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
We continue to strive to enhance our trading services and in 2009 users of our electronic order books, SETS, IOB and ITBB will be able to enter hidden limit orders for the first time (subject to MiFID’s Large In Scale requirement) helping traders and investors to minimise market impact. 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
TradElect
TradElect is the Exchange’s world-beating trading system. It brings unprecedented levels of performance, enhanced functionality and new services to our markets.
Downloads
Guide to trading services (
file pdf - 977 KB)
Guide to TradElect (
file doc - 884 KB)
TradElect Parameters Document (
file xls - 548 KB)
Securities Lending Corporate Governance (file pdf - 2 MB)
Introduction to Securities Lending (
file zip - 12 MB)