ADVFN Regulatory News (AFN)

25 May 2005 08:30

ADVFN PLC25 May 2005 News Release May 25, 2005 ADVFN brings next-generation NASDAQ data to global private investors - provides low-cost superior view of market depth with NASDAQ TotalView - ADVFN, Europe's leading stocks and shares website, has launched NASDAQTotalViewSM - the most complete view of order information in The NASDAQ StockMarket. For just £24.99 a month (including exchange fees), world wide users of ADVFN(www.advfn.com) can now benefit from having an unparalleled insight intoNASDAQ-listed stocks and can gain a unique view of market participants' quotesand orders, helping them to identify new trading opportunities. TotalView provides greater market transparency for private investors, showingthe full depth of the NASDAQ market. Traders can see every quote and order;total anonymous interest; total size of all quotes and orders and the best bidand ask price of each NASDAQ market participant. Unlike conventional Level 2,which only displays one position per firm, TotalView displays firms quoting atmore than one price, multiple times. TotalView helps traders: • Better understand how orders are distributed throughout the market • Identify new trading opportunities • Follow pockets of liquidity over time • Pursue unique trading strategies ADVFN has a number of unique features for NASDAQ TotalView including thefacility to: • Enter multiple NASDAQ stocks and switch between them • View order book activity statistics over one, five and 10 minute time periods • Plot the bid/ask, current price and volume traded on chosen stocks/s on TickScope - a real-time second-by-second chart "NASDAQ is pleased that ADVFN customers can now, with access to TotalView,benefit from the premier market data that NASDAQ offers," notes Bill O'Brien,Senior Vice President of Market Data Distribution. "ADVFN is now providing itssubscribers with the best information available, providing maximum visibilityinto the quotes and orders driving trading in the NASDAQ market." "ADVFN has been instrumental in introducing Level 2 to the British privateinvestor. We are delighted to bring essential NASDAQ market information to auniversal audience at a low price," said Clem Chambers, CEO of ADVFN. "TotalViewis another escalation of transparency and offers new trading opportunities andstrategies, which is invaluable for traders and great news for the market as awhole," he continued. Private investors simply go to: www.advfn.com/totalview to get information onhow to sign up. After creating an account, they select the Level 2 option fromthe main menu. From here they can enter the NASDAQ ticker/s. Information on current special offers is available at: www.advfn.com/totalview-uk NOTES TO EDITORS About ADVFN ADVFN (www.advfn.com) is Europe's number one stocks and shares Web site. Withfull real-time coverage of the London Stock Exchange, the euronext-liffe, OFEX,NASDAQ, Amex and NYSE, including FTSE, Dow and S&P indices, ADVFN providesprofessional quality information to the person on the street. ADVFN was established in the last quarter of 1999 and floated on AIM in March2000. It now has over 500,000 registered users who generate in excess of 38million page impressions a month. We currently cover the following areas in the UK, France and America: • Free real-time prices from the London Stock Exchange• EURONEXT-LIFFE• EURONEXT - Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam• NASDAQ• NYSE• AMEX• OFEX• FOREX• GTIS FOREX• NYMEX• COMEX• Russian stocks and indices• Canadian stocks, indices, options and derivatives• German stocks and indices - Xetra• Irish stocks and indices• Greek stocks and indices• Singapore stocks and indices• Helsinki Stock Exchange• Stockholm Stock Exchange• Copenhagen Stock Exchange• Warsaw Stock Exchange• Swiss Indices• Chicago Mercantile Exchange• Johannesburg Stock Exchange and indices• Level 2 data• Comprehensive fundamental data• Streaming stock charts, historic and intraday• Portfolios• Message boards• Historical data downloads• Stock monitors and filters• Trading signals• Investor Relations Web site solutions• PDA service• Weather• Headlines - news headline and archive search For further press information, please contact: Francesca De Franco on 020 70700932 E-mail francescad@advfn.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange