Trading services
Our trading platforms are designed to maximise liquidity in the stocks traded on them. From our premium fully electronic order-driven trading platforms for liquid UK and international securities, through to our quote driven market maker platforms for less liquid securities.
View our Guide to trading services
Hidden orders are now live on SETS and IOB order books. Using the MiFID large in scale criteria, participants are able to to directly interact with the order book without providing any pre-trade transparency. The hidden pegged functionality provides a further option to automatically link an order to the mid of bid / offer, offering price improvement against the displayed liquidity. Both order types are protected by the option of setting a minimum execution size. Click here to find out more.
Our domestic trading services
SETSSETS is the London Stock Exchange's premier electronic trading service that combines electronic order-driven trading with integrated market maker liquidity provision, delivering guaranteed 2-way prices.
SETSqx
SETSqx (Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service – quotes and crosses) supports 4 electronic auctions a day along with continuous stand alone quote driven Market Making.
SEAQ
Quote driven platform for Fixed Interest market and AIM securities not traded on either SETS or SETSqx.
Our international trading services
International Order Book
An electronic order book for trading depositary receipts.
European Quoting Service
Quote Driven Market Making and trade reporting service for liquid MiFID secrutites not on another Exchange service
European Trade Reporting
Trade reporting service for non-liquid MiFID securities not found on another Exchange service.
Our trading system
Downloads
Guide to trading services (
file pdf - 977 KB)
Guide to TradElect (
file doc - 884 KB)
TradElect Parameters Document (
file xls - 351 KB)
Securities Lending Corporate Governance (file pdf - 2 MB)
Introduction to Securities Lending (
file zip - 12 MB)