Lightspeed Trader is an industry-leading trading platform used by some of the most successful professional traders, trading groups, and hedge funds. The low-latency, feature-rich platform allows for traders to easily design layouts, customize order entry, and tailor position management to fit their trading needs.

“The addition of the Lightspeed trading platform to Avatar Securities offers our traders a distinct advantage in regards to market data and execution speed. With the increase in market volatility it’s critical for high-volume execution-sensitive traders to have access to a cutting edge low-latency trading platform. We are thrilled to offer Lightspeed to our traders” said, Omar Kathwari, Managing Member of Avatar Securities, LLC.

“We are very pleased to have Avatar Securities as a licensing partner of the Lightspeed Trader platform. Avatar’s focus on successful experienced traders further solidifies Lightspeed’s position as the leading DMA platform in the proprietary trading space.” said Andrew Actman, CSO of Lightspeed Financial, LLC.

About Avatar Securities, LLC
Avatar Securities, LLC is a boutique proprietary trading firm that focuses entirely on the funding and platform requirements of deeply experienced traders. Avatar Securities, LLC is a CBSX member firm located in Manhattan, New York.

About Lightspeed Financial, LLC
Headquartered in New York City, Lightspeed Financial operates through three wholly-owned subsidiaries:

Lightspeed Trading, LLC operates as a fully disclosed introducing broker-dealer and FINRA and NFA member. The Company offers securities and direct access brokerage, trading and advanced order routing services to their customers utilizing Lightspeed’s software products.

Lightspeed Technologies, LLC serves as the Company’s technology development subsidiary. Lightspeed develops and operates Lightspeed Trader, Lightspeed’s Direct Market Access trading software application; Lightspeed Gateway, Lightspeed algorithmic trading offering; Lightspeed Risk, a real-time risk management application; and Lightspeed Admin, Middle Office Technology suite. Utilizing a number of proprietary technologies, Lightspeed offers these products and more to broker-dealers, institutional entities and professional traders.

Lightspeed Education, LLC delivers educational products to the Lightspeed Trading, LLC customer community. These products include third party educational tools, webinars and the Lighstpeed Spotlight social community.

Avatar Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Avatar Trading Group, provides a unique environment designed specifically for experienced, high volume traders. In 2006, the Company began using RCN Metro’s Internet service for its trading business. Since adding RCN Metro’s Ethernet Transport Service to connect to market data providers and exchanges, Avatar has been able to mature into a proprietary brokerage firm and become an even more attractive setting for professional traders.

RCN Metro’s low latency Ethernet Transport Service combines the reliability and ubiquity of Ethernet with next-generation metro area transport technology. The result is a service that delivers an efficient, fully restorable, easily managed network.

“Our company is committed to creating the best possible trading environment available,” said Omar Kathwari, Co-Founder of Avatar Trading Group, LLC. “With advanced connectivity and transport services from RCN Metro, we now have a highly efficient, fully restorable, easily managed network with the lowest latency available, resulting in a distinct competitive advantage for both our business and our traders.”

“Avatar is an excellent illustration of how companies leveraging scalable Ethernet connectivity are able to improve their business without experiencing network complications,” said Felipe Alvarez, President of RCN Metro. “More businesses are choosing our network because of our ability to deliver customizable, dynamic communications solutions and services uniquely suited to optimize business performance.”

About RCN Metro Optical Networks

RCN Metro, www.rcnmetro.com, is a premier provider of high-capacity transport services for carriers as well as large and medium-sized businesses. RCN Metro offers a comprehensive suite of services including: Ethernet, SONET, Wavelength, Video Transport, Internet and more. With a network leveraging unique rights-of-way, spanning from Maine to Virginia and out to Chicago, RCN Metro deploys custom solutions to service providers as well as companies in the finance, hospitality, media, government, health care and education industries. RCN Metro is a wholly owned division of RCN Corporation.

About RCN Corporation

RCN Corporation, (NASDAQ: RCNI) http://www.rcn.com, is a competitive broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively. In addition, through its RCN Metro Optical Networks business unit, RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business districts in the company’s geographic markets. RCN’s primary service areas include Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Boston and Chicago. (RCNI-G)

About Avatar Trading Group, LLC

Avatar Trading Group, LLC is the parent company of Avatar Securities, LLC and Avatar Trading, LLC. Avatar Securities, LLC, http://www.avatarsecurities.com, is a boutique proprietary trading firm that focuses entirely on the funding and platform requirements of deeply experienced traders. Avatar Securities, LLC is a CBSX member firm. Avatar Trading, LLC manages a technologically advanced trading floor located in Manhattan, New York.