Gissing FX Trade Capture Server
How the Gissing FX Trade Capture Server works
The Gissing FX Trade Capture Server is a stand-alone server application that runs on a dedicated Windows server of modest technical specifications – see below. It uses the Bloomberg FX Trade Feed Protocol to connect to the Bloomberg FX Deals Database via a TCP/IP connection. After authentication the Server receives an initial stream of updates for all deals in the database that it has not previously received, followed by real-time updates for each new deal as it is executed on any of the Bloomberg FX Trading Systems.
The Gissing FX Trade Capture Server application is easy to set up and deploy. When you install the application for the first time you are led through a Windows ‘wizard’ installation interface to define the initial configuration and communications settings. If your middle or back-office system already has the ability to accept trade data in the industry-standard TOF format then the interface configuration work required is trivial. Typically only one day’s work is needed to get the Gissing FX Trade Capture Server up and fully operational. The Gissing FX Trade Capture Server automatically receives FX <go>, FX Dealing and Powermatch FX trade data as deals are executed, and caches them in TOF format for immediate access by connected client applications. In effect, the Gissing FX Trade Capture Server application is seen as a Reuters Dealing Server by your client applications.
Gissing FX Trade Capture Server minimum machine requirements
1GHz Pentium III processor running one of:
- Windows 2000, SP4 – 256Mb memory
- Windows XP Professional, SP1 – 512Mb memory
- Windows Server 2003 – 512Mb memory
Disk requirements will depend on the anticipated volume of trades, however 1 Gb disk space will be adequate for most situations.
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