FXMarketSpace
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FXMarketSpace, a 50/50 joint venture between Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), is the first centrally-cleared, global, over-the-counter foreign exchange (FX) platform.
FXMarketSpace allows you to access the full power of the global currency market with:
> the broadest, most diverse trading community
> the most transparent and anonymous trading access
> the most technologically advanced trading platform
The platform offically launched on the 26th of March, 2007 with spot trading capabilities for six major currencies against the U.S. dollar: the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Australian dollar, Swiss franc and Canadian dollar. The following four cross-currency pairs are available as well: euro/Japanese yen, euro/British pound, euro/Swiss france, and British pound/Japanese yen. Additional currencies and functionality in forwards and options will be added at a later stage.
[edit] Access
The trading platform can be accessed through a variety of different methods, meeting the needs of a diversified trading community. This includes the CME Globex® API, the Reuters Dealing 3000 and Reuters 3000 Xtra desktops as well as the following independent software vendors: Flextrade, GL Trade, Patsystems, and Trading Technologies.
[edit] Customers
The platform is available to the entire spectrum of market participants including global and regional banks, asset managers, corporations, hedge funds and other market makers.