MakeTrade online platform eases access to stock market

MANILA, Philippines - MakeTrade, the online stock trading service of Maybank ATR Kim Eng Securities, Inc. (MATRKE Securities), has helped expand the reach of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) by allowing stock market investors to trade anytime and anywhere through the site www.maketrade.com.ph.

“More and more investors are realizing the benefits of online stock trading,” said MATRKE Securities chairman and president Lorenzo Roxas, adding that, “MakeTrade is the ideal trading partner for investors of all backgrounds because of the technology and amount of valuable information made available to them.”

Launched in March 2014, MakeTrade provides clients with access to its “momentum plotting” platform called X-Factor. Momentum plotting helps clients visualize the stocks’ upward or downward trends, allowing for better and more up-to-date trading decisions. In addition, the platform makes use of a quick order execution feature with user-friendly shortcuts that give clients the significant advantage of trading ahead of everyone else.

MakeTrade’s direct connection to the PSE’s trading engine through a dedicated gateway is also a boost for online investors, as this makes them receive vital market data faster and more reliably.

Combining the simplicity of Xplore, cutting-edge features of Xpert, and innovativeness of Xtrack, MakeTrade’s X-Factor platform allows users to execute every trade, anytime, anywhere.

Xplore is a browser-based, simple and easy-to-use platform for people on the go. It gives users real-time stock market information through a desktop or mobile device, making it easier to follow market movements and to manage portfolios. The Stock Tracker feature helps visualize the intra-day momentum of monitored stocks, while a multi-tab display feature makes information flow simpler and faster.

Xpert, on the other hand, is an application-based and professional level platform for more advanced traders. It is designed to work on multiple screens and is customizable with multiple layouts to suit the user’s trading style. Trade execution is also made faster with the use of keyboard shortcuts.

Xtrack is an advanced, yet easy-to-use real-time charting tool powered by Chart Nexus, an established solutions provider to some of the largest financial houses in Southeast Asia. It is the only web-based charting tool in the Philippines that automatically plots support and resistance levels, gives automated technical commentary and allows users to do performance comparisons.

Aside from providing clients access to X-Factor, MakeTrade gives investors an added edge with helpful tools such as Insight Story, a combination of research reports, market commentary and analysis, and Coaching Sessions, an interactive training and mentoring page for clients to further expand their knowledge of investing and trading.

MATRKE Securities consistently ranks among the top securities firms in the PSE in terms of annual value traded. In its more than 20 years of operations, the firm has been cited for numerous awards by regional and Philippine institutions alike. MATRKE Securities is a six-time Best Broker awardee by FinanceAsia, and was recently named 2014 Best Institutional Broker and Best Retail Broker by Alpha Southeast Asia. It has also received various awards from Asiamoney, The Asset, Fund Managers Association of the Philippines and the PSE.