Task

Note: After creating an account, the ABX account parameters are configured on the
FIX Order Gateway.

To add an ABX account:

1. Click Accounts in the left navigation pane.

2. Click +New Account at the top of the Accounts screen.

   The Account Information section is displayed.

   

3. In the Account Name/Number field when creating an account, enter the user-defined account name, which
   is required for order routing. The user’s routing account number is mapped to FIX Tag 1 and routed to the
   exchange on all order actions. The user-defined account name must be registered at the exchange.

4. If this is a sub-account, select a “parent” account in the Parent field.
5. Click the Type field and select an account type.

   Use this field to define the routing behavior for the account and set up its
   account hierarchy for tiered risk. All order
   routing is based on user account. Select one of the following:

   • Routing (external clearing): Defines the parent account as a clearing account sent to the
     exchange on all orders. If assigned to a user, the account appears in the user’s list of routable
     accounts. When selected by a user, the account is used to route orders and identify the account to
     the exchange (e.g, FIX Tag 1). If configuring this account as an omnibus account, select this
     option. If an internal sub-account is assigned to a parent account, the sub-account inherits the
     exchange connectivity of the parent account.

   • Routing (internal sub-account): Defines the account as a sub-account that is not routed to the
     exchange. This allows you to assign the user to an internal account for routing and risk purposes,
     even though a parent account will be sent to the exchange as the actual clearing or omnibus account.

     Tip: Sub-accounts set as “Routing (internal sub-account)” can be selected by client trading
     applications for submitting orders, but only their parent account’s clearing account is routed to
     the exchange.

   • Non-Routing: Not sent to the exchange. Recorded internally and can be used for back-office
     purposes, or as a parent risk account that allows you to group a set of sub-accounts together and
     set risk for the non-routing parent.

     Tip: Accounts set as “Non-Routing” are not selectable by client trading applications.

   • Audit Trail Only: Not sent to the exchange. Use this account type for the TT FIX Inbound Drop
     Copy service, which allows third parties to import their data sources into TT. When selected, the
     “Order Cross Prevention” option is disabled for this account.

   • Error Routing: An account that can be used to route order reject messages created by FIX Order
     Router or FIX Inbound Drop Copy to specific Drop Copy sessions. Error accounts can be assigned to
     users and to FIX Order Routing and Inbound FIX Drop Copy sessions. An error account is not routed to
     the exchange and is not part of account hierarchies.

6. To prevent order crossing using this account or any of its sub-accounts, click the
   Order Cross Prevention field and select an order crossing rule. The TT Trade
   application performs the following order actions based on which rule is selected:
   • Not Applied — No order cross prevention rule is applied to the account.
   • Reject New — Reject a new order that could potentially fill resting orders in the same
     account or account tree. Applies to only Limit orders and native Iceberg orders.
   • Cancel Resting (wait for ACK) — Send a cancel request to the exchange for the
     resting order. When the exchange acknowledges the request and cancels the order, submit the new order.
     Applies to only Limit orders and native Iceberg orders.

   • Position Transfer —
     When a match is detected, the resting order is canceled or the working order quantity is reduced by
     the size of the aggressive order. A fill is created by TT and sent to each account. If the
     aggressive order was larger than the resting order, then the remainder of it will be sent to market.
     For a description of how Position Transfer works, refer to Position Transfer.

   • Position Transfer (if resting order is best bid/offer) — This rule works the same as
     Position Transfer except that the internal matching occurs only if an order has the potential
     to fill a resting order at the current best bid/ask price.

     Note: When using this rule, the resting order may get matched and filled at the exchange while
     the aggressive order is in flight.

   • Order Cross Prevention Not Allowed — Order cross prevention is not allowed for the account.

7. Optionally, check one of the following options:
   • Use Reject New instead of Position Transfer within the same account — When
     enabled, this setting prevents the use of position transfer within the same account and uses “Reject
     New” for order cross prevention. This setting is active when “Position Transfer” is selected for the
     account, otherwise, it is grayed-out.
   • Go to market with Position Transfer balances w/o waiting for Cancel/Reducing ACK — When
     enabled, Position Transfer does the following if the aggressive order quantity is larger than the
     resting order quantity:
     • Reduces the aggressive order quantity by the amount of the resting order
     • Submits a request to the exchange to cancel the resting order, followed immediately by an order
       for the remaining quantity without waiting for acknowledgement that the resting order was
       canceled or reduced.

     For example, if a 2-lot Sell order is resting when a 10-lot Buy order is entered that matches,
     Position Transfer immediately sends a cancel request to the exchange for the Sell order, followed by
     an 8-lot Buy order. Position Transfer then waits for the exchange to acknowledge that the 2-lot Sell
     order was canceled successfully. After receiving acknowledgement, the 2-lot fills are created
     internally and transferred to each trader’s account.

     Using this option, you can submit part of the order to the market sooner while the remainder of the
     order waits to be transferred. You can also reduce the risk of the entire aggressive order being
     rejected while waiting for the position transfer to complete.

     Note: With this option, there’s a risk that the crossing orders may match at the exchange if
     the two traders are using separate exchange connections on two different order routing servers.

   • Disable trading (this account only) — Disables trading for this account. This checkbox is
     checked by default.
   • Disable trading (sub-accounts) — Disables trading for all child accounts of this
     parent account.
   • Disable trading (autoliquidate) — Checked automatically after auto-liquidate is triggered
     on an account. Increase the credit limit and uncheck this option to restore trading to a liquidated
     account. This setting can only be checked by the Setup application when an account is liquidated (i.e.,
     you cannot manually check this setting).
8. Optionally, configure the Prevent Duplicate Orders settings:
   • Check Quantity — Sets the number of duplicate orders to allow within
     the configured time frame.
   • Check Time Frame — Sets the time frame in milliseconds and enables the duplicate order
     check for the account. Enter a value from 1-999999999. When the number of orders for the same instrument
     and price set in the Check Quantity field occurs within the configured time frame, the
     duplicate orders are rejected. When Check Time Frame is blank, no duplicate order check is
     applied to the account.
   • Apply to sub-accounts — Copies the “Prevent Duplicate Orders” settings from the parent account
     to their child accounts. This ensures that any sub-accounts added to the shared parent account cannot have a
     differentmissing value in this field . When checked, the value cannot be changed on any sub-accounts added
     by your company or a shared company.
9. In the Order Management System (OMS) Settings section, configure the following:
   • Lock fill notifications on new staged orders — Controls how fills are reported back to the
     care order originator. When this setting is checked, new care orders are automatically locked when they
     are claimed. Fills for locked orders will have to be manually allocated and released. When unchecked,
     fills and fills prices are immediately released back to the customer using the average prices calculated
     by TT. This setting supports the Lock and Release functionality in TT OMS.
   • Only combine orders with the same price — Restricts how care orders are bulked. When this
     setting is checked, only care orders with the same price can be added as part of a bulk order. When
     unchecked, care orders at different prices can be bulked. Bulking requires that all care orders have the
     same product and Buy/Sell side. This setting supports the Bulking functionality in TT OMS.
   • Only combine orders with the same account — Restricts how care orders are bulked. When this
     setting is checked, only care orders with the same account can be added as part of a bulk order. When
     unchecked, care orders in different accounts can be bulked. Bulking requires that all care orders have
     the same product and Buy/Sell side. Supports the Bulking functionality in TT OMS.
   • Only combine orders with the same customer — Restricts how care orders are bulked. When
     this setting is checked, only care orders with the same order profile can be added as part of a bulk
     order. When unchecked, care orders with different customer order profiles can be bulked. Bulking
     requires that all care orders have the same product and Buy/Sell side. Supports the Bulking
     functionality in TT OMS.
10. Click Create.

    The new account appears in the Accounts list in the data grid. Sub-accounts appear as
    nested under their parent account.

Configuring an ABX Account

1. Click Accounts in the left navigation pane and select an account in the data grid.
2. Click Exchanges | FIX Order Gateway.

   Note: Dummy connections used for trading in ext-prod-sim must be configured using Connection with Exchange=Dealerweb, instead of Exchange=FIX Order Gateway as is used for all live trading.

   The “Exchange Properties” section is displayed.

   

3. Configure the following fields:
   • Custom Field 1 — A free-form text field sent to the exchange in FIX Tag 17001. Up to 255 characters are supported.
   • Custom Field 2 — A free-form text field sent to the exchange in FIX Tag 17002. Up to 255 characters are supported.
   • Custom Field 3 — A free-form text field sent to the exchange in FIX Tag 17003. Up to 255 characters are supported.
   • Custom Field 4 — A free-form text field sent to the exchange in FIX Tag 17004. Up to 255 characters are supported.
   • Custom Field 5 — A free-form text field sent to the exchange in FIX Tag 17005. Up to 255 characters are supported.
   • Trading Capacity — Indication of dealing on own account (DEAL), matched principal (MTCH), or any other trading capacity (AOTC). Valid values:
     • Deal
     • Match
     • Any other capacity

     Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 528 (order capacity).

   • CTI — Sets the type of user who is placing orders with this account. This is a required field.
     The value is sent as FIX Tag 9702. Select one of the customer type identifier (CTI) values from the drop
     down menu:
     • Member Trader (CTI 1)
     • Proprietary Account of a Member Firm (CTI 2)
     • On Behalf of Other Traders (CTI 3)
     • Customers (CTI 4)

     Note: When this account is assigned to an iLink 3 Market Segment Gateway (MSGW) connection in
     Setup, this value is sent to the exchange as Tag 582, Customer Order Capacity.

     • Member Trader: 582=1
     • Proprietary Account of a Member Firm: 582=2
     • On Behalf of Other Traders: 582=3
     • Customers: 582=4
   • Clearing Account — Overrides the TT routing account value in FIX Tag 1 on order actions sent to the exchange. Enter a user-defined account name up to 12 characters. By default, the user’s routing account is sent as Tag 1.
   • Customer Order Handling Instruction — Available values include:
     • Desk
     • Electronic (Default)
     • Vendor-provided Platform, billed by Executing Broker
     • Sponsored Access via Exchange API or FIX, provided by Executing Broker
     • Premium Algorithmic Trading Provider, billed by Executing Broker
     • Other, including Other-provided Screen
   • TT SMP ID — A user-defined, alphanumeric identifier used to tag orders so the TT system can
     match potential crossed trades. For more information on TT Self Match Prevention, refer to the TT
     Self Match Prevention By ID section in the Setup help.
   • TT SMP Instruction — Sets the TT Self Match Prevention (TT SMP) behavior and determines which
     order is canceled (resting or aggressing) if self-match prevention occurs. For more information on TT Self
     Match Prevention, refer to the TT
     Self Match Prevention By ID section in the Setup help.
   • Direct Electronic Access — Sets whether or not the order is sent from direct/sponsored access, or from another source. Valid values:
     • None
     • Yes
     • No

   Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 1724.

   • Liquidity Provision — Indication of market making. Valid values:
     • None
     • Yes
     • No

     Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 2594=2.

   • Commodity Derivative Indicator — Indication of whether the order is for hedging purposes to reduce risk. Valid values:
     • None
     • Yes
     • No

     Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 2594=3.

   • Investment Decision ID — User or firm who made the trading decision. Enter a registered ID/Short Code. Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 452=122 + 448.
   • Investment Decision Qualifier — Determines if the trading decision was made manually by a user or automatically by an automated trading application using this account. This is an optional field. Select one of the following:
     • Manual: Indicates the trading decision was made by a person.
     • Automatic: Indicates the trading decision was made by an automated trading application.
   • Execution Decision ID — User or firm that submitted the order. Enter a registered ID/Short Code. Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 452=12 + 448.
   • Execution Decision Qualifier — Determines if the user or firm sent the order manually or automatically using an automated trading application with this account. This is an optional field. Select one of the following:
     • Manual: Indicates the order was sent manually.
     • Automatic: Indicates the order was sent automatically.
   • Secondary Execution Decision ID — Secondary user or firm associated with the order. This field can be used for trading on behalf of clients and used for internal reporting purposes. Enter a registered ID/Short Code.
   • Client ID — Customer identification. Enter the customer’s legal entity identifier (LEI/Short Code).
     Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 452=3 + 448.

   • Secondary Client ID — Secondary customer identifier associated with the order. This field can be used for trading on behalf of clients and used for internal reporting purposes. Enter the customer’s legal entity identifier (LEI/Short Code).
   • Client ID Type — Identifies the type of client submitting the order. Select either “Firm” or “Natural Person”.
   • Execution Firm — Identifies the firm or user managing the account. Enter a user-defined value.

   Sent to the exchange as FIX Tag 452=1 + 448.

   • Free-form 1-20 — Optional, user-defined text fields that can be populated for TT and FIX client application users. These values are not sent to the exchange, but are visible in the Order Book, Fills, and Audit Trail widgets and on FIX Drop Copy records.

   

   • Apply to all sub-accounts — Allows a company creating a sub-account or sharing an account with another company to apply the parent account exchange field to the sub-account. This ensures that any sub-accounts added to the shared parent account cannot have a different value in this field and that the value is sent to the exchange. Check the checkbox next to each field to apply its value as needed. When checked, the value cannot be changed on any sub-accounts added by your company or a shared company.
   • Lock sub-accounts — Allows a company creating a sub-account or sharing an account with another company to lock the value in a sub-account exchange field even if the sub-account is configured with a more specific order tag default match. This ensures that any child accounts (sub-accounts) created from the shared parent account cannot have a different value in this field and that the value is sent to the exchange. When checked, the value cannot be changed on any sub-accounts added by your company or a shared company. Note: The Apply to all sub-accounts setting must be enabled for the field in order to enable the Lock sub-accounts setting.
   • Client Can Override — Determines if a user can override the value in this field when submitting orders from trading applications or APIs. Check the check box to unlock the field and allow a user to override the value. When unchecked, the field is locked and the user cannot change it.

   Note: The FIX Order Gateway account fields can also be configured as Order Tag Defaults.

4. Click Save Changes.

To add an ABX connection:

1. Click Connections in the left navigation panel.
2. Click +New Connection
3. Configure the settings in the General Settings section:

   

• Connection Enabled: Check this setting to activate the connection. Uncheck to deactivate the connection.
• Name: This is a required field for creating a connection.
• Exchange: Select FIX Order Gateway.
• In the Type field, select Abaxx Exchange (ABX).

Configure the following ABX settings per connection:

• Primary IP — Sets the exchange-provided IP address for connecting to the exchange. This is required.
• Primary Port — Sets the exchange-provided port for connecting to the exchange. This is required.
• Backup IP —

(Optional) Sets the backup IP address for connecting the session if the primary IP address is not reachable.

• Backup Port —

(Optional) Sets the backup port for connecting the session if the primary IP address is not reachable.

• SenderCompID —

Identifies the name of the firm that sends messages to the exchange. Enter the exchange-provided ID. This field populates the value of Tag 49 (SenderCompID) in all outbound messages for the connection. This is required.

• Username — Sets the exchange-provided User ID for the order session. This is a required field.
• Target Comp ID — The ID of the firm receiving messages from the exchange host. This ID is generated and provided by the exchange based on your firm name. This field populates the value of Tag 56 (TargetCompID) in all inbound messages on this connection. This is required.
• Password — The session password provided by the exchange. This is required.
• Restrict To Markets — Set as ABX.
• Max Order Rate — (Optional) Sets the maximum number of orders per second that a user can enter per connection. This limit cannot exceed the exchange-defined order rate maximum.

• Contact Email — Optionally, add a best contact email that TT can use to contact your firm if needed.