Multi-Venue Technology

Our Multi-Venue Technology gives you access to share CFDs at significantly improved prices. It even allows you to continue trading with minimal disruption if major stock exchanges go down.

In addition to using traditional exchanges, we source prices for leading UK and European equities from Europe's three leading exchanges: Chi-X, BATS and Turquoise. Known as Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs), these function as alternatives to the primary stock exchanges.

As well as resulting in tighter spreads, this technology enables us to continue offering prices even when any individual exchange – for example the LSE or Euronext – halts trading. In fact, MTFs often provide better prices than the primary exchanges and can account for up to 40% of a share’s overall liquidity.

How does it work?

Our technology works behind-the-scenes to find the best price available (regardless of whether it’s on an MTF or on a standard exchange) and displays it on your Deal Ticket in PureDeal. You will only notice one difference to your trading experience: even better prices on share CFDs.

How is PureDMA affected?

If you are trading share CFDs using PureDMA, there are additional benefits provided by multi-venue technology – including a greater chance of your orders being filled at the selected level. You can find out about the benefits of MTFs for PureDMA users by visiting our DMA Equities page.

You can download a full PDF list of shares available from MTFs.