Tower Research Capital

Quantitative trading and market-making firm known for systematic strategies, electronic execution, and advanced trading technology.

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Highlights

Founded 1998

Tower's official About page identifies Mark Gorton as its founder and gives 1998 as the founding year.

100+ trading venues

An official Tower release says its automated quantitative strategies connect to more than 100 venues.

8 listed offices

Tower's official offices page lists locations in New York, London, Gurugram, Singapore, Amsterdam, Charleston, and Chicago, with two New York addresses.

2 systematic internalisers

Tower's liquidity-provision page identifies Tower Research Capital Europe Limited and Tower Research Capital Europe B.V. as systematic internalisers.

About Tower Research Capital

Tower Research Capital was founded in 1998 by Mark Gorton and is headquartered in New York. It has developed from a high-frequency trading firm into a global, multi-asset, systematic trading and investing platform.

The firm combines quantitative research, proprietary trading strategies, market connectivity, and internally developed trading infrastructure. Its teams work across trading, engineering, quantitative research, risk, compliance, and business operations.

Tower is especially strong in electronic market making and technology-intensive trading. The firm provides liquidity across major markets and venues, including through on-exchange market making and bilateral liquidity provision, while its engineering teams focus on low-latency systems, data, machine learning, and scalable trading infrastructure.