By Richard Forss, Chief Technology Officer, EXANTE
For professional traders, market analysis hasn’t become harder because of a lack of tools — it’s become harder because those tools don’t talk to each other.
Stocks are analysed in one place. ETFs in another. Bonds somewhere else entirely. Each asset class comes with its own workflows, metrics, and interfaces, forcing traders to mentally stitch together a picture the technology should be presenting as a whole.
After 15 years of building trading infrastructure at EXANTE, one thing has become clear to us: fragmentation is no longer a data problem. It’s a design problem.
That’s why we built Omni Screener.
When Market Choice Turns Into Friction
Today’s markets offer unprecedented breadth. That should be an advantage — but too often, it becomes friction.
Professional investors don’t think in silos. They compare opportunities across asset classes, weigh relative value, assess risk-adjusted return, and move capital dynamically. Yet most screeners are still built with narrow assumptions: one instrument type, one lens, one way of thinking.
Omni Screener was designed to remove that constraint.
It brings stocks, ETFs, and bonds into a single analytical environment — allowing traders to compare, filter, and evaluate instruments without breaking context or workflow. Crucially, it does this without flattening meaningful differences between asset classes.
Market cap and P/E ratios where they belong. Coupon rates and yield metrics where they matter. Filters that adapt intelligently to the instrument, rather than forcing traders into generic frameworks.
This isn’t about more data. It’s about relevant data, surfaced with intent.
Built for How Professionals Actually Work
There’s a tendency in fintech to equate innovation with visual complexity. In reality, experienced traders value clarity, speed, and control.
Omni Screener reflects that philosophy. Traders can use predefined views for rapid scanning, or build fully custom dashboards focused on their specific strategies. Personalised screeners can be saved and reused, turning repeat analysis into a streamlined, efficient process.
The goal wasn’t to reinvent market analysis — it was to make it usable again at professional scale.
Because EXANTE owns and continuously develops its proprietary platform, we can respond directly to how clients use our tools in practice. Omni Screener is the result of that feedback loop: a product shaped by real workflows, not hypothetical personas.
A Tool Shaped by Time
As EXANTE marks its 15-year anniversary this year, Omni Screener represents something more than a feature release. It’s the outcome of years spent observing where traders lose time, where tools fall short, and where unnecessary complexity creeps in.
From the beginning, our focus has been on building institutional-grade infrastructure that scales — across markets, instruments, and trading styles. Every new module is designed to deepen that foundation, not distract from it.
Omni Screener sits alongside tools like EXANTE Pulse as part of a broader evolution toward integrated, intelligent analysis — where automation enhances decision-making without obscuring judgement.
Additional asset classes and capabilities are already planned, but the direction remains the same: fewer silos, clearer signals, better outcomes.
Quiet Engineering Still Matters
In an industry that often chases novelty, we’ve learned that longevity comes from restraint.
The platforms that endure aren’t the ones adding the most features — they’re the ones solving the right problems, consistently, over time.
Omni Screener is our response to one of the most persistent problems in modern trading: fragmented market analysis. It’s not designed to impress. It’s designed to work.
Fifteen years in, that’s still how we build at EXANTE — not for headlines, but for professionals.
About Richard
Richard Forss is the CTO of EXANTE, where he leads the evolution of the firm’s cutting-edge proprietary trading platform. With 30+ years in fintech, Richard has built tech for hedge funds, crypto brokerages, asset managers, and global banks — including leadership roles at Crypto Finance (Deutsche Börse Group), Covario AG, Argentière Capital, Deutsche Bank, and UBS.
Based in Switzerland, he’s a strategic technologist with deep expertise in trading infrastructure, crypto, and AI. Richard is shaping the future of financial technology — and is a sought-after voice on innovation in capital markets.
This article was written by FM Contributors at www.financemagnates.com.
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