Although electronic access is much more commonplace today, a large number of the traders are still unaware that although the futures exchange might be electronic, the access to the main engine itself has often only been available to Clearing Members and Market Professionals and not to end users. This sometimes effectively negates the advantages that the electronic platform provides to the futures traders.

Many electronic brokers still only offer their clients a low-tech online trading solution. This can best be described as a glorified e-mail system with the orders still going through a human interface in the form of dealers in a dealing room. This type of trading is no doubt still too slow and inaccurate and therefore still leaves room for improvement in the delivery.

Since in the Futures market the difference between success and failure is only measured in fractions of a second, the professionals and institutional traders usually consider it is absolutely crucial to be able to have the ability to look at live bids and offers with full market depth. In short the traders consider it extremely essential to have maximum Speed, Accessibility and Transparency when trading the Futures market.

It is through the recent developments in technology that the Interactive futures trading software systems have been introduced. The futures trading software systems are greatly empowering the individual trader. Now, through these futures trading software systems one can trade on the same terms as the major players in the global market.