4th Story integrates Activ market data

4th Story will leverage ACTIV's advanced low-latency platform to deliver real-time and historic data to 4th Story trading programs.

4S.Everglades, 4th Story's high-performance strategy trading platform, can directly access the ActivFeed Direct low- latency streaming data feed to drive real-time algorithmic and alpha strategy trading via an embedded adapter. ACTIV's extensive store of historical data will also feed strategy development and data mining in 4th Story's 4S.Yellowstone and 4S.Klondike applications.

"ACTIV is one of a growing number of third party applications and providers that we have integrated into our platform to give our customers the flexibility they deserve in implementing a best-of-breed solution tailored to their needs," said Steven Smith, Chief Executive Officer of 4th Story. "Our multi-asset class, multi-currency products seamlessly complement the breath of data offered in ACTIV's feeds to create an end to end solution."

"The combination of our world-class market data solutions and 4th Story's innovative strategy back-testing and execution platform delivers a comprehensive offering to meet the demanding latency and performance requirements of financial services organizations," said Frank Piasecki, president of ACTIV Financial.