{"id":34368,"date":"2026-05-29T14:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryteststg.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=doc&#038;p=34368"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:45:05","slug":"adding-a-gscb-connection","status":"publish","type":"doc","link":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/setup\/exchanges-americas\/gscb\/task-gscb\/goldman-sachs-commodity-blocks-gscb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding a GSCB Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prerequisites\">Prerequisites<a href=\"\/user-setup\/gscb-adding-a-gscb-connection.html#prerequisites\"><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clients must contact the Goldman Sachs Commodity trade desk to obtain the necessary credentials for executing block trades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>email: gs-ecommod@gs.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>phone: (US) 212-357-6510<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"adding-a-gscb-connection\">Adding a GSCB Connection<a href=\"\/user-setup\/gscb-adding-a-gscb-connection.html#adding-a-gscb-connection\"><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add a GSCB connection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Connections<\/strong>\u00a0in the left navigation panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>+New Connection<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure the settings in the\u00a0<strong>General Settings<\/strong>\u00a0section:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ttus-gscb-connect1-6.png\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Connection Enabled<\/strong>: Check this setting to activate the connection. Uncheck to deactivate the connection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: This is a\u00a0<em>required<\/em>\u00a0field for creating a connection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exchange<\/strong>: Select &#8220;FIX Order Gateway&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type<\/strong>: Select &#8220;Goldman Sachs Commodities Trading (GSCMD-NY)&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure the settings in the\u00a0<strong>Additional Settings<\/strong>\u00a0section.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ttus-gscb-connect2-6.png\"><br>Configure the following Cboe (GSCB Exchange) settings per connection:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Order Entry IP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Sets the exchange-provided IP address for submitting orders to the exchange.\u00a0<strong>This is required.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order Entry Port<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Sets the exchange-provided port for submitting orders to the exchange.\u00a0<strong>This is required.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order Entry Password<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 This is not required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order Entry Sender Comp ID<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Identifies the name of the firm that sends messages to the exchange for the order session.\u00a0<strong>This is required.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order Entry Target Comp ID<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The ID of the firm receiving messages from the exchange host for the order session.\u00a0<strong>This is required.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order Entry Secondary IP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 This is not required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Order Entry Secondary Port<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 This is not required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data IP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Sets the exchange-provided IP address for receiving market data from the exchange.\u00a0<strong>This is required.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data Port<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Sets the exchange-provided port for receiving market data from the exchange.\u00a0<strong>This is required.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data Password<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 This is not required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data Sender Comp ID<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Identifies the name of the firm that sends messages to the exchange for the market data session.\u00a0<strong>This is a required field.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data Target Comp ID<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The ID of the firm receiving messages from the exchange host for the market data session.\u00a0<strong>This is a required field.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data Secondary IP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 This is not required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Data Secondary Port<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 This is not required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Max Order Rate<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contact Email<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Optionally, add a best contact email that TT can use to contact your firm if needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Create<\/strong>. You can select the connection in the data grid and review the connection settings in the\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Accounts<\/strong>\u00a0tab to assign an existing account to the connection. Multiple accounts can be added to a single connection.<br><br><strong>See also:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/setup\/company-administration\/accounts\/task-accounts\/creating-a-new-account\/\" data-type=\"doc\" data-id=\"7297\">Creating a New Account<\/a><br><br><strong>Note<\/strong>:\u00a0You cannot assign a GS Commodity Block connection to an account if that account also has a connection to one or more of the markets configured in the &#8220;Restrict To Market&#8221; list.<br><br><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0The connection will not become active until at least one account is assigned.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prerequisites\">Prerequisites<a href=\"\/user-setup\/gscb-adding-a-gscb-connection.html#prerequisites\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clients must contact the Goldman Sachs Commodity trade desk to obtain the necessary credentials for executing block trades.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"adding-a-gscb-connection\">Adding a GSCB Connection<a href=\"\/user-setup\/gscb-adding-a-gscb-connection.html#adding-a-gscb-connection\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add a GSCB connection:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"docs-category":[985],"class_list":["post-34368","doc","type-doc","status-publish","hentry","docs-category-task-gscb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/34368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/doc"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/34368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library-staging.tradingtechnologies.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs-category?post=34368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}