Protocols
FIX Protocol

FIX (Financial Information eXchange) Protocol is a standard way to communicate trading information electronically between brokers, buy-side institutions, and markets. Borsa İstanbul supports the 5.0 SP2 version of the FIX Protocol standard.

Any additional hardware for FIXAPI protocol is not needed and Borsa Istanbul will not provide a software application for FIXAPI. Members are required to get FIX protocol certificate for their software or use a certified application.

FIX Protocol Spec for documents click.

BISTECH FIX Certification programs for click.

Companies with BISTECH Fix Certificate for click.

FIX Reference Data (FIX RD)

Reference Data regarding the instruments that are listed (Security Definition, Security Status, Price Limits etc.)  is available through FIX Reference Data connection.

FIX documents click.

FIX Drop Copy (FIX DC)

Drop Copy Sessions are used to replicate the private outbound order, quotes and trade flow for one or more participants, and/or users and/or markets. 

All flows from all channels can be seen from a Drop Copy user, or, it can be filtered in userbased with the filter option.

DC documents click.

OUCH Protocol

OUCH is the low-level native protocol for connecting to the Genium INET Trading system. It is designed to offer the maximum possible performance at the cost of flexibility and ease of use. The messages are binary encoded in OUCH Protocol, which means that all numeric values are represented as binary values.

Members are required to get OUCH protocol certificate for their software or use a certified application.

  • OUCH Protocol Spec for documents click
  • BISTECH OUCH Certification programs for click
  • OUCH Certified Software and Investment Companies for click
ITCH Protocol

ITCH is a direct data feed product that enables HFT/Algo type of traders to access market by order (tick by tick) data. Along with the main ITCH flow, which is is transmitted via multicast, there are  rewinder and glimpse services in place to be used in package loss and late connections..

  • ITCH Protocol Spec for documents click.
TIP Protocol

TIP protocol is a direct data feed product that enables conventional data vendors to disseminate market by price  data (depth of orderbook).

  • TIP Protocol Spec for documents click.