Rice Execution Services

The team behind Rice Execution Services has deep roots in complex derivatives, fostering a culture of innovation that allows us to provide our self‐directed and high‐touch clients superior cost‐efficiency on one of the most advanced technological trading platforms.

Electronic Execution

Rice Execution Services provides institutional and retail firms superior electronic execution of options. Our team’s history with complex derivatives has fostered a culture of innovation that allows us to offer our clients superior cost‐efficiency on one of the most advanced technological trading platforms. We develop custom algorithmic technology and routing solutions fully focused on providing our clients best execution across all exchanges by:

  • Carefully segmenting order flow and fine tuning distribution to the most appropriate options market makers and execution venues.
  • Delivering timely customized reporting in best execution and other measurement variables.

Rice develops its technology on a client‐by‐client basis to serve the unique needs of each customer. Our customized algos scour the  market landscape, seeking out the  best liquidity sources and delivering optimized execution solutions. Rice is front‐end agnostic, allowing us to work with a wide range of trading front‐ends and proprietary trading systems.

While our technological capabilities are exceptional, Rice’s people are what truly set us apart from our competitors on the Street. Rice Execution Services is not just another trading machine driven and controlled by computers. Our veteran sales traders are available every day to talk with you one-on-one about your needs and concerns. Because we are small and specialized, each client is extremely valuable to us.  They know they can rely on us for rapid and thoughtful responses to issues and inquiries. 

High‐Touch Execution

For clients preferring a more hands‐on approach, Rice’s Equity Sales and Trading Desk provides high‐touch order routing and trade execution services in global equities and U.S. options. We offer extensive experience with single stock, program trading, corporate share repurchase, single‐leg and complex options in the majority of the developed, emerging and frontier markets. Rice Execution Services is connected to all U.S. options and equity exchanges, as well as the major dark pools.
 

Customized Analytics

Rice’s ability to conduct daily performance analyses of price improvement, both to inform our customers and to continuously re‐engineer our algorithms to best exploit changing market conditions, is well vetted. Rice has access to extensive market data, allowing our team to conduct meaningful performance analyses. Our reporting processes are designed to help our clients achieve their execution and workflow objectives.

As an executing broker, Rice provides price improvement statistics via customizable execution reports that give clients timely data for analysis of liquidity, cost and performance.

 

Contact:
Tom DeGiulo
212-908-9287
thomas.degiulo@ricefin.com