BALLISTA is the first electronic liquidity pool to facilitate the block trading of equity options and delta-neutral transactions.

Specifically designed to aggregate both public and passive liquidity, Ballista offers clients unprecedented efficiency in block option trade execution. The Ballista platform provides the buy-side a direct communication link to liquidity providers via a limit book interface and unique negotiation functionality. Specialty order types offer users a choice of order exclusivity or order concealment, features currently unavailable in today’s market. Ballista offers multiple execution pathways - a front-end application for trader interaction; or a FIX-based interface supporting programmatic order flow from algorithmic trading engines and OMS/DMA platforms.

In summary, Ballista offers the trading community a more efficient, less expensive way of executing block option and delta-neutral trades.