Direct Edge is your partner in trading.  We offer dynamic execution functionality across two U.S. stock exchange platforms, EDGA and EDGX, as well as connectivity and market data services.  Our commitment to innovation and superior customer service helps our Members move their businesses forward and created one of the leading stock exchange operators in the world.  In 2011, Direct Edge announced plans to expand internationally with the opening of Direct Edge Brazil, an electronic stock exchange to be based in Rio de Janeiro for the trading of Brazilian equities.

Direct Edge received the Wall Street Letter 2013 Institutional Trading Award for Best Exchange Client Service.  The award, determined by a panel of independent judges selected by the influential industry newsletter, recognizes outstanding excellence among providers to the trading industry as measured by innovation and client satisfaction.

Direct Edge was named Most Innovative Exchange at the 2013 Markets Choice Awards.  Nominees and winners were determined by Markets Media, a market structure news and conference company, through extensive interviews with senior market professionals, in conjunction with reader voting and consultation with their Advisory Board.

CEO William O'Brien tells the story of Direct Edge in this Waters cover feature: