Foreign Exchange Hosting, Colocation & Connectivity

FX in the Clouds Webinar - Equinix - FCM360 - Aite Group

FX in the Clouds Webinar - Equinix - FCM360 - Aite Group

FCM360 provides ultra low-latency proximity FX hosting, FX colo & connectivity to the major Foreign Exchange (FX) marketplaces for high frequency trading and algorithmic trading.

Foreign Exchange (FX) traders need stable, low latency connections to their preferred liquidity provider. FCM360 has turn-key FX hosting, FX colocation and connectivity solutions for Foreign Exchange (FX) traders.

Financial Network Diagram - FX - NY - London

All forex venues and news feeds available via direct cross connect to FCM360 proximity hosting facilities

FCM360 can provide managed FX colocation(FX Colo) or FX hosting in the key datacenters you want to be:

  • Equinix NY 4 , Secausus New Jersey –  This location features: Managed dedicated servers and FX colo starting at 1U, Connectivity to Hot Spot FX, ICAP EBS, Integral FX, Currenex, Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News, Need To Know News, all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers.
  •  Equinix NY 2 , Secausus New Jersey –  This location features: Managed dedicated servers and FX colo starting at 1U, Connectivity to Hot Spot FX, ICAP EBS, Integral FX, Currenex, Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News, Need To Know News, all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers.
  •  Equinix LD 4 , Slough, London England –    This location features: Managed dedicated servers and FX colo starting at 1U, Connectivity to European POPs of Hot Spot FX, ICAP EBS, Integral FX, Currenex as well as direct cross connects to Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News and FX liquidity platforms. We also connect to all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers.
  •  Equinix LD 5 , Slough, London England –    This location features: Connectivity to European POPs of Hot Spot FX, ICAP EBS, Integral FX, Currenex as well as direct cross connects to Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News and FX liquidity platforms. We also connect to all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers.
  • Savvis NJ 2, Weehawken New Jersey -  This location features: Connectivity to FX All and Currenex as well as direct cross connects to Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News and FX liquidity platforms. We also connect to all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers in Savvis NJ2.
  • Savvis NJ 2x, Weehawken New Jersey -  This location features: Connectivity to FX All and Currenex as well as direct cross connects to Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News and FX liquidity platforms. We also connect to all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers in Savvis NJ2.
  •  Savvis NJ 1, Jersey City New Jersey -  This location features:  Managed dedicated servers and FX colo starting at 1U,  Connectivity to FX All and Currenex as well as direct cross connects to Thomson Reuters News Feed Direct Machine Readable News and FX liquidity platforms. We also connect to all major bank liquidy providers along with hundreds of other market data and service providers in Savvis NJ 2 and NJ 2X.

The following is list of FX venues that interest our clients:

Currenex

Founded in 1999, Currenex offers corporate and institutional buyers and sellers in the Foreign Exchange (FX) and money markets reliable, low-cost and secure electronic access to the $1+ trillion a day global Foreign Exchange (FX) market. Suite of award-winning services and comprehensive, unrivalled integration capabilities with custom-built and third party trade and settlement systems provide complete Foreign Exchange (FX) trading and workflow processing solutions to hundreds of clients, worldwide. Currenex is a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corp (www.statestreet.com), the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. State Street has $11.9 trillion in assets under custody and $1.7 trillion under management.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Currenex with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Currenex. Avoid the additional Currenex charges for connecting using this method.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds on-campus trading to Currenex and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with the Currenex matching engine.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Currenex using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Currenex and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Currenex. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Currenex.

Knight Hot Spot FX

Hotspot FX brings the powerful benefits of an independent, transparent ECN marketplace structure to institutional foreign exchange trading. These benefits include full depth-of-book view, centralized price discovery, direct and anonymous market access, instantaneous trading on live, streaming prices and robust real-time pricing, benchmark, and reference data. For hedge funds, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), corporate treasuries, and institutional asset managers, Hotspot FX’s FX ECN model provides full market transparency and greater control of the trading process, enabling better trade execution and lower execution costs.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Knight Hot Spot FX with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Knight Hot Spot FX.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Knight Hot Spot FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with Hot Spot FX matching engine.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Knight Hot Spot FX using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Knight Hot Spot FX and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Knight Hot Spot FX. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Knight Hot Spot FX.

Integral FX

Integral has delivered the only multi-sided trading network for foreign exchange. The facility empowers participants across the entire FX market to configure and operate their own automated, unique, private FX business. Integral’s solutions are delivered On Demand enabling FX businesses to flexibly enter new markets quickly and scale efficiently without owning and operating any IT infrastructure of their own. Integral’s private, customer-branded trading solutions are managed and operated over Integral’s FX Grid®, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network, linking market making banks to FX market participants.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Integral FX with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Integral FX. Round trip latency times are below 500 microseconds.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Integral FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with Integral FX. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Integral FX using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub-millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Integral FX and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Integral FX. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Integral FX.

FX All

FXall is the leading independent electronic foreign exchange platform, giving over 1,000 institutional clients a trading edge with choice of execution, end-to-end workflow management, and straight through processing. FXall’s neutral platform and flexible, integrated tool set deliver access to the right execution strategies and liquidity in all market conditions. Our global team of over 160 knowledgeable, service-driven professionals serves the needs of active traders, asset managers, corporate treasurers, market makers, broker-dealers and prime brokers, all in a conflict-free environment.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to FX All with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with FX All. Round trip latency times are below 500 microseconds.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to FX All and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with  FX All. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade FX All using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub-millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade FX All and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to FX All. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for FX All.

ICAP EBS FX Server Hosting

The award-winning EBS platform provides efficient and fair access to global markets for more than 2,800 spot FX, precious metals and NDF traders in over 50 countries around the world.

The EBS system delivers anonymous, transparent, reliable and highly liquid trading opportunities, as well as authoritative real-time and historical market data.

EBS provides 24-hour access to unparalleled liquidity and depth and supports a wide range of forex trading strategies, as well as both API and manual trading for banks and non-bank professional trading organisations.

Customers access the EBS platform through its EBS Spot, EBS Spot Ai (automated FX interface), EBS Prime and EBS Global Access (browser-based) services.EBS Spot Ai is an automated trading tool that provides direct electronic access to executable prices between the customer’s internal trading infrastructure and the EBS platform.

The service provides professional FX trading institutions, including banks and hedge funds, with an Application Programme Interface (API) to the global spot forex market. EBS Spot Ai is used for automated and algorithmic trading.

API access available through EBS Spot Ai

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to ICAP EBS with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with ICAP EBS.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to ICAP EBS and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with  ICAP EBS.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade ICAP EBS using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides single digit round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade ICAP EBS and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange. This is the fastest way to trade EBS with dedicated servers and managed hosting.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to ICAP EBS. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for ICAP EBS.

Lava FX

Lava FX has been acquired by FX ALL.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Lava FX with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Lava FX.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Lava FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with Lava FX. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Lava FX using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Lava FX and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Lava FX. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Lava FX.

Gain Capital

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GCAP) is a global provider of online trading services, specializing in foreign exchange (forex or FX) and contracts for difference (CFDs). Customers and trading partners in more than 140 countries have utilized the company’s award-winning trading platform which transacts nearly $250 billion per month.* A pioneer in online forex trading, GAIN Capital provides execution, clearing, custody and technology products and services to an institutional client base including asset managers, broker/dealers and other financial services firms. GAIN also operates FOREX.com, one of the largest and best-known brands in the retail forex industry.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Gain Capital FX with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Gain Capital FX.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Lava FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with Gain Capital FX. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Gain Capital FX using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Gain Capital FX and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Gain Capital FX. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Gain Capital FX.

FXCM Pro

The FXCM Pro division offers virtually unparalleled execution, service, and technology solutions to the institutional forex marketplace.

* Full Service, 24-hour-online agency execution service.

* Designed for the demands of banks, hedge funds, corporate, pension funds, family offices, and other financial institutions.

* Multiple prime brokerage relationships allow for 100% anonymous trading.

* Access to deep pools of liquidity provided by multiple counterparties regardless of client size.

* Multiple GUI and API interfaces that are compatible with many of the street’s largest back-office vendors.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to FXCM Pro with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with FXCM Pro.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Lava FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with FXCM Pro. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade FXCM Pro using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade FXCM Pro and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to FXCM Pro. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for FXCM Pro.

PFGBest

PFGBEST focuses on sustainable investing for long–term probability of success for customers by offering a diverse suite of trading technologies, products and services, with an emphasis on opportunities for those with $5,000 on up. The company is one of the largest non–clearing U.S. Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), with customers, affiliates and brokerage offices in more than 80 countries. It is ranked in the annual Futures magazine roundup as one of the nation´s Top 50 Brokers.

PFGBEST offers managed funds along with its core suite of products including futures, forex and options, and a mixture of these asset classes, plus full–service brokerage, trader education, and of course direct online trading through its BESTDirect platform.

PFGBEST owns its own technology, so customers are never in the hands of any third party or independent software vendor to handle trades or market data. Through its model of customer–driven technology, PFGBEST makes sure that customers are connected directly to the exchange order entry systems and market data.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to PFGBEST with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with PFGBEST .
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Lava FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with PFGBEST. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade PFGBEST using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade PFGBEST and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to PFGBEST. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for PFGBEST.

Real Forex

Real Forex  creates totally unique electronic G10 pricing. We offer direct liquidity from the top tier liquidity providers in the market we are able to price tight and continually during volatile markets. We stream aggressive prices to Clients worldwide  from brokers to algos. We have the expertiese to  give institutional investors a competitive edge in the global foreign exchange market. Our liquidity can be added to an existing aggregator, or taken exclusively. Real Forex provides advanced direct liquidity lines, low latency and aggressive execution through  API.

Liquidity

Today we are connected directly to over then 20 banks and the same number of non banks. We know how to provide an aggressive pricing and deep liquidity . We have several pools taylored to different kinds of trading from retail to HFT clients. By the simplicity of creating pool and adding or deduction of liquidity providers lower the reject ratio and give the best execution to the end user.

Low latency : Real Forex servers are located in equinix-ny4 and we are able to show low latency to clients of fcm360. Low latency environment is ideally suited to support high frequency trading.  HFT applications may be remote or colocated within the data center using fiber cross connections.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Real Forex with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Real Forex.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Lava FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with Real Forex. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Real Forexusing the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Real Forexand have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Real Forex. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Real Forex.

Tradestation

TradeStation is the premier brokerage trading platform for rule-based trading.

Whether you trade stocks, options, futures or forex, TradeStation offers uniquely powerful strategy creation and testing tools, customizable analytics and fully automated trading technology in a single trading platform. With TradeStation, you can:

  • Create an unlimited number of custom trading strategies
  • Back-test and optimize your strategies before you trade, using the industry’s largest and most extensive historical market database
  • Monitor multiple markets and automatically execute your trading strategies based on your own custom buy and sell rules.

With TradeStation Simulator, you can even test your trading ideas and strategies in simulated live trading—without risking a cent of your own money. In today’s volatile markets, having a focused, disciplined trading strategy—and the tools to execute it—can make all the difference. TradeStation delivers power, speed and discipline—all on one seamlessly integrated trading platform.

FCM360 provides dedicated managed servers, hosting and FX colocation solutions to connect to Tradestation with Easy Trader and FCM360 Connect.

  1. FCM360 Connect – This service allows traders to access nearly 50 exchanges using one connection at our managed hosting facilities located in Savvis, Equinix or Interxion. This connection is substantially less expensive than getting a one-to-one connection with Tradestation.
  2. FCM360 Connect On Campus – This adds a direct fiber connection for on-campus trading to Lava FX and is the absolute lowest latency for response time with Tradestation. Round trip latency times are in the double digit microsecond range.
  3. Tier 1 IP – Internet-based connectivity for those who want to trade Tradestation using the fastest Tier-1 IP connections. You have the choice of using the Easy Trader turn-key managed dedicated server solution or using your own servers. This solution provides sub millisecond round trip latency times from our managed cages using the Internet.
  4. Easy Trader – A managed dedicated server solution for those who want to trade Tradestation and have FCM360 provide servers, firewalls, support and connectivity to the exchange.

FCM Connect provides sub-millisecond access to Tradestation. Ask us about low latency trading and proximity hosting services for Tradestation.