%0 Journal Article %A Tim Decker %T The OMS as an Algorithmic Trading Platform: Five Critical Business and Technical Considerations %D 2009 %R 10.3905/JOT.2009.4.3.036 %J The Journal of Trading %P 36-39 %V 4 %N 3 %X Execution management systems (EMS) certainly have a place in today’s richly varied investment landscape. Today’s leading order management system (OMS) providers, however, can deliver a fully integrated, onsite, broker-neutral trading platform, with built-in algorithms, portfolio modeling capabilities, a flexible and scalable architecture, and FIX-based connectivity to critical liquidity sources, from sell-side desks to dark pools. For many firms seeking to reduce the tools on their desks without compromising their trading capability, that may be just the algorithmic ticket.TOPICS: Portfolio construction, statistical methods, derivatives %U https://jot.pm-research.com/content/iijtrade/4/3/36.full.pdf