The time is here. Lowest latency optimized infrastructure
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     available on a single platform.
                                                                  Welcome Alpha Platform™.

Financial services and trading firms operate in a dynamic environment where speed, reliability, and resilience are critical to
the bottom line. In this environment, latency cannot be tolerated.

CFN Services' Alpha Platform™ is a global high performance managed infrastructure for automated trading. The
infrastructure at the foundation of Alpha already provides accelerated ultra-low-latency market data delivery for some of
the most sophisticated and successful high frequency trading firms. This same infrastructure is now available to all
participants in the trading space - buy side, sell side and trading application providers.

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CFN Value-Added Commitments:

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   Lowest Latency Guarantee
   Coupled with the CFN Technology Refresh Program ensuring you always have the market available lowest latency.

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   CFN offers complete comparable portability and flexibility so your infrastructure can respond to any changes in
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   Due to volatility of the low-latency global exchange market CFN offers price compression and inflation protection
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            Global Reach to the largest trading venues in the world
Exchanges Supported:


Europe                      North & South America                  Asia & Pacific

BATS                        Alpha                                  ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
BME & MEFF                  Aqua Equities                          HKFE - Hong Kong Futures Exchange
Borsa Italiana              BATS                                   KRX - Korea Stock Exchange
Budapest Stock Exchange     BIDS Trading                           OSE - Osaka Securities Exchange
Bulgaria SE                 BM&F Bovespa                           SGX - Singapore Stock Exchange
Burgundy                    Boston Options Exchange (BOX)          TAIFEX- Taiwan Futures Exchange
CHI-X Europe                CBOE                                   TFX - Tokyo Financial Exchange
Eurex                       CBOT                                   TOCOM - Tokyo Commodity Exchange
ICE                         Chicago Stock Exchange                 TSE - Tokyo Stock Exchange
LIFFE                       CHI-X Canada
London Metal Exchange       CME
LSE                         Currenex
Nasdaq OMX                  Direct Edge
NQ Nordics Burgundy         ICE Futures US
NYSE ARCA Europe            ISE Options Exchange
NYSE Euronext POP (Paris)   ISE Stock Exchange
NYSE POP (Amsterdam)        Kansas City Board of Trade
NYSE POP (Brussels)         Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE)
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SIX Swiss Exchange          New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
Turquoise                   New York Stock Exchange
Wiener Börse AG             NYSE AMEX
Wiener Ireland              NYSE ARCA
Xetra                       Omega
                            Pacific Stock Exchange (PCX)
                            Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX)
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For more information go to www.cfnservices.com / lowlatency@cfnservices.com / +1-703-788-6633

Alpha data sheet

  • 1.
    The time ishere. Lowest latency optimized infrastructure and hosting along with best-of-breed trading applications available on a single platform. Welcome Alpha Platform™. Financial services and trading firms operate in a dynamic environment where speed, reliability, and resilience are critical to the bottom line. In this environment, latency cannot be tolerated. CFN Services' Alpha Platform™ is a global high performance managed infrastructure for automated trading. The infrastructure at the foundation of Alpha already provides accelerated ultra-low-latency market data delivery for some of the most sophisticated and successful high frequency trading firms. This same infrastructure is now available to all participants in the trading space - buy side, sell side and trading application providers. • Milan • Zuric adrid h • • M Sto rt kfu ckh ran olm Alpha Platform™ Key Value and Differentiators: • F • Tu am at a R Mana isk r rd et D ke gem ark e st y Am M en • † Global high-performance managed infrastructure for Mo t • sc s ari automated trading across key liquidity venues in the ed g ow Pro Da ar e Fe in Hosximi • P rdw s New Trad Ha t in t y • D ta g equities, options, futures, derivatives, and FX markets don An ubai t en t gemrk s Sao Paulo • Lon Ev en Mo Mana two alytics Latitoring • Tel Aviv • Singapo n e ency † Seamless integration for accelerated delivery of N Alpha low-latency market and event data with best-of-breed Platform trading applications to • oron re † Managed proximity hosting within liquidity venues to • T Ho • ia accelerate trading performance ng lph Ko de n ila g Ph • To † Portable and scalable platform providing the infrastructure • ky go o ica • Ch Se to rapidly respond to changing needs, market conditions, ou l • ey • Syd ney Jers and liquidity venues • New York • New † Flexibility to customize solutions and contracts while deploying a turnkey solution that integrates proprietary and vendor-sourced applications across the entire trading chain † Lowers the cost barrier to geographic and asset class diversity while improving performance and reducing time to market † Latency options allowing firms to customize solutions to trading markets and algorithmic approaches that or more or less sensitive to the speed of execution
  • 2.
    CFN Value-Added Commitments: †CFN Technology Refresh Program ensures that Alpha Platform™ is always leading with the best_of-class networking equipment coupled with lowest latency connectivity † Alpha Select our premier partner program, enables low-latency global delivery of trading applications to the automated securities market, while providing financial services and trading firms access to industry leading solutions in a high performance environment CFN Value-Added Commitments: Lowest Latency Guarantee Coupled with the CFN Technology Refresh Program ensuring you always have the market available lowest latency. Portability Guarantee CFN offers complete comparable portability and flexibility so your infrastructure can respond to any changes in market conditions and trading strategies. Price Gurantee Due to volatility of the low-latency global exchange market CFN offers price compression and inflation protection based on contract terms. Global Reach to the largest trading venues in the world
  • 3.
    Exchanges Supported: Europe North & South America Asia & Pacific BATS Alpha ASX - Australian Stock Exchange BME & MEFF Aqua Equities HKFE - Hong Kong Futures Exchange Borsa Italiana BATS KRX - Korea Stock Exchange Budapest Stock Exchange BIDS Trading OSE - Osaka Securities Exchange Bulgaria SE BM&F Bovespa SGX - Singapore Stock Exchange Burgundy Boston Options Exchange (BOX) TAIFEX- Taiwan Futures Exchange CHI-X Europe CBOE TFX - Tokyo Financial Exchange Eurex CBOT TOCOM - Tokyo Commodity Exchange ICE Chicago Stock Exchange TSE - Tokyo Stock Exchange LIFFE CHI-X Canada London Metal Exchange CME LSE Currenex Nasdaq OMX Direct Edge NQ Nordics Burgundy ICE Futures US NYSE ARCA Europe ISE Options Exchange NYSE Euronext POP (Paris) ISE Stock Exchange NYSE POP (Amsterdam) Kansas City Board of Trade NYSE POP (Brussels) Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE) Paris Bourse SA Montreal Exchange Plus Markets NASDAQ SIX Swiss Exchange NASDAQ OMX BX RTS NASDAQ OMX PHLX SIX Swiss Exchange New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) Turquoise New York Stock Exchange Wiener Börse AG NYSE AMEX Wiener Ireland NYSE ARCA Xetra Omega Pacific Stock Exchange (PCX) Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) Pure Triax TSX For more information go to www.cfnservices.com / [email protected] / +1-703-788-6633