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Tick Data Announces Availability of Historical Intraday Futures Quote Data

^{Published on 2011-10-11 07:12:35 - Market Wire}
 

WASHINGTON--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Tick Data ([ www.tickdata.com ]), the market data division of Nexa Technologies, Inc. ([ www.nexatech.com ]), a subsidiary of Penson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNSN), today announced the addition of Level I quote datato its offering of historical intraday Futures data. The new Futures Quote Data Setprovides Level I quote data for all Futures contracts offered by Tick Data. With more than 25 years of experience collecting, validating, cleaning, and providing historical market data, Tick Data is considered a pioneer and leader in the field.

"Tick Data has always listened to our clientsa™ needs, and provided the data required by all traders"

aTick Data has always listened to our clientsa™ needs, and provided the data required by all traders,a said Neal Falkenberry, SVP of Nexaa™s Tick Data division. aOver the past ten years we have more than doubled the breadth of Futures markets for which we provide historical intraday data, but this marks the first time we have offered additional depth as well. We are excited to offer quote data for Futures, which will perfectly complement our Futures trade data set.a

Since its inception in 1984, Tick Data has provided Futures data to clients looking to develop and optimize automated trading models. In that time, the Futures industry has been revolutionized by electronic and automated trading. As emerging technologies have enabled traders to build more sophisticated models and access additional markets worldwide, Tick Data has responded to the need for information on new sources of trading liquidity by expanding its coverage.

Orders of the Futures Quote Data Set will include trade data for the same time period, and will ship with Tick Dataa™s popular TickWrite 7.1 Data Management Software. This powerful, yet easy to use tool allows users to create custom ASCII files of historical intraday data formatted to suit virtually any application.

About Tick Data: [ www.tickdata.com ]

Founded in 1984, Tick Data, a division of Nexa Technologies, Inc., provides clean, reliable historical intraday time series data for the equities, options, and Futures markets. Tick Data employs proprietary data validation, price-filtering, and ticker symbol mapping processes to produce complete, research-ready historical data. From efficient data collection and distribution to seamless integration with third-party analytical software, Tick Data removes the frustration from building and maintaining sets of historical intraday data.

Founded in 1999, Nexa Technologies, Inc. is a provider of online and direct access trading solutions and a subsidiary of Penson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNSN)

About Penson Worldwide: [ www.penson.com ]

The Penson Worldwide group of companies provides execution, clearing, custody, settlement and technology infrastructure products and services to financial services firms and others servicing the global financial services industry. The Penson Worldwide group of companies includes Penson Financial Services, Inc., Penson Financial Services Canada Inc., Penson Financial Services Ltd., Nexa Technologies, Inc., Penson Asia Limited, and Penson Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd, among other companies. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Penson has served the clearing needs of the global financial services industry since 1995. Penson Worldwide - Building the Best Clearing and Execution Services Firm in the World.