Multi-channel Liquidity

Optimise your trading with liquidity tailored to your trading requirements and business needs.

Use Saxo Direct - API with multi-asset liquidity for access to Saxo Bank's own high quality multi-asset liquidity. Retail Aggregators and Asset Managers requiring liquidity at competitive spreads will benefit from Saxo Bank’s leading market presence and industry know-how.

Choose Saxo Prime for independent FX Prime Brokerage Access. Saxo Bank offers direct market access (DMA) to major FX liquidity providers and venues worldwide ranging from ECNs to pools of tier one bank liquidity. Saxo Prime combines prime brokerage functionality from Saxo Bank with market-leading low latency trading software and hosted colocation services.

Fully licensed and regulated, Saxo Bank is a reliable and established provider in an officially regulated environment subject to stringent financial reporting requirements under EU directives and specific regulations regarding client handling.

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	Deep Liquidity across Multiple Assets in Single or Multiple Bands		Excellence in Trade Execution
	With a single API, clients can trade FX, CFDs (Indices and Commodities), CFD DMA, Stocks and Futures. Dedicated liquidity channels with single or multiple bands according to your desired depth of liquidity help Retail Aggregators enhance the customer trading experience by limiting single customer rejection. Unique liquidity streams serve Asset Managers looking for liquidity at competitive rates. Technical Facilitators add value to their broker trading solutions by streaming Saxo Bank's deep multi asset liquidity.		With Saxo Bank, you benefit from optimal pricing and speed of execution at low slippage rates. Our liquidity is distinct and competitively priced. During US and early Asian hours, we are amongst the most competitive in the industry. Click on the button below to view stop order slippage history. Historical FX Stop Order Fill Statistics We customise setups to cater for different flows and to strike the desired balance with each client between tight spreads and low rejection rates. Market orders are truely filled 'at-best' with clients receiving both positive and negative slippage. If FX trade requests on 'published quotes' are rejected due to exceptionally fast markets i.e. when the price moves too much against or in favor of the client, this happens equally and symmetrically in all instances.
	On-going Monitoring to Ensure Optimal Pricing		Explore the Quality and Liquidity of our API Pricing
	Saxo Bank continually monitors trade execution and adjusts the necessary liquidity parameters to ensure that execution and pricing remain optimal for our API clients. Paying attention to rejections and optimising the flow, we ensure that you always get the most aggressive pricing combined with world-class technical delivery. Being a Saxo Bank API client is a long term relationship, throughout which we monitor your level of trading activity to make sure that we continue to align with your needs and use.		Explore the quality and liquidity of Saxo Bank's API pricing. With a single click you can review our API pricing displayed via a simulated account on the SaxoTrader for Web platform. No sign up required. View API Pricing Demo
	Get Technical Details on Saxo Bank's API Price Feed
	Take the opportunity to explore the technical aspects of our FIX services in more detail. Fill in your contact details at the link below and access Saxo Bank's FIX Client Package. The Package contains our Rules of Engagement for the Saxo Direct FIX API with technical details on the product range, order types, and implementation details for connecting to the Saxo Bank FIX server. Also available in the package is sample code for connecting to Saxo's API price feed using a .NET API implementation of QuickFix, an open-source FIX engine. Access the Saxo Bank FIX B2B Client Sample Package
	Leverage Saxo Bank’s Integration Points with Multiple Technology Providers		Reliable Technical Solution and Proactive Support
	Benefit from Saxo Bank’s integration points with a wide range of technology providers including MT4-MT5 bridges, trading platforms, technology vendors and trading communities. Our experience and existing operational setups ensure a swift and seamless API implementation process. View list of technology providers		Our goal is to make sure that you're up and running at all times when global markets are open. Saxo Bank's API solution is a secure connection to your FIX trading engine and Order Management System. Our cost-efficient solution is based on a VPN connection (SSL or IPsec) and FIX Protocol. Saxo Bank provides 24 hour technical support. We monitor your connection, aiming to identify and solve technical issues as they emerge. We also employ industry leading monitoring software that can be configured to send a wide variety of custom configured alerts directly to clients if desired.

	Trade Reporting Tools to Manage your Business
	We support your workflows and business reporting requirements with trade reporting tools. End of Day Files are flat/text files sampling all parameters of trading/account activity during the previous 24 trading hours. The format is ideal for importing into your SQL database for processing and updating your back office systems. Trade Event Notifications are real-time notifications per trade event (client order placed, booked, funds transferred, margin calls).		Online WebConnect is a view only, web-based back-office tool that facilitates real time monitoring of customer trading accounts and overall risk exposure.

	The Trust and Security of Working with a Licensed Bank		Speed and Ease in On-boarding
	Saxo Bank A/S is a fully licensed Danish bank under the supervision of Finanstilsynet (the Danish FSA). To balance credit risk posed by liquidity providers and financial brokers, Saxo Bank operates only with regulated counterparties who have the highest credit ratings. Read more about Saxo Bank		Dedicated client onboarding service by teams in Europe and Singapore, helps to move you seamlessly from simulation to go-live in as little as 3-4 weeks.
			Saxo Prime FX DMA Services
			Saxo Bank offers Direct Market Access (DMA)) to major FX liquidity pools made up of the top market making banks and non-bank sources, and ECN's through a Saxo Prime Account. Read more about Saxo Prime - independent FX PB Access

	Saxo Prime FX DMA Services Provide Unparalleled Access to Liquidity		Credit intermediation with FX Prime Brokerage
	Saxo Prime clients get Direct Market Access to multiple FX liquidity pools made up of the top market making banks, non-banks and ECN’s. Saxo Prime brings clients a market leading liquidity solution by extending our direct access to the FX markets via our connectivity and clearing services. By connecting to Saxo Prime, you are connecting directly to primary market liquidity via low latency colocated infrastructure. Saxo Prime combines direct connectivity with access agreements and credit intermediation where needed. Saxo Prime is independent of and segregated from Saxo Bank's market making desk and infrastructure. A range of institutional clients – Asset Managers, Retail Brokers, Proprietary Trading Firms – can open a margined account with Saxo Bank providing a single-point-of-contact access to multiple types of liquidity providers and the most efficient utilisation of collateral. Clients who have an existing Prime Brokerage relationship can also make use of Saxo Prime’s connectivity and access, via give up agreements with the major prime brokers.		Each of the most liquid exchanges and venues in FX require credit relationships for access, and each requires their own user / platform agreements. Prime Brokerage allows Saxo Prime clients access to ALL these trading venues based on a single account held at Saxo Bank under a single umbrella user agreement. This means that Saxo Prime clients have direct access to the institutional liquidity pools that power the FX markets, with the trades settling versus their Saxo Bank account. Saxo Prime provides direct access to a pool of the tier one market making banks and non-banks in foreign exchange, or direct access to the FX ECN’s. A single API connection gives users flexibility to explore and choose which managed or custom liquidity pool, or ECN combination, is best for them. Users connect once, and choose the best fit over time, without the need for re-plumbing.
	Connect via Saxo Bank or Colocated Infrastructure		Customised DMA to ECNs, Bank and Non-Bank Liquidity
	Saxo Prime clients can connect to liquidity via Saxo Bank’s infrastructure, or via colocated infrastructure at the centres that host the primary market access points in New York, London and Tokyo (NY4, LD4 and TY3). Saxo Prime offers our client’s access to the optimised API available from MarketFactory, a leader in low latency FX market connectivity.		Saxo Prime provides direct access to the leading FX liquidity pools, from a range of ECNs to pools of dedicated tier one liquidity. Saxo Bank has leveraged two decades of experience in constructing and optimizing our FX liquidity relationships with tier one trading partners to optimise trading conditions for Saxo Prime and DMA clients. ECN Direct Market Access Saxo Prime offers all of the major FX ECNs e.g.: Currenex, HotSpot, FXAll, etc. Direct Bank Access - Managed Pools & Custom Streams Saxo Bank works with all leading FX market making firms to provide a range of pre-packaged FX liquidity pools for clients to directly access. Additionally, Saxo Bank can work for clients to construct custom streams of liquidity, created on a bespoke basis in conjunction with the liquidity providers and client needs.
	Low Latency Colocation
	Saxo Prime’s DMA functionality is built on MarketFactory’s FX Aggregator (Trading Gateway), providing a single Application Programming Interface (API) for normalised connectivity to major market making banks, non-banks and Currency Electronic Communication Networks (ECN). MarketFactory is a leading provider of low latency algorithmic trading software and hosted colocation services in the FX space. Read more about MarketFactory's single API to major liquidity venues Saxo Bank’s clients are not exposed to changes, updates or multiple access agreements across various feeds, and the API preserves the features of each venue, delivering continuous connectivity.
	The Trust and Security of Working with a Licensed Bank		Access to Saxo Bank's Customised Multi-Asset Liquidity
	Saxo Bank A/S is a fully licensed Danish bank under the supervision of Finanstilsynet (the Danish FSA). Established in 1992 and headquartered in Copenhagen with 20+ international offices and 33 billion DKK assets under management (as of 31 December 2011), Saxo Bank enjoys a Solvency Ratio (Pillar I) of 14.5%. To balance credit risk posed by liquidity providers and financial brokers, Saxo Bank operates only with regulated counterparties who have the highest credit ratings. Read more about Saxo Bank		Saxo Prime Direct Market Access in FX can be combined with multi-asset liquidity from Saxo Bank's own high quality multi-asset liquidity. This means that Saxo Prime can also offer liquidity in CFD’s. Read more about Saxo Direct - API with multi-asset liquidity from Saxo Bank