Software enables financial securities trading on an end-to-end basis; The software can be used by people or entities entering financial securities transactions at terminals; It can be used by broker dealers and clearing firms that accept these orders to manage, via interactions with internal customer account files and execute the desired securities transactions, via interactions with execution destinations such as securities exchanges as well as newer alternative destinations such as electronic networks; The software provides independent value to broker dealers and clearing firms by helping to manage issues internal to their businesses related to the processing of such transactions, for example, comparing proposed securities transactions against available funds available in client accounts and available credit parameters, consolidating and reporting client data at individual and aggregate levels, helping to manage risks associated with financial securities transactions, assisting in compliance with government requirements related to managing and reporting on financial securities transactions