FIX / FAST Gateways

Custom FIX and FAST gateway development that opens direct access to local and international markets across every asset class.

Connect to every market

Modulus builds FIX and FAST gateways to your requirements, delivered as a single unified gateway system or as separate components. The gateways enable direct market access and real-time electronic processing of market data and orders on stocks, options, bonds, and more, moving between exchanges, brokers, and counterparties worldwide over the FIX and FAST protocols.

Direct

Access to local and international markets

Low

Latency for market data and order delivery

Multi-Asset

Stocks, options, bonds, and more

Global

Reach across exchanges and counterparties

A competitive advantage, built in

By implementing gateways, your trading solutions gain greater transparency and straightforward access to global market participants, low-latency data delivery, and a reduced time to market.

The result is meaningful cost savings and a powerful competitive advantage, without sacrificing the performance your clients expect.

Benefits for brokerage companies

Connect and configure your trading system with any industry participant over FIX and FAST. Once a platform is equipped with the gateway system, you can integrate with any number of FIX/FAST-enabled exchanges, news agencies, clearing firms, or other counterparties worldwide, as many times as you need.

High-performance trade processing minimizes delays end to end: order execution is accelerated, and market data updates in real time and is distributed to your customers instantly. Process orders on a wide range of financial instruments and pull market data directly from the source, from third-party vendors, or from other brokers.

  • Minimal integration cost with liquidity providers
  • High-performance, low-delay trade execution
  • Real-time market data distributed instantly to clients
  • Any asset class and instrument your business requires
  • Connect to unlimited FIX/FAST-enabled counterparties
  • Source data directly, from vendors, or from other brokers

Benefits for exchanges

FIX and FAST are open protocols, so adopting gateways opens your exchange to the majority of market players worldwide and dramatically enlarges the pool of brokers and participants who subscribe to your services. Clients can hook any trading platform into your system and execute trades as soon as the connection is live.

Connection is as simple as a few adjustments in system settings. With the protocol enabled on both sides, customers connect and begin processing orders and receiving real-time data without extra integration costs or additional software. As your customer base grows, FAST technology improves system throughput with minimal spend on hardware and network infrastructure.

  • Dramatic expansion of your customer base
  • Simple, settings-level connection for participants
  • No extra integration cost or software for clients
  • Cost-effective improvement of system throughput
  • Scales smoothly as data volumes increase
  • Open-protocol compatibility with any trading platform

Built on a modern stack

FIX
FAST
C++
Java
C#
REST API
WebSocket
TCP/IP
Linux
Docker

What the gateways deliver

A uniform or modular FIX/FAST gateway system engineered for transparency, speed, and reach across the global trading ecosystem.

Direct market access

Reach all local and international markets directly, with electronic processing of orders and market data between exchanges, brokers, and counterparties.

Multi-asset coverage

Process orders on stocks, options, bonds, and other instruments across the asset classes your business demands.

Low-latency delivery

Real-time, accelerated order execution and market data updates with delays minimized end to end.

Unified or modular

Take the gateway as a single uniform FIX and FAST system or as separate components configured to your exact requirements.

Unlimited connectivity

Integrate with any number of FIX/FAST-enabled exchanges, news agencies, clearing firms, and other counterparties worldwide.

Reduced time to market

Faster onboarding and integration translate directly into cost savings and a stronger competitive position.

Let's build.

Request an instant meeting or schedule a call with our team to discuss your FIX and FAST connectivity needs.