ActAdvantage
| Based on our vast experience in the retail Forex market, ActForex offers your company a unique view into the most important business issues for becoming successful in this dynamic industry. ActForex is not a trading company or a clearinghouse, but a technology provider with a staff of Forex and technology experts to support our clients’ business objectives. This fact ensures that ActForex technology users can operate with independence, implement their own business strategy, and conduct business without the typical constraints imposed by other financial institutions offering technology platforms. ActForex offers a unique set of services essential for creating a successful Forex trading firm in this dynamic industry. Click on any subject to view how ActForex addresses each aspect of this complex business environment. |
As one of the earliest developers of internet-based retail Forex trading, ActForex has substantial industry experience and depth of knowledge. Every ActForex client leverages our experience and knowledge to its advantage as part of our value proposition.
At ActForex, technological innovation is a major factor driving our success. Our innovations are more than market driven – we create feature-rich technology that enables companies to stay ahead of the competition. As a Managed Service Provider, all of our software updates are integrated seamlessly into your firm’s systems so there are no delays or downtime.
Reliability
ActForex places extreme emphasis on the reliability of its trading platform and performs stringent testing on all software and infrastructure components prior to production release. Clients benefit from the highly skilled team of Quality Assurance personnel that continuously monitors platform operations and functions along with technical support that is available 24/7/365. By employing only SAS-70 Certified data centers, ActForex further illustrates its commitment to security and reliability.
ActForex places extreme emphasis on the reliability of its trading platform and performs stringent testing on all software and infrastructure components prior to production release. Clients benefit from the highly skilled team of Quality Assurance personnel that continuously monitors platform operations and functions along with technical support that is available 24/7/365. By employing only SAS-70 Certified data centers, ActForex further illustrates its commitment to security and reliability.
Because no two Forex firms are the same, ActForex has developed a modular approach to its trading platforms. Every platform is configured to each firm’s needs and is extremely flexible with hundreds of user-definable functions and parameters. Business Development Specialist and Client Services personnel provide expert guidance through each phase of enterprise setup and subsequent operations.
Managed Service Provider
Having ActForex as your software provider and your Managed Service Provider gives your company multiple advantages over developing a proprietary in-house platform while still maintaining control of your firm’s most important business functions. Time-tested software reliability combined with ActForex MSP attributes gives your firm the following advantages:
Having ActForex as your software provider and your Managed Service Provider gives your company multiple advantages over developing a proprietary in-house platform while still maintaining control of your firm’s most important business functions. Time-tested software reliability combined with ActForex MSP attributes gives your firm the following advantages:
- Outsourcing trading platform software development saves your firm millions of dollars and years of development
- Virtually eliminates the need for a dedicated application-specific IT staff
- Creates a significant opportunity to focus on developing a client base, rather than expend resources on technology
- SAS-70 Certified ActForex data center provides verifiable high-level security and reliability
- Continual features and efficiency-driven software and hardware updates are applied seamlessly to all trading platforms
- 24 X 7 X 365 technical support
- ActForex MSP services drastically reduce client’s short and long-term expenses through economies-of-scale
- No sacrifice of control or flexibility common to other proprietary platforms
ActForex white label solutions, allow each entity to maintain its own identity and technology representation in its own name. Employing a white label strategy is one of the key elements of client retention while making a significant contribution to your firm’s branding effectiveness.
Independence
ActForex white-label solutions allow each entity to maintain its own identity and technology representation in its own name. Employing a white-label strategy is one of the key elements of client retention while making a significant contribution to your firm’s branding effectiveness.
ActForex white-label solutions allow each entity to maintain its own identity and technology representation in its own name. Employing a white-label strategy is one of the key elements of client retention while making a significant contribution to your firm’s branding effectiveness.
Cost Free Customization
All ActForex platforms feature extensive user-definable business rules allowing the client to adjust various aspects of the platform – for example: selecting from an unlimited number of instruments and sources for each instrument, liquidity providers, look and feel, certain end-user specific features, and various dealing desk parameters. This allows us to accommodate most client customization requests very rapidly, without coding and without charge. Beyond that, ActForex frequently accommodates requests for client-specific platform modifications, often cost free.
All ActForex platforms feature extensive user-definable business rules allowing the client to adjust various aspects of the platform – for example: selecting from an unlimited number of instruments and sources for each instrument, liquidity providers, look and feel, certain end-user specific features, and various dealing desk parameters. This allows us to accommodate most client customization requests very rapidly, without coding and without charge. Beyond that, ActForex frequently accommodates requests for client-specific platform modifications, often cost free.
Ease of Entry
Regardless of the size of your firm, you can be in business in as little as five days with an ActForex turnkey solution. An affordable setup fee enables your company to bypass many of the major expenses involved in setting up a trading platform including hosting the application at a SAS-70 secure data center, IT costs, all of the software development, updates, technical support and much more, making it extremely easy to enter this lucrative market.
Regardless of the size of your firm, you can be in business in as little as five days with an ActForex turnkey solution. An affordable setup fee enables your company to bypass many of the major expenses involved in setting up a trading platform including hosting the application at a SAS-70 secure data center, IT costs, all of the software development, updates, technical support and much more, making it extremely easy to enter this lucrative market.
Economics
Developing and designing proprietary software, maintaining a secure data center along with an IT department to manage it, and hiring top-notch computer professionals to be on call 24/7 is an enormous cost by any standard. In fact these expenses are such a huge barrier-to-entry that only a handful of large corporations are capable of such a mission. ActForex best-practices solutions make it extremely affordable for your company to enter into and remain competitive in the retail Forex industry.
Developing and designing proprietary software, maintaining a secure data center along with an IT department to manage it, and hiring top-notch computer professionals to be on call 24/7 is an enormous cost by any standard. In fact these expenses are such a huge barrier-to-entry that only a handful of large corporations are capable of such a mission. ActForex best-practices solutions make it extremely affordable for your company to enter into and remain competitive in the retail Forex industry.
Within five to ten business days after becoming an ActForex licensee, your company can be fully functional and ready to do business.
Opportunity in the Forex industry has never been greater than now. No matter how large or small your firm is, ActForex will provide your company with the technology and expertise needed to succeed in this ever fluid and expanding financial opportunity. Call one of our Business Development Specialists today to discuss your next steps.