Trading Protocols

FX Platforms

ECN

Cboe's anonymous Order Book model, built on award-winning technology, features customized liquidity solutions designed to optimize the trading experience for market makers and liquidity takers.

Liquidity

Sweepable

Firm

Non-Firm

Execution

Anonymous

Disclosed

Aggressive

Passive

Curated

Products

Spot

Metals

NDFs

Data

GUI

FIX Bookfeed

ITCH

  • Quotes from global FX's top bank and non-bank LPs, combined with buy-side passive interest, create deep, liquid markets with quality execution opportunities
  • Participants may choose to interact with Firm or Non-Firm liquidity, or a combination of both on each of Cboe's independent NY5 and LD4 platforms
  • A comprehensive set of connectivity options, both direct and through partner middleware providers, provide access to a secure, stable, low-latency environment
  • Clearly defined Market Maker Standards, published daily volumes, and adherence to the FX Global Code highlight Cboe's commitment to transparency
  • Cboe's credit structure, powered by FX's leading banks and prime brokers, features pre-trade risk controls and seamless management between our NY5 and LD4 venues

Full Amount

Cboe's Full Amount protocol ensures minimal information leakage and reduced slippage with single-ticket 'full amount' executions. Streaming quotes from the market's premier liquidity providers are consolidated into a best bid/offer at various size levels, resulting in an efficient tool to access and manage liquidity.

Liquidity

Single Ticket

Firm

Non-Firm

Execution

Anonymous

Disclosed

Aggressive

Passive

Curated

Products

Spot

Metals

NDFs

Data

GUI

FIX Bookfeed

ITCH

As a Market Maker

  • Leverage Cboe's technology, credit, and clearing infrastructure to reduce cost, and to distribute pricing with the assurance of being the full size of the incoming order
  • Utilize Cboe's reporting suite and liquidity management team to improve opportunities to win flow

As a Price Taker

  • Price feeds are aggregated to show top of book quotes via ITCH, FIX Bookfeed, or GUI. Trades are only executed against a single quote that results in the Full Amount of the order being filled
  • Utilize the same API as the Cboe FX ECN to discreetly transfer risk in size up to $100M with high fulfilment opportunity and low market impact