Electronic trading options available to clients include direct market access, a range of state-of-the-art front-end trading platforms, as well as via our own messaging bridge. MF Global also provides clients with online platforms and tools to view information relating to all aspects of risk management and to manage account information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
As a global leader in execution services, MF Global offers advanced electronic trading capabilities based on the securities industry FIX standard protocol. MF Global’s FIX API offering can integrate with any order management system, algorithmic black box or third-party front-end to provide clients with a customized solution that meets their needs. Benefits of connecting to MF Global’s FIX API include a single point of connectivity to more than 70 exchanges and numerous counterparties across the futures, equities, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets; maximum speed of execution; pre-trade risk management; ability to co-locate at one MF Global’s five major hubs located worldwide; and support of multiple FIX versions.
MF Global hosts and co-locates our FIX engine set-ups throughout the globe, with primary centers in Chicago, New York, and London, and offers multiple telecommunication options for connectivity.
Nicole Oskin