The group's principal activity is to provide financial market data, fundamental research, charts and analytical services to institutional and individual investors through dedicated telecommunication lines and the Internet. It also provides a proprietary, integrated Internet-based online trading and market data system. The group operates through two segments: Internet-based online trading and ecn services. The group operates through protrack for the professional institutional traders and mytrack and tracktrade for the individual trader. It also operates in track ecn an electronic communications network that enables traders to display and match limit orders for stocks. The group disseminates news and third-party database information from more than 100 sources worldwide.