Robotrade is a stock, option, and futures trading platform that provides comprehensive order management and risk analysis with full automation through a rule based trade engine. Extensive analytics and robust data handling coupled with an advanced research and simulation capability provide the ultimate mechanism for reducing the art of trading to a science. Robotrade is designed for any fund management job for which explicit trading strategies can be identified. Using dependable Sun Microsystems servers and distributed Java workstations, the platform architecture scales from support of a single trader to enterprise trading rooms or online brokerage services.