Prop traders

Analytics and strategies for prop trading firms

Integrated reporting and analytics plus dedicated support 24/6 with competitive, bespoke pricing. Prop trading firms of all sizes accepted.

500+ clients

Assets under management

200+ projects

OpenAPI request/day

285+

Financial intermediaries

Our services

Access to global capital markets
Gain access to over 71,000 instruments—margin and cash products as well as margin lending and stock lending.
Cross-collateralisation and different margin models
Benefit from a cross-collateralised, single clearing and custody account with execution, financing, and real-time risk management.
FX market analytics services
Receive direct access to liquidity providers, full suite FX execution, third-party vendor integration, and more.
Flexible hierarchy all within one account structure
Create your own hierarchy of accounts to manage different strategies within a single account structure.
In-depth reporting and analytics
Get real-time and post-trade reporting from our integrated back-office services, in-platform reports, and secure EOD file delivery.
Employee investment activity monitoring and compliance
Manage the risk of your employees’ trading by controlling which broker they invest with.

Our team of experts

Tue Mortensen
Deputy and Regional Head of Institutional, Nordic and United Kingdom
Brian Scharrenberg
Regional Head, Netherlands and Belgium
Adam Moltrup
Regional Head, France and Switzerland
Carsten Kölsky
Senior Relationship Manager, Switzerland
Melanie Struffi
Sales, Switzerland
Daniel Bergman
Sales, Nordic
Bertrand Maurice
Senior Sales and Relationship Manager, France
Ian Phipps
Senior Sales and Relationship Manager, United Kingdom
Reece Baker
Senior Sales and Relationship Manager, United Kingdom
Niels Eimers
Sales and Relationship Manager, Netherlands

Adam Moltrup
Regional Head, CEE
Anastasia Anikina
Senior Relationship Manager, CEE
Jonas Pallesen
Senior Relationship Manager, CEE
Pavel Němeček
Senior Sales, CEE

Tue Mortensen
Deputy and Regional Head of Institutional, Iberia
Indira Marron-Minsal
Senior Relationship Manager, Iberia
Luis Simões Pereira
Senior Relationship Manager, Iberia

Nicholas Wright
Regional Head, Middle East
Fatma Al Naggar
Senior Relationship Manager, Middle East
Konstantinos Pogiatzis
Senior Relationship Manager, Middle East

Ivan Chang
Regional Head, Asia-Pacific
Vivian Nguyen
Senior Sales, Asia-Pacific
Bank and Broker Partnerships
Eugene Wong
Senior Sales, Asia-Pacific
Hedge Funds, Family Offices and EAMs
Gift Anankaphannan
Senior Relationship Manager, Asia-Pacific
Florina Schmid
Relationship Manager, Asia-Pacific
Janice Loh
Senior Relationship Manager, Asia-Pacific
Lirong Hu
Relationship Manager, Asia-Pacific

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Dedicated expert team support

Find the right solution for your business with more than 100 institutional specialists operating from offices in key financial centers, including Copenhagen, London, Amsterdam, Singapore, and Zurich.

Senior sales traders

24-hour institutional-grade trading support and execution coverage

Expert market analysts

Daily research, strategic commentary, and client events

Electronic trading client services

Ongoing monitoring and optimisation of clients’ liquidity arrangements

Relationship managers

Personal point of contact for strategic partnership building

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Single trading environment via our platform or FIX API

Access 4 market segments across global markets in a single prime broker relationship with competitive pricing.

Benefit from one cross-collateralised account to manage risk and netting across multiple instruments with real-time position keeping and account management. Algo trading is also available.

Use Principal Advisor's execution platform or connect via FIX. Our electronic infrastructure is fully documented, stable, fast, and flexible.

Integrated back-office and reporting services

Focus on your investment performance as we handle reconciliation, settlement, corporate actions processing, stock transfers, and FX rollovers.

Satisfy ever-evolving regulatory reporting requirements with consolidated reports, yearly statement, cost overview, and more in-platform reports.

Customised FX liquidity and clearing solutions

Ultra-competitive pricing
Access all the top Euromoney liquidity providers (disclosed, semi-disclosed, anonymously) and consume Principal Advisor's own liquidity.

ECNs and listed FX
Get direct market access to ECNs and listed FX derivatives on CME, HKEX, and ICE_NYBOT.

Cross-collateralised multi-asset account
Take advantage of flexible collateralisation across cash and securities via tiered or flat margin methodologies.

Full suite FX execution
Trade forwards, swaps, and options with a 12-month maximum tenor.

Multiple third-party technology vendor integration
Benefit from co-located, cross-connected, low latency infrastructures in NY4 and LD4.

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Employee investment activity monitoring and compliance

Corporate consulting partnership
Rely on us for compliance with employee personal account dealing, including transactional reporting and bespoke integration with internal systems for monitoring.

Analytics, strategy, and support for fund managers
Your employees can trade equities, ETF, bonds, mutual funds, and managed portfolios within the same account. Plus, they can trade currencies from separate sub-accounts added to their main Principal Advisor account.

Manage reputational risk
Avoid the front page and effectively monitor staff personal account dealing (PAD).

Control the counterparty
Manage the risk of your employees’ trading by controlling which broker they invest with.

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What is proprietary trading, or prop trading?

Proprietary trading, also known as prop trading, refers to a form of trading where a firm or company uses its own capital to trade financial instruments with the goal of generating profits for the firm/company, as opposed to just earning commissions from client transactions.

Prop trading firms/companies typically employ traders who use various trading strategies and techniques to capitalise on market opportunities and fluctuations. These firms/companies often have a high level of expertise and access to advanced trading tools and technologies to execute trades effectively. Proprietary trading allows firms to increase profits and become a key market marker, but it also comes with the risk of absorbing losses.

The difference between proprietary trading and hedge fund trading is that hedge funds invest using clients' money and are accountable to their clients, while proprietary traders use their firm's own money and retain 100% of the returns.

Principal Advisor is a leading global provider of multi-asset trading and investment solutions, offering access to over 71,000 financial instruments, including stocks, bonds, forex, options, futures, and more

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Prop traders

Analytics and strategies for prop trading firms

500+ clients

200+ projects

285+

Our services

Access to global capital markets

Cross-collateralisation and different margin models

FX market analytics services

Flexible hierarchy all within one account structure

In-depth reporting and analytics

Employee investment activity monitoring and compliance

Our team of experts

Tue Mortensen

Brian Scharrenberg

Adam Moltrup

Carsten Kölsky

Melanie Struffi

Daniel Bergman

Bertrand Maurice

Ian Phipps

Reece Baker

Niels Eimers

Adam Moltrup

Anastasia Anikina

Jonas Pallesen

Pavel Němeček

Tue Mortensen

Indira Marron-Minsal

Luis Simões Pereira

Nicholas Wright

Fatma Al Naggar

Konstantinos Pogiatzis

Ivan Chang

Vivian Nguyen

Eugene Wong

Gift Anankaphannan

Florina Schmid

Janice Loh

Lirong Hu

Get in touch with our experts

Dedicated expert team support

Senior sales traders

Expert market analysts

Electronic trading client services

Relationship managers

Single trading environment via our platform or FIX API

Integrated back-office and reporting services

Customised FX liquidity and clearing solutions

Employee investment activity monitoring and compliance

What is proprietary trading, or prop trading?

Get in touch with our experts

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