APIs
Berkeley Online offers APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for professional order execution in the major worldwide futures, options and forex markets for trading applications. In line with our commitment to supporting all of our clients, Berkeley Online offers two forms of APIs. Firstly, we provide a proprietary API for futures and options trading in conjunction with Patsystems, which enables instant access to real-time market data and trade messaging with superior strategy backing. Additionally, we offer a FIX (Financial Information Exchange) API - an industry-standard messaging protocol. Berkeley Online's FIX API connects to multiple trading applications, providing access to futures and options exchanges and foreign exchange aggregators. If you are unsure of which of the two APIs would suit you best, please contact one of our specialists for their advice.
Pats API (Futures and Options)
Berkeley Online provides the Pats proprietary API for futures and options trading, enabling traders to use this API to connect their trading and execution software. This API operates in conjunction with Patsystems, and gives instant access to real-time market data, as well as professional strategy support for those traders wishing to write to Pats API. Berkeley Online provides instant connectivity to many third party vendors who have already configured to the Pats API.
FIX API (Futures and Options)
Berkeley Online also offers a FIX API - an industry-standard messaging protocol designed to facilitate advanced Direct Market Access (DMA) to 23 futures and options exchanges. Berkeley's FIX API serves numerous purposes including front-office trading applications, as well as mid- and back- office systems and DMA for those wishing to use their own trading software yet seeking an effective execution venue.
As a single connectivity point, choosing to write to the FIX API means clients can utilize Berkeley's electronic trading infrastructure whilst experiencing rapid order flow, market information, and futures and options execution to exchanges worldwide. Those already fluent in FIX can connect promptly making this the most efficient method of placing orders. The FIX API on offer currently can be accessed in two formats, which both support FIX version 4.2 and can integrate with any order management system, third party front end, or black box models.
Berkeley's FIX API solution for futures and options is provided by Patsystems - a participant in the Global Derivatives Steering Committee, which influences the development of the FIX standard.
Currenex FIX API (Foreign Exchange)
Berkeley offers the Currenex FIX API so that clients can connect their own trading systems, auto-pricing engines, and other software directly to Berkeley Online Currenex to receive live market data and a high-performance, anonymous, pricing aggregator. This price aggregator supplies 44 Executable Streaming Prices (ESP) forex currency pairs. Berkeley Online Currenex ESP provides users with the flexibility and choice to only select the information they need to trade effectively. Moreover, a sophisticated organisation system removes the challenges often involved in altering or cancelling orders. Currenex's FIX API is characterised by its high-speed multi-bank FIX gateway which, in adherence with Currenex's commitment to the FIX industry-standard, uses the corresponding FIX 4.2 protocol.
Berkeley Online will support clients to conform to the Currenex FIX protocol requirements.
Currenex is represented as the Co-Chair of the FIX Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC). To find out more, or to receive the Currenex FIX protocol specification, please contact us.