd your desktop
with rarely used features,
BEST Direct was designed
for easy placement of orders.
The platform includes advanced
features that were designed
so that they don't get in
the way of quick, efficient
order entry.
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Risk Control
The BEST Direct platform
was developed so that customer
risk is determined before
trades are executed.
This is consistent with
Peregrine Financial Group's
risk management policy and
reduces broker and customer
risk.
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Reliability
BEST Direct has built-in
redundancy with communications
links to major exchanges.
The development team continuously
refines BEST Direct so that
it has the most reliable
communications, trading
and back office systems
possible
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