Company Overview

Hybrid Trading and Resources, LLC is:

• an upstairs, listed equity single name and index option executing brokerage operation with years of derivatives trading and brokerage experience
• a member of:

              - Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
              - International Securities Exchange (ISE)

• licensed to conduct both BD and non-BD (customer) business
• currently servicing a client base of banks, hedge funds, brokerage houses, private BD's, and retail accounts

Our Strengths

What puts Hybrid Trading and Resources, LLC above the rest?

• We provide access to large liquidity providers Banks, Brokerage Houses, Hedge Funds,Well-capitalized market makers (on/off floor)
• Our large market participation - Hybrid Trading, combined with its floor brokerage affiliate PTR, Inc., executes an average of two million contracts a month on the CBOE alone - allows us to execute orders expeditiously and at the best prices
• Our competitive commission rates add even more value to the orders we execute for you
• Our brokers average 15 years of experience
• Our direct access to index pits through our floor brokerage affiliate, Professional Trading and Research, Inc., gives our customers a real-time feel of market activity and direction on all physical exchanges and allows us to provide markets and execute orders on any electronic or physical exchange
• As a customer of Hybrid Trading, there is no need to waste time or money calling four or five exchanges for the best prices or for size markets

Floor Brokerage Affiliate Overview

Professional Trading and Research, Inc. is:

• an on-floor, equity single name and index option executing brokerage established in 1995
• our major conduit to all physical exchanges (members of AMEX, CBOE, PCSX, PHLX)

The dominance of PTR, Inc. on the physical exchanges:
 

• executes 35% of total S&P 500 index option (SPX) volume on the CBOE
• over one million single name equity option contracts executed per month on the CBOE

Order Execution

Hybrid Trading and Resources, LLC shows customers orders through several methods of communication using the latest technology:

• AOL Instant Messenger
• Bloomberg
• Telephone (Direct Lines/Speed Dial) 

Hybrid Trading and Resources, LLC gives its customers many options for order executions:

• Send orders directly to the exchange floor
• Route orders off-floor to our upstairs desks where we can provide markets and execute orders on any physical or electronic exchange