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color-accent-apex margin-bottom-default margin-top-default theme-default padding-top-default padding-bottom-default"> <div class="clearfix paragraph text-page paragraph--type--d-p-text-paged paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="field field--name-field-d-main-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">How it works</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-d-long-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Our technology provides Best Execution for retail brokers: identifying the best possible price for orders the instant an order is received.</p> <p>Apex is fully pre- and post-trade transparent, and participating brokers will receive daily execution quality reports which provide evidence of Best Execution for each trade, allowing peace of mind for both brokers and their clients.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="paragraph-d_p_text_paged-507" class="wrapper-d_p_text_paged with-long-text color-accent-apex margin-bottom-default margin-top-default theme-custom padding-top-default padding-bottom-default" style="background-color: #edf5ff; color: #00336e;"> <div class="clearfix paragraph text-page paragraph--type--d-p-text-paged paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="field field--name-field-d-main-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">16 exchanges, 1 connection</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-d-long-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>We calculate Best Execution for orders using a virtual consolidated order book. Our figures are based on price and volume data seen on the major European Primary and Secondary lit markets, combined with our own Central Limit Order Book. This unique calculation gives Apex members access to Europe-wide liquidity, using a single exchange connection.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="paragraph-d_p_text_paged-872" class="wrapper-d_p_text_paged with-long-text liquidity-provider color-accent-apex margin-bottom-default margin-top-default theme-custom padding-top-default padding-bottom-default" style="background-color: #00336e; color: #ffffff;"> <div class="clearfix paragraph text-page paragraph--type--d-p-text-paged paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="field field--name-field-d-main-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Liquidity Providers</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-d-long-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="margin-bottom:8px">In a traditional central order book model, liquidity providers set the prices they will buy and sell stocks for. At Equiduct, we do things a little bit differently: we set trade prices based on the best prices available across Europe, our Liquidity Providers are required to take the other side of these trades, thus delivering Best Execution for brokers using Apex.</p> <p>Because Equiduct sets the trade price, Liquidity Providers compete on a size/time priority model. The allocation methodology ensures rotation amongst LPs provided they offer large enough sizes.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="paragraph-d_p_text_paged-799" class="wrapper-d_p_text_paged with-long-text color-accent-apex margin-bottom-default margin-top-default theme-custom padding-top-default padding-bottom-default" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #00336e;"> <div class="clearfix paragraph text-page paragraph--type--d-p-text-paged paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="field field--name-field-d-main-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">So how does it work?</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-d-long-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="text-align-center">Let's take as an example an incoming Sell Market Order for 900 shares of Vallourec:</p> <img alt="How does Apex work?" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="93ae18f0-50b6-4e4a-9bc3-db47f9811b79" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Equiduct_Apex_Brochure_Trade_Model_Visuals_EN.png" class="align-center" width="11551" height="9921" loading="lazy" /><p>聽</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="paragraph-d_p_group_of_text_blocks-127" class="wrapper-d_p_group_of_text_blocks with-long-text book-simulation color-accent-apex margin-bottom-default margin-top-default theme-custom padding-top-default padding-bottom-default" style="background-color: #edf5ff; color: #00336e;"> <div class="clearfix paragraph d-p-group-of-text-blocks paragraph--type--d-p-group-of-text-blocks paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="container d-p-group-of-text-blocks-header-wrapper"> <h2 class="field field--name-field-d-main-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Book a free simulation</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-d-long-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>We don鈥檛 just want to tell you our plans to redefine the standards of trading; we want to show you. 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