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.
- Spot
- SEF
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.
- Spot
- SEF
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