The Global Futures and Options Exchange (GFO-X) provides a UK regulated, cash-settled derivatives trading venue, specifically and exclusively for eligible and professional participants to trade digital assets.
GFO-X is authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and has partnered with LCH SA which will offer clearing of Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on GFO-X. This will be made available through a new segregated clearing service, LCH DigitalAssetClear.
Built for institutions, GFO-X provides a cutting-edge platform, providing investors with a secure and efficient trading environment where you can seamlessly hedge and manage your digital asset exposure via our full suite of cash-settled Bitcoin index futures and options contracts.
TT® supports the following:
The GFO-X Trading Platform matching engine is based on a Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) model.
The pulsed feed channel publishes pulsed-feed data periodically. It is an order book with at most 20-level price depth.
Trading hours - Monday through Friday,
Session timings in UTC
TT has incorporated support for GFO-X self-match prevention. Users can set Participant ID, UBO ID, and cancel mode through TT User Setup.
Note The testing of this feature is pending, awaiting sample participant ID and UBOID from GFO-X.
Exchange Cancel on Disconnect is supported at the connection level.
Note Exempting an order from cancel on disconnect using tag 18=k is not supported.
RFQs received on the market data feed are visible in the RFQ Viewer widget.
Announcement messages received on the market data feed are visible in the Exchange News widget.
TT will process Block trades received on the market data BMF feed and display them to the end user. Submission of block trades is not supported at this time.
The TT® platform provides connectivity to the exchange, so you do not have to contact the exchange regarding connectivity options. Refer to TT Access for more details about your connectivity options for connecting to TT.